The Story Of A Burnt Pizza

This is how my morning went today. Last night, I stayed up late making a big batch of homemade pizza dough so we can have pizza anytime we want to. I freeze some of the dough and left one in the refrigerator for my son's lunch. I got up early this morning so I could bake the homemade personal pizza for my little man's lunch today. I prepared the toppings with some sauce mixed in with pureed sweet potato, chicken, lots of Mozzarella cheese, S&P, and then I baked it. After baking, the pizza wasn't brown enough and not all the cheeses have melted so I decided to turn the Broiler on high and I went on and helped my son get ready for school (big mistake). All of a sudden I smelled something burning and I remembered my pizza is BURNING!!!! UGH!!!! I was so mad and so upset, I couldn't get over it right away. I was really mad at myself for doing that. You would think I would be smart enough because I have been making homemade pizza a lot of times now, but still I make mistake. 

I apologized to my son that he won't have pizza for lunch today because his mom burnt the pizza. Yeah! ME. I burnt the pizza. Now, I was in a hurry to fix something before they head to school and I only had a few minutes left or else he'll be late. I cut out some heart-shaped whole wheat bread with some honey, grabbed some of the Sweet Potato Scones that I made last night, a banana and stuffed it in his lunch bag. Then I told my son that is what's for lunch, and he looked at me with that sad face. So they head out the door on their way to school in a hurry, only to find out there's no class today. After learning that there is no school today, I thought to myself, "Well, I guess it was okay the pizza was burnt". And that's how I got over this issue. (LOL) My lesson learned is to make it ahead and reheat the day I need it. Or make a back up. I didn't get to make meals ahead this week, so that's why. But I really like making the pizza dough ahead and bake it with the toppings fresh. Oh well! And that's the story of the burnt pizza. May you have a great day! 

Instead of looking like this...........

It looked like this! Sadness! Oh well, I will make another one again and this time, I will be more careful.

My Picky Eater's Lunch: Homemade Personalized Whole Wheat Pizza

Now that I have a Kindergarten student, I have been a bit busy searching for healthier meal options that my boy can take to school for lunch. He is one picky eater little man and would not eat the school's lunch so I decided to make it myself. Like I said, he is a picky eater and sad to say, he no longer likes to eat veggies and fruits unlike when he was a little baby. I wake up early in the morning and I prepare his meals that can be prepared quickly and make the ones that can be prepared ahead. Here is my first share of my picky eater's school lunch.

Who doesn't love pizza, right? Well, I guess there are other people who doesn't like it, but the majority of us we do. Because we are not a fan of store bought frozen pizza, or we don't usually order pizza to-go, I decided to make our own homemade whole wheat pizza. This way, I can make it a bit nutritious by adding in some pureed vegetables in the sauce. By adding pureed vegetables, my son won't know it actually has vegetables in it. Pureeing veggies and fruits, then mixing it with other food is one great way to give your picky eater a nutritious meal. 

You can go online or on Pinterest and search for "Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe". There's tons of them online. I also let my handy-dandy bread machine do the most work for me.

(You can also add in cooked Beets and Carrots to the pizza sauce)

Mix the sweet potatoes and pizza sauce together in a food processor. Or in my case I used the Spaghetti sauce with chunky vegetables in it. I also add in a tablespoon of Flax Seed for more nutrition. I basically add it into everything including my smoothies. It doesn't grind it up finely, but I like the texture. Or buy the milled Flax Seed instead, if you prefer. Process it until well-blended and smooth, then set aside. 

I like to slice it up into 8 wedges, then formed it into a ball. Use a rolling pin to flatten it out. You don't have to do this if you want to make one big pizza, but I wanted the personalized size pizza. Use a fork to poke tiny holes. 

It looks like the whole wheat flat bread you can buy at the store, doesn't it? You can use that too to make pizza if you don't want to go through all these steps. 

Once you put the sauce, toppings and cheese, place them on a tray, cover with plastic, and stick it in the freezer. Once frozen, take them out of the freezer, and wrap them up. I like to put wax paper or parchment paper in between two pizzas so it is easy to pop them out when I am ready to bake it. Just leave the paper on the bottom of the pizza once you bake it. This way it is easy to pick each pizza off the baking sheet when ready to eat. Makes sense, don't you think? 

We also love muffins or cupcakes in this house so I made some whole wheat banana chocolate chip muffins with raisins & flax seed (the healthy-er version). I'll share with you the recipe next time. For my pizza topping, I used ground turkey and provolone cheese just because that's what I had. Next time, I want to use Provolone and Mozzarella. 

A lunch for a picky eater boy was served!