Bubbly Eggplant and Tomato Pizza

I’m sure you’ve started to suspect by now just how much I love making pizza. It’s such a great go-to meal because it is easy to keep pizza dough around, you can put any combination of toppings on it, and it cooks up really quickly for hunger emergencies. I had an eggplant and a tomato left from my vegetable delivery that were aging quickly, David and I were hungry, and I’d just defrosted some dough, so pizza was the only … Continue reading

Sweet Tomato Spread

Heirloom tomatoes are one of the many reasons I love the summer. I turned a beautiful batch of heirlooms into a sweetly concentrated sauce/spread/jam last summer, and I’ve been dying to do it again. Now that Trader Joe’s has their beautiful boxes of tomatoes for sale, I jumped on the chance to cook up another batch. This spread is both incredibly delicious and surprisingly versatile. You can eat it with a poached egg and piece of toast, spread on some … Continue reading

Snacking Pizza

Here’s a pizza that is perfect for snacking or a tasty appetizer. Just cut it up into bite-sized pieces and pass them around (if you don’t gobble them up yourself first). To make this pizza, or one like it, preheat your oven to 450ºF. Then, stretch some pizza dough out as thinly as you can and lay it down on a greased baking surface. Drizzle the dough with olive oil. Now it’s time to layer on the toppings. You can … Continue reading