Every day my teen comes home from school and asks for pizza. thanks
Every day after a baseball game or practice, or hockey game or practice, or any sporting event, he asks for pizza.
The tween girl is a carb queen and considers pizza a daily staple. If it was up to her she would have pizza and ice cream every single day.
Pizza, it appears, is going to be in our diet for the foreseeable future.
I decided to make home made pizza and, for convenience, turn it into pizza pockets.
I made the dough before jumping in the shower (and let it rise while I was in the shower). Simple: all purpose flour, active yeast in some warm water and a sprinkle of maple syrup, and a touch of salt. To kick it up a bit I chopped some fresh rosemary into the dough along with some very thinly sliced, fresh garlic. Mix it all together with a tablespoon of good quality olive oil and an hour later you have yourself a lovely scented pizza dough.
For variation, next time I may switch it up with some different flours: high protein, multi-grain, whole wheat. We’ll see.
For the pizza pockets, I searched the fridge for toppings and came up with these:
- grass fed beef sticks (kind of like dried meat/sausage snacks)
- grated white cheddar cheese
- marinated stuffed green olives
- home made pizza sauce my son made in the summer (I froze the leftover portion into smaller portions for this exact reason…to have it ready next time we need pizza sauce)
Kneading the dough by hand gave me a good workout.
The olives came from a huge jar I bought at Costco. I drained some of them and marinated them in olive oil. So Good!
Filling the pizza pockets didn’t take long. I pierced the finished products with a fork to let off steam while baking.
I brushed the finished pockets with a bit of the sauce because I was too lazy to pour oil into a little container.
They were baked for approximately 20 minutes in a 350 F oven and then they were inhaled by the kids.
They turned out really good (I didn’t have any but everyone else approved) so I’m thinking next time I’ll double the recipe and freeze some. They can pop them into the microwave when they get home instead of stopping off at the 7 Eleven for junk.
Do you think this will satisfy their pizza craving?
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I loveeeee this recipe
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Great post!
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I wish I’d had this recipe when my son was a teen and still at home. He loved pizza pockets. I never tried homemade ones. But I do make homemade pizza crust these days and I like your idea of adding fresh rosemary and garlic. I’ll do that to notch up the flavor a bit.
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I love the scented crust! You can add any herb you like!
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That looks delicious 😋 😍
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I think I’ll mix it up a bit next time, different fillings. Thank you for stopping by!
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yummm!!! sometimes when I’m in a pinch for pizza, I use garlic naan bread for flatbread pizza and cover it with baba gahnoush, spinach, peach slices, prosciutto and mozarella. then I cook it on the bbq for a few minutes to melt the cheese and drizzle balsamic on top. its amazing!!!
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Omg that sounds delish! I use naan too sometimes but the baba ganhoush idea, yes! I hadn’t thought of that. Great tip!
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Yum yum looks delicious ❤ . (This might make you smile, I've been chatting to my sister on the phone and she shared her tales and experiences of trying to limit use of this game called Fortnite?)
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She did make one interesting point, if she banned hers from playing then they’d be the odd children at school and thinking back I understand where she’s coming from.
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Yes. Banning isn’t the intention. But some days, the hammer must come down. 🙃
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Haha hahaha!!! Welcome to my world. 😉
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Washing up = 15minutes, and apparently the husband says “the graphics are amazing” justifying his playing as ‘child bonding time!!!’ 😀 (She’s not convinced either)
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😁
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That looks delicious and who can’t eat carbs as a teenager or younger than that….I look forward to the day I am at the maintain weight and can have a slice of pizza.
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It’s so hard. I react with eczema when I eat wheat…I have to control the amount. If I had no wheat all day and have a slice, I’m ok, but then no toast for breakfast next day. That kind of thing.
Did you know people make gluten free pizza crust with cauliflower?
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Yes, I have tried lots of cauliflower recipes with the keto diet. It is slowly working. I hit plateaus and then exercise more and then begin losing again. It is a slow process for me.
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It would satisfy MY pizza craving😁
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