Grilled Pizza Party


 Linda    11 Aug : 15:13
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make-your-own pizza and salad ideas

This past weekend we overstuffed ourselves once again. Jeff & Anita hosted this day (they have a pool!), and we all contributed. The main entrée, as the title suggests, was grilled pizza. But WHAT pizza! As Rick started to partially cook personal size shells, I saw the toppings come out. Of course there were the “staples”: tomato sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella. Also provided were: Ricotta, Parmesan and even Cheddar cheese; fresh tomatoes, fresh basil, as well as basil oil, roasted garlic, sautéed onion, barbeque sauce; chicken, mushrooms, broccoli… I’m sure I’m forgetting more than a few items! We all got to pick our own toppings. What a great idea! To quote one of Papa’s famous lines, “I couldn’t have done much better myself”. My contributions were a “Not” Potato Salad (featuring potato gnocchi instead of plain potato) from Rachael Ray, and an Antipasto Pasta Salad from America’s Test Kitchen. Because both salad recipes called for marinated mushrooms and roasted red pepper, I DID make the small change to RR’s by using marinated olives and fresh red bell pepper instead – I was told by all that both recipes were “keepers”. We finished off the evening with not one, but two great cakes from Stacey. My favorite was the white cake with a lemon pudding filling and a cream cheese frosting; the other, which was also great, was a dark chocolate cake, with a French vanilla pudding filling, and a French vanilla frosting – I don’t have the details on that one, but I’m told it actually uses flour. The weather once again was perfect; we all ate too much… guess that’s the definition of success!


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