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Have different tastes in pizza toppings? No problem, just do a half and half.

Movie Night Pizza Recipe

There seriously is NOTHING better than making pizza at home and watching the latest Red Box Flick in front of your own cozy fireplace!

Preheat Oven to 425′

1 pizza dough, store bought or from your favorite pizza shop
A palm full all-purpose flour or cornmeal
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling, plus 2 tablespoons
2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary leaves, a couple of sprigs
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil (you can substitute dry herbs if you don’t have fresh… I love the Italian Blends!)
Coarse salt

Crust:
If pizza dough is frozen, thaw for 5 hours, punch down and roll out and let rise once approx 1 hour.

On a round pizza stone or pan or on a rectangular baking sheet, using flour or cornmeal to dust the dough, spread out the dough to form your crust. If you are using a baking sheet, drizzle pan with extra-virgin olive oil then set crust in place. Poke the pizza dough in several areas with the tines of a fork. Drizzle the dough with extra-virgin olive oil then season it with finely chopped rosemary & basil and a little salt. Make sure the oven has come up to temp and then place in the oven for 8- 10 minutes.

Take Crust out and add your favorite pizza toppings or try one of my varieties and of course the cheese working all the way to the edges.

VARIATIONS: Sausage & Fresh Tomato

• 1 jar of Prego Heart Healthy Sauce
• 1 package or whole cooked Spicy Italian sausage sliced
• add 1-2 teaspoons red pepper flakes (ONLY if you like spicy!)
• 1-2 tablespoons fresh basil
• 2 Fresh Roma tomatoes Thinly sliced
• 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese

Cover pizza with sauce then sausage cover with cheese &
top with ribbons of basil and tomato slices.

Return the pizza to the oven and bake until cheese is golden, another 8 to 12 minutes. Not Boring Veggie
Brown in EVOO..
1-2 chopped red peppers,
1 lb fresh mushrooms,
1 onion,
3 cloves garlic,
1 small can chopped jalapeno’s or green chili’s
1-2 tsp red pepper flakes

SAUCE

I use Prego jazzed up with some fresh onions & garlic browned in EVOO
1 teaspoon dried Italian Spices
1 package (2 cups) shredded mozzarella

* Optional 1/2 cup grated Cheese Blends (Romano, Parmesan) sprinkled on top.

Return the pizza to the oven and bake until cheese is golden, another 8 to 12 minutes.

I would love to hear from you if you added any of your own favorite ingredients or have any suggestions. I never make a pizza the same twice but they are ALL Crowd Pleasers

Just add your favorite microbrew, an action flick for him, chick flick for her and you have a fabulous date night for 1/10th the price of going out on the town. This happens to be a great choice if you live near a Rock Bottom Brewery.

And as promised the secret to a man’s heart… A cold brew served in a frosty mug.  I seriously think my hunky hubby fell in love the day I brought beer mugs for his freezer.  Even cheap beer tastes good in a frosty mug!  But this happens to be AWESOME beer, fresh from the downtown Denver Rock Bottom Brewery.  OH MY Gosh it’s totally addictive!  Look at this head…

What are some of your favorite ideas for a date night in?

Before

This pizza is sooo easy.. seriously!! and inexpensive… date night doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive… Make every day life together a fun adventure!

After

And as promised the secret to a man’s heart… A cold brew served in a frosty mug.  I seriously think my hunky hubby fell in love the day I brought beer mugs for his freezer.  Even cheap azz beer tastes good in a frosty mug!  But this happens to be AWESOME beer, fresh from the downtown Denver Rock Bottom Brewery.  OH MY Gosh it’s totally addictive!  Look at this head…

Now not EVERY lady can be charmed with flowers.. but my guy knows that I CAN be.  These are actually cut from our very own garden so even more romantic than a trip to the flower shop for me.

I arranged them in the vase.. my hubby IS a guy after all…   Then a Netflix movie…  I happen to LOVE action flicks