Pizza Rolls

1 roll refrigerated pizza dough (or make your own)
marinara/pizza sauce
2 T grated Parmesan cheese
1 T olive oil or melted butter
1/2 t garlic powder
1 t dried Italian seasoning
mozzerella cheese
Pizza toppings of your choice: ham, pineapple, pepperoni slices, sausage, etc.

Preheat oven to heat specified on pizza dough package. Usually it's 400 degrees. If you make your own dough, 400 is usually a good heat as well.

Unroll your pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll the dough so it's about 12" by 8". You're going to want to cut it into 24 squares, so just eyeball it if you need to. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into 24 squares.

Place cheese and desired toppings on each square. (Note that you're not putting the marinara sauce on the dough- it's for dipping after) Just eyeball how much. You just need to be able to enclose the toppings in the dough so keep that in mind.

When all of your dough squares have cheese and toppings on them, carefully lift up each square and wrap the dough around the toppings. Pinch to make sure each ball is sealed shut and then place them seam side down in a lightly sprayed pie pan (or similar sized dish).

Brush the tops of the dough balls with olive oil or melted butter and then sprinkle with the garlic and Italian seasoning and top with Parmesan cheese.

Cook them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown on top. Keep an eye on them! Doughs vary, so I'd check them after even 10 minutes.

Serve warm with warmed marinara sauce on the side for dipping.

The outsides are like garlic bread and the insides are full of oozing cheese.

BBQ Pizza

3-6 pieces boneless/skinless chicken breasts cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. favorite BBQ sauce (we use a spicy-sweet sauce).
For the pizza
1 basic pizza dough
Cornmeal, semolina or flour for handling
1/2 C. favorite BBQ sauce (we use a spicy-sweet sauce).
2 Tbsp. shredded smoked Gouda cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 C. small red-onion, sliced into 1/8 inch pieces
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro

In a large frying pan, cook the chicken in olive oil over medium high heat until just cooked, 5 to 6 minutes. Do not overcook. Set aside in the refrigerator until chilled through. Once chilled, coat the chicken with two tablespoons BBQ sauce; set aside in the refrigerator.

To make the pizza
Place a pizza stone in the center of the oven and preheat to 500 deg for once hour before cooking pizzas.

Use a large spoon to spread 1/4 cup BBQ sauce evenly over the surface of the prepared dough within the rim. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon smoked Gouda cheese over the sauce. Cover with 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella.

Distribute half the chicken pieces evenly over the cheese (approximately 18 pieces). Place approximately 18 to 20 pieces of red onion over the surface. Sprinkle an additional 1/4 cup mozzarella over the top of the pizza.

Transfer the pizza to the oven; bake until the crust is crisp and golden and the cheese at the center is bubbly (about 8 to 10 minutes). When the pizza is cooked, carefully remove it from the oven; sprinkle 1 tablespoon cilantro over the hot surface. Slice and serve.

Repeat with the remaining ingredients for a second pizza. (The two pizzas may be prepared simultaneously if you are careful in placing the pizzas at opposite corners of your pizza stone.)

Garden Fresh Piza

2 cups all0purpose flour
1/2 cup white whole wheat flour or whole wheat flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/4 tsp. active dry yeast
1 tsp. salt
olive oil
1/2 cup no-salt-added tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
3 to 4 cups fresh vegetables such as halved chrry tomatoes, broccoli flourets and shredded radicchio
1 cup mushrooms, halved or sliced
2 oz. chorizo sausage, cooked and drained
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese or 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:
1. In large bowl, combine both flours, cornmeal, yeast and salt. With a spoon, gradually stir in 1 1/4 cups warm water (120 degrees to 130 degrees Fahrenheit), stirring until all is moistened. The mixture will be a soft, sticky dough. Cover bowl and let stand at room temperature 12 to 24 hours.

2. Line a 15x10x1 inch baking pan with parchment paper. Brush parchment with olive oil. Turn dough out onto prepared pan. Using well-oiled hands or a rubber spatula, gently push dough to edges and corners of pan (dough will be sticky). Cover; let rest for 1 1/2 hours or until puffy and dough pulls away slightly from edges of baking pan.

3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Pre-bake crust for 10 minutes. Combine tomato sauce and dried Italian seasoning, and spread over hot crust. Add vegetables (except radicchio), mushrooms, cooked chorizo, and cheese. Bake 10 to 15 minutes more or until golden brown. Add radicchio. Serve immediately.

Makes 6 servings.