Thin Crust Squash and Roasted Red Pepper Pizza

When’s the last time you made pizza at home?  Or maybe you’ve yet to attempt it?  There’s no doubt that homemade pizza is fun to make and tastes better than local delivery or frozen pucks.

It’s pizza time at home! Here’s why:

1. You can remain healthy and indulge!  Chances are that your local pizza chain does not offer an array of healthy toppings or an exotic choice of pizza dough.  Making pizza at home allows you to include healthy choices from all the food groups:  like squash and spinach, fresh buffalo mozzarella cheese, vegetable-based dough and intensely flavoured bases like Kitchen Connaisseur Sun Dried Tomato Sauce.

Spinach and Prosciutto Pizza

2. It’s Cheaper! To make pizzas at home, even a really deluxe pizza with interesting toppings, we estimate about $6 per large pizza pie. Our latest check for delivery is $12 – $20+ per pie…and then, of course, there is a tip!

3. You can incorporate seasonal toppings and/or what you already have in the fridge! Pizza isn’t considered a seasonal dish. Rather it is a canvas that lends itself to what’s in season, what you have on hand, and what you like. So go ahead – add toppings like fresh arugula in spring or ripe tomatoes in summer.  Use Kitchen Connaisseur Peanut Sauce in the Fall as a tasty alternative for a base, or divide the pizza into sections and include different toppings for every season and different tastes.  There is no doubt that at home you can make a pizza you won’t get anywhere else.

Tropical Thai Pizza

4. You can make it the way your family needs it: If you have allergies or particular affinities for flavor combinations, making your own pizza at home is the easy solution. Today many of us opt for gluten-free dough – it’s easy to accommodate when you’re doing the cooking.

Duck and Watercress Pizza Rolls

5. It’s Just Better: Make-at-home pizza allows you to control the quality.  It’s always fresh and hot out of the oven. You can certainly make the better dough at home.  It’s an item that everyone from youngsters to adults can help prepare and experience together.  Once you create a recipe or two you’ll realize that your version is superior to anything you’ve ever ordered or grabbed at a supermarket.  At the very least, you can control everything:  the kind of cheese, the amount of cheese, the variety of toppings, and the crispness of the crust.

For the very best homemade pizza, you’ll want to use Kitchen Connaisseur’s various pizza-related products, recipes, and gifts.  Click on the “Say Pizza!” link below and enjoy!

Say Pizza!