Pizza with a Kick

My husband and I tend to order pizza delivery on Sundays (due to sheer laziness).  It arrives, we eat it and then feel terrible because it isn't the healthiest choice nor is it as good as anything homemade.  Last weekend I decided to kick it up a notch and make a homemade buffalo chicken pizza to please our palates.

It was super easy to make, turned out quite scrumptious and was far healthier than any pizza that is delivered to our house!

Sauce mixture, using olive oil, buffalo sauce and ranch. A larger cut for the onion The base. ...plus tons of cheese! The finished product. 

I'm not going to lie, one reason this was so easy to make was because I bought a premade crust as well as precooked chicken. For some reason convenience is key to me on Sundays and this just seemed like the way to go. I will definitely make this again, no matter what day of the week, and I'll stick to the precooked ingrediants!!

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Precooked pizza crust (I used thin crust)

Olive Oil (I used a three herb blend)

Buffalo sauce (I used Green Mill's)

Ranch dressing

Blue Cheese crumbles

Roast Chicken (precooked)

Mozzarella cheese

Parmesan Cheese (shredded)

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut up the onion. Drizzle a thin layer of olive oil over the pizza crust (about 1T). Drizzle the buffalo sauce over the pizza crust (add as much sauce as you think you can handle, being sure to fully cover the pizza crust). Drizzle Ranch dressing over the pizza crust. Use a spatula to evenly spread the sauces over the pizza crust. Pull the chicken and sprinkle over the pizza crust, do this also with the onion and blue cheese crumbles. Last, cover with mozzarella and sprinkle parmesan on the top. Place in the oven for roughly 10 minutes. Take out of the oven when the pizza is cooked to your liking and enjoy. We used ranch to dip it in.

Marvelous Melody

The Marvelous Melody of the day is from Video Chat Karaoke. This is a lovely tune performed by Oscar Isaac and Kate Mara. This song was made specifically for the movie '10 Years'. Enjoy! (click the pic below to play the video)

Football Feed

My husband and his friends have season tickets to their alma mater, the MN Gophers.  This past Saturday's game was the first they were all able to attend and this meant a full day of celebration and fun, (which usually includes several beers).  Because I knew it would be a long day of liquid consumption and not much food, I decided to make them breakfast to ensure they had a good base for the day! 

I chose a Blueberry French Toast bake because it was easy (didn't have to slave over a stove for hours) and sounded delicious.


I threw this together the day before the game, and threw it in the oven the next morning prior to everyones arrival.



I found the recipe via Pinterest, but changed it up a bit to fit our tastes.

Straight out of the oven.

The finished product (minus a covering of syrup).

This recipe was well worth it.  It was quick, easy and delicious!  I recommend you have at least six people to dine with you because it doesn't taste as good reheated as it does when it's fresh. Below you'll find the recipe. Enjoy!



Blueberry French Toast Bake

2 loaves of baguette bread

1 package of cream cheese

12 eggs                              

1/3-1/2c. Pure Maple Syrup  

2c. Milk                              

1 package of blueberries      

You'll want to prepare the dish the day before you plan to eat it so it can sit in the fridge and absorb the flavor.  Grease a 9x13 pan. Cube the baguette.  Place one of the two cubed baguettes in the pan so that they cover the bottom. Next, cube the cream cheese. Sprinkle the cubed cream cheese and the blueberries over the top of the bread. Next, cover with the second cubed baguette loaf.  Next, blend the eggs, syrup and milk. Pour this mixture over the bake. Cover the pan with tin foil and let sit in the fridge 1-24 hours.

When you're ready to eat it, you'll preheat the oven to 375, cook for 30 minutes with the foil on. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and cook for an additional 30 minutes (or until the bread is golden brown). Heat up some syrup, drizzle over the top and enjoy!!