Food Inspiration / Zucchini Pizzetta Bread or little Pizza

I have some Food Inspiration for you today. When I only have a little.... I make pizzetta bread. 

This picture is a good example of an easy way to use up the last of your zucchini by slicing it up and baking it on homemade bread. (pizza / pizzetta) Which is exactly what I did for my lunch today. Early this morning I went out to pick some zucchini because I had in my mind, I was going to make some fresh baked lofts of zucchini bread. But when I went out, I found that I didn't have any. Animals came in the night and ate my zucchini and only left me with 1 little zucchini. So, when I only have a little... I make pizzetta bread instead.

Let's talk about Pizzetta so everyone understands

A pizzetta (plural: pizzette) is a small pizza that can range in size from a finger food at around eight centimeters (3 in) in diameter to that of a small personal-sized pizza. I think they work great not just for a light lunch but for a party table where small finger food is being served. For me... I make it the most when I only have a little bit of something left that I need to use up. Wink~

How it's traditionally served

Pizzetta can be served as an hors d'oeuvre, a snack food and as a light meal. It's common for it to be served with wine to complement the dish. Which is exactly how I enjoyed it today. It is sometimes prepared without a sauce, but you can make a sauce if you want to. I didn't make a sauce today; I just used herbs and zucchini and enjoyed a glass of wine with it and I very much enjoyed it. Pizzetta can be prepared using flatbread as a bread base, but puff pastry is also used too. Additional herbs and greens can be added after pizzetta has been cooked. 

A look into our Holiday Calendar

📅 Did you know we have a National Pizza Day that's celebrated every February 9th? Yep, we sure do! These tiny little pizzas would be fun to make for that.

My Closing Thoughts~

I hope this has inspired you to use a little to make a lot.

"Live everyday like a Holiday" Pam

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Most Popular Pizza Toppings and Interesting Facts.

This infographic contains information about the history of Pizza, most popular Pizza toppings and interesting facts. 

Pizza Holidays: Pizza Month is October / 2nd week in January is Pizza Week / National Pizza Day which is celebrated February 9 / National Cheese Pizza Day which is celebrated September 5 / and National Pepperoni Pizza Day which is celebrated September 20./ May 15 is National Pizza Party Day / October 11 Sausage Pizza Day / November 12 is Pizza with the works except anchovies Day / 

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Chicago Pizza vs New York Style Pizza

This infographic compares and contrasts Chicago style deep dish pizza to New York style thin crust pizza. It is a follow up to the John Stewart pizza rant on the Daily Show.Source: http://www.t...rust-pizza

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Heart Shaped Individual Pizza

Hey guys for those of you who don't know it; February is Creative Romance Month so I thought I would post about heart shaped individual pizzas as a creative way to make a pizza for your loved ones. This is one of Pillsburys "20 Minute Recipes for Romance" and I think this is a fun idea for all those thousands of pizza lovers out there. You know your kids would love this for a Valentine's Day supper.  ;)

Recipe: Valentine Pizzas

INGREDIENTS

• 1 can (13.8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated classic pizza crust or 1 can (11 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated thin pizza crust
• 1 can (8 oz) pizza sauce
• 24 slices turkey pepperoni with 70% less fat
• 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (3 oz)

DIRECTIONS
1.If using classic crust: Heat oven to 425°F. Lightly spray or grease large cookie sheet. If using thin crust: Heat oven to 400 F. Spray or grease 15x10-inch or larger dark or nonstick cookie sheet.
2.Unroll dough on work surface. With sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut dough into 4 rectangles. Place rectangles on cookie sheet. Cut 1-inch slit in center of wide edge of each dough portion; on opposite wide edge across from slit, pinch dough together to shape point of heart. Slightly separate each cut slit, and gently press dough into a 6x5-inch heart, creating slight rim on edge of dough.
3.Divide pizza sauce evenly onto hearts, spreading to within 1/2 inch of edges. Top each with 6 slices pepperoni and 3 tablespoons cheese.
4.Bake classic crust 13 to 16 minutes, thin crust 9 to 13 minutes, or until crust edges are golden brown and cheese is melted.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake up to 2 minutes longer.

Pizza Bubble Ring Recipe

I'm a huge fan of pull-apart food and here's a recipe to add to my "pull-apart recipe list."  Looks like it's going to be my 5th pizza post in honor of National Pizza Week too.


Now let's talk about the recipe....
Like I mentioned above, I'm crazy about pull-apart foods. I think they're so much fun to make and just as much fun to pull apart and eat too. My experience with pull-apart food is that you have to eat it as soon as it comes out of the oven. It always pulls apart better and it's always ooie and gooier too. Especially when it's made with mozzarella cheese like this recipe. We all know how any recipe made with stringy and stretchy mozzarella cheese is always better HOT.

INGREDIENTS

• 6 to 8 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 cans (12 oz each) Pillsbury® Golden Layers® refrigerated original biscuits
• 40 small slices pepperoni (about 3 oz)
• 8 oz mozzarella cheese, cut into 20 pieces
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/4 cups pizza sauce, heated

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube pan with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In small bowl, mix melted butter, Italian seasoning and garlic powder.

2. Separate 1 can of dough into 10 biscuits; press or roll each into 3-inch round. Place 2 pepperoni slices in center of each biscuit round. Top each with piece of mozzarella cheese. Bring dough up around filling; press edge to seal and shape each into ball. Roll in butter mixture; place 10 balls in pan.

3. Sprinkle dough balls with Parmesan cheese. Repeat with remaining can of biscuits, placing balls over balls in pan. Pour remaining butter mixture over top.

4. Bake 33 to 38 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Gently loosen bread from sides of pan. Place large heatproof plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Serve warm with warm pizza sauce for dipping.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) Bake 35 to 40 minutes.

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Layered Pizza Dip

Recipe by Pillsbury.com

Pizza Post #4. Happy National Pizza Week! For todays pizza post I wanted to keep in mind game days and football. So pull out those chips, crackers and bagel crisps because todays post is all about the dipping. Yep here's a dip that full of the flavors of pizza. 


Now let's talk about the recipe:
What can I say.... it's a dip that tastes like pizza. lol! Anything that tastes like pizza has to be good and anything that is a dip has to be good too. Especially when it has cream cheese in it. And looks at the ingredients ya'll. Remember that post I did a couple of days ago? It was a breakfast pizza (smoky brunch pizza made with salmon) Those of you who have been following my posts will remember how thrilled I was of the taste the soft cream cheese with chives and onions in the recipe made. Well here it is again! Yummie!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (8-oz.) container soft cream cheese with chives and onions
• 1/2 cup chunky pizza sauce
• 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1/3 cup finely chopped pepperoni
• 2 oz. (1/2 cup) shredded mozzarella cheese
• 2 oz. (1/2 cup) shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 9-inch pie pan or 1 to 1 1/2-quart baking dish, layer all ingredients in order listed.
2. Bake at 350°F. for 10 to 15 minutes or until dip is hot and cheese is melted.
3. Serve warm with bagel crisps, bagel chips or crackers.