Cupcakes and Cashmere

American Pie

July 28th, 2009

In the amount of time that it takes to call for pizza, you can make your own pie (minus the creepy delivery guy at your door and bad stomach ache to follow). Trader Joe’s sells refrigerated dough* for less than $2, which is not only economical but incredibly easy. Just roll it out, throw on some pizza sauce, a blend of four cheeses, fire-roasted peppers and some fresh basil and you’ve got yourself a simple, one-dish meal.
*Extra points if you choose whole wheat dough.

Allegra
Hey! Just a tip about the basil, put it on in the last five minutes so it isn’t quite as crispy. Basil doesn’t need to cook as long as everything else, so we usually just pull out the pizza and plunk some on a few minutes before we want to take it out.
http://www.daisychainae.blogspot.com Amber
yum. I usually have few balls of that dough in the freezer for last minute dinners, and the whole wheat is super tasty.
http://www.thebudgetbabe.com The Budget Babe
the knives in the background juxtaposed with your sweet, welcoming smile makes for one very interesting photo and the pizza looks so yum, my boyfriend got me hooked on homemade pizzas using the pre-made dough. he tends to top with bacon which kinda ruins the good-for-you factor just a notch!
http://heart-of-light.blogspot.com Rachel (Heart of Light)
We made pizza last night too! Must have been something in the air.
http://www.melissabxoxo.blogspot.com Melissa
I love making pizza! My family used to do it all the time when I was little.
http://nikymarie.blogspot.com Nicole Marie
i tried that a few months ago and completely ruined both the pizzas i was making! i don’t know what went wrong!
http://littleinsomniaclolita.blogspot.com andhari
That looks AMAZING! I have no idea how to cook, i’m so impressed!:)
http://www.baileyandmeister.com hanako66
we do this all of the time!
Jackie
Gosh, i love how you do everything yourself. Do you come up with your own recipes?
http://couturecarrie.blogspot.com/ Couture Carrie
Great job, darling! And you look even more lovely than that pie!
xoxox,
CC
http://www.the20somethingsociety.com Jacquelyn
Um, YUM!
http://la-rue-neuve.blogspot.com/ Christen
I love making this recipe. My boyfriend and I have homemade pizza at least once a week and ours is very similar to yours it seems. I was wondering though, what sauce do you use? We have tried a number of different ones and I’m not particularly crazy about any of them.
As usual, LOVE your posts!
Christen
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http://underfundedheiress.blogspot.com/ Heather
Love your dress! I think it’s going to be a pizza night for me.
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http://pandeldreamer.blogspot.com/ Stacy
We recently picked up a couple of pizza dough’s at TJs and loved how convenient and cheap it was. Made a BBQ chicken pizza and it was absolutely delish!
http://thestylistadiaries.blogspot.com Victoria
I used that exact same dough from Trader Joe’ s (even the whole wheat one too!) and it didn’t come out right..I think my roller was being faulty, but the dough just wouldn’t be flat! I gave up and stuck it in the oven, and it still came out raw! Nevertheless, it was a failure! I must say yours looks a LOT better than mine! Maybe I should attempt again?
xoxo,
Victoria
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http://stylecrumbs.blogspot.com/ Farrah
Oh YUMZ!! Thanks for making it look so simple and easy! And not to mention healthy!
XO
http://www.thebeautyfile.blogspot.com/ TheBeautyFile
Whenever I think of pizza delivery guys, my mind goes to that fun 80s movie, Loverboy. It’s such a fun, “Can’t Buy Me Love” kind of flick!
http://signorinasvizerra.blogspot.com/ Lindsay
Yum YUm! You are making me hungry!
http://delightbydesign.blosgpot.com blair
Oh, wow ! I love fresh crust and your toppings sound delish. Make me want to run to the store and buy ingredients right now!
http://www.LittleRedBook-thatshaute.blogspot.com Little Red Book
OMG you’ve just inspired us w/pizza! I love it!
http://www.thenameisjin.wordpress.com Jheanell
MMMmmm…I should try to make my own pizza
http://www.gourmama.blogspot.com GourMama
Thank you for this post, because this is what I just made for dinner. If it wasn’t for you posting this my husband would of come home tonight hungry with no idea of what to make. I made my own whole wheat dough and everything. Yum Yum! Show more food, so I can copy!
http://glitzy.wordpress.com Miss Glitzy
you look so immaculate even when u’re cooking!
http://cafefashionista.blogspot.com Cafe Fashionista
I love watching the dough rise when you bake pizza. The crust is always my favorite!
http://www.theconsummatehostess.blogspot.com The Consummate Hostess
Yum! Great looking pizza and fabulous tip!
Angela
Try the herb and garlic pizza dough from Trader Joes….I had it on saturday and it was SO good!!
http://www.diamondcanopywinn.blogspot.com Winnie
Your pizza looks so delicious!!
http://closetcravings.com Closet Cravings
Pizza is one of those things I never get tired of eating. We have some family get together, and my dad makes pizza. Just had some last night. Your pizza looks pretty tasty too. Yummmm. =)
http://rachaelist..blogspot.com Rachael
This post totally inspired me to make homemade pizza! This is totally what bloggin’ should be about, right?
Brandie
Mmmm. I wasn’t even hungry and now I’m totally craving a homemade pizza. That looks delicious!
kaitlin
Making your dought is just as easy; I usually make a big batch on weekends, freeze in small portions it before it rises, and then take it out the morning of.
Also, I’m a big proponent of cooking my pizza at a high temperature (475F) and putting herbs on before serving. It’s more traditionally Italian…but then again I’m Canadian. We fail at pizza-making in restos here.
Sarah S
You’re always showing such great looking food, and yet, you have such a lovely figure. How do you do it?!
http://ladauphinestyle.blogspot.com La Dauphine
Looks amazing!
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http://digitalglitt3r.blogspot.com/ Sylvia
Mmm home made pizza is the best!
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http://pink-to-green.blogspot.com meg
this looks amazing- we love “make your own” pizza night in our house. so worth the effort!!
http://www.maeko.org Maeko
I sure love me some food… We love to make our own homemade pizzas here.
http://hellokittylittle.xanga.com/weblog/ dena
pizza looks yum! you look so cute!! knife wall is scary!! :=)
http://icaitlin.xanga.com Caitlin
I’d love that, cause most pizza places I go to, won’t leave the sauce off… I’m allergic to tomatoes, and I don’t appreciate having my allergic reactions…