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You have a couple more days to enter the giveaway !! Sometimes I try to get my kids to change their preference choices when it comes to pizza. Every single time it's cheese or if they are adventurous, cheese with pineapple.  I know, I know...they really live life on the edge. The hubs and I are a completely different story. I L.O.V.E. my cauliflower pizza crust especially with the veggies piled high (red peppers are my favorite on there). But if I am feeling super industrious I will make 3 pizzas. One for the kids, a cauliflower one for me and Sam, and then a new one for everyone to try. This beauty was a a yummy find. Bacon on pretty much anything makes it to die for but add spinach and chicken with a homemade flatbread dough and it's over the top. Plus I am so set on my usual homemade dough that this was fun to try something new.  Flatbread Spinach Bacon Chicken Pizza ( click here for printable version ) *Note: this dough takes a while to rise so plan ahead. If you don't ...

Several weeks ago we had the most beautiful weather.  The sun was shining, the wind wasn't blowing (which says a lot around here), and the temperatures were in the 70s. Everyone at this house was ecstatic. We spent every possible minute outside because it doesn't last for long around here (it lasted 3 days and oh how marvelous they were).  So we decided one night to pack the kids up with some sports equipment and head out to the park with a picnic dinner.  I was in charge of the dinner part so after looking around for a little bit I settled on this bad boy. I wanted to do something different than sandwiches or wraps (the kids get those almost everyday in their lunch bag) but something that was easy to transport.  This was the perfect choice.  We were all in love with it.  The kids even liked the spinach on it. I mean really how can you go wrong with bacon....and chicken....and alfredo sauce....all on homemade french bread.  Mmmm so delicious. Spinach B...

Seriously!!??!! Yep I'm totally serious and it's absolutely fantastic.   Okay so bear with me. I first heard of this idea from a friend (thanks Jaclyn!!) and was very intrigued.  And then what do you know, someone has pinned a recipe on Pinterest for the exact same thing.  It must be meant to be. Now you need to know some thing about cauliflower.  Cauliflower takes on whatever taste you give it.  Many foods are this way.  They are so mild tasting that whatever you combine with it, that is what it is going to taste like.  And as long as you are okay with the texture you should totally be fine. Now we try a lot of different things at our house.  I am constantly cooking new things so we are quite open to new recipes.  The kids were very leery of this so I did make them their own "normal" pizza but as we sat down to dinner, the hubs took one look at my pizza and asked if he could have a bite.  He said that he liked it way better than even th...

I did this recipe as a guest post last month so I thought you might want to check it out too!  Now that it is almost summer time I am always looking for ways to cook on the grill.  I hate to heat up my house and one of our very favorites to do on the grill is different kinds of pizza. Pizza cooks so much faster on the grill not to mention that you can tailor it to what you feel like eating.  My kids love it the normal way (some pizza sauce, pepperoni, and mozzarella), but my husband and I love this BLT pizza or a Grilled Pesto Pizza , which is also fabulous. BLT Pizza ( click here for printable version ) Crust: 1 c. warm water  3 1/4 tsp. instant yeast 1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. olive oil, plus extra for brushing 1 1/4 tsp. honey 2 2/3-3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 tsp. coarse salt 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional) Freshly shredded Parmesan cheese For the maple bacon vinaigrette: 1 1/2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp. cider vinegar 1 tbsp. bacon drippings 2 ...

We are a pack your lunch at home kind of family.  Mostly because our lunch is like $2 a kid per day--seriously I can feed you way cheaper from home for that! But that means sandwiches, wraps, leftovers, or whatever we can think of that is not the usual packed lunch fare. I always try to stick in a kind of fruit (fresh or canned, fruit leather), a veggie (cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, pickles--does that count? or whatever is in the fridge), chips, a main item (sandwich, wraps, rice--my kids love this, leftover pizza , spaghetti, stroganoff , hawaiin haystacks , etc.), and a fun thing (granola bar, pudding, cookie, etc.). By son gets so sick of sandwiches that I am always looking for something new for the main item.  I came across this lovely little creation and they were fantastic.  They are super fast for dinner and then we used the leftovers in the kids lunch. They loved eating them the next day and I love adding something to our lunch repertoire.   Pizza Pancakes (...

I know, I know...zucchini pizza? Well when the zucchini just won't stop growing and all your efforts at killing it just won't work and you are finding random bags left at your door you know it is time to get super creative. Anybody with me on this? If you have never grown something before, try a zucchini plant.  They are super sturdy (trust me they never die especially when you want them to), they always produce many zucchinis (have you heard of the phrase that one zucchini plant will feed a neighborhood?--it's totally true), and they are very good in everything from desserts ( chocolate zucchini cupcakes or zucchini bread ) to main dishes (pizza, meatloaf , zucchini boats ) to side dishes ( grilled zucchini ). The other day my friend gave me some round zucchini (thanks Aubrey).  I had never seen ones like these.  But I knew they would be perfect for my next zucchini idea. Pizza. Plus I was hoping that if I slathered it with cheese and pepperoni my kids would eat it! ...

 I am so excited to be guest posting over at Alli-n-Son . Go check out this amazing grilled BLT Pizza that I am sharing. Plus right now I am going to be in the middle of some serious dirt (ie camping, old school style) and wishing I could have one of these babies. So go stop on by, look at this deliciousness, and let her know where you came.