Back-to-School Pizzas!

Well, It's that time of year again... September comes along and we start to feel like we should be layering up for winter by eating fall and winter favorites like stews and hearty stick-to-your-ribs dishes. It's also back-to-school for students, parents and teachers... which means busy schedules, lunches and leftovers! You can still eat your favorites while keeping them healthy too. Here are two different pizza recipes with one type of whole wheat dough. You'll have enough for leftovers, school lunches or midnight munchies! Enjoy!

For the dough:

1. -Oil a large bowl and set aside.

2. -In another large bowl, put 1 1/2 cups warm water combined with 2 packets of active dry yeast.

3. -Wait 5 minutes until the yeast dissolved, then whisk in 1 tbsp of honey, 1 tsp coarse salt, 1/4 cup of olive oil. Mix well.

4. -Add in 2 cups of whole wheat flour and 2 cups of bread flour (or all purpose).

5. -Mix until well-combined (it will be a bit sticky!)

6. - Knead dough for 10-15 seconds on a floured surface then put in the dough in the oiled bowl

7. - Cover the dough and allow to rise (maybe 1-2 hours), then punch down and allow to rise again.

8. When ready, divide the dough in two and then it's time to roll!!!

Prepping the toppings:I always find it much easier to chop or pre-cook the toppings and grate my cheese, and then I store them in large containers until I am ready to go! So this is what I did!

Toppings I used for pizza 1:

-My sauce

-Red pepper, thinly sliced

-Thinly sliced onion pieces (half an onion)

-Hot Italian sausage pieces (out of casings and cooked)

-Mozzarella cheese

- Top with fresh basil

Toppings I used for pizza 2:

-My sauce

-Cooked bacon, in pieces

-Leek pieces, cleaned and thinly sliced

-5 or 6 white asparagus stems, cut in 1 inch pieces

-A hot pepper (jalapeno...but any will do!!!)

-Mozarella cheese

-Top with fresh basil

For the sauce: I usually make my own sauce and freeze it in multiple tupperware containers for busy nights. You can use a store bought can of pizza sauce for this as well.

Oven at 425-450, cook for 30 minutes (or your desired temp and time) for two pizzas. *You can cook them separately too.

Moolicious!