Homemade Pizza

@sishy7 (27167)
Australia
July 14, 2017 11:32am CST
# 77 That’s what we had for dinner the other night. My husband made the crust from scratch. I think it turned out really good - thin and crispy just as I like it… I helped with the toppings. We made three different kinds. One was just cheese pizza (with lots of extra cheese on it), I put some pepperoni on the second one, and the third one was pictured... That last one was really a mix pizza. We just kind of put whatever we found in the fridge. The toppings were spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, shrimps, and mozzarella cheese. I guess that’s the beauty with homemade pizza – it’s really free style, we can put whatever toppings we want and however much or less we want each topping to be... What toppings do you like on your pizza?
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• United States
14 Jul 17
I love home made pizza and I too like thin crispy crust. I only like for toppings anchovies and black olives and mushroom
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
14 Jul 17
Oh... I don't know too many people who likes anchovies as toppings... Most I know avoid them... I don't mind them myself... When I order seafood pizza, they would ask me if I want the anchovies and I would say 'yes'...
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• United States
14 Jul 17
@sishy7 Oh you are unusual sishy..no one or at least not many like them here. It is my Sicilian heritage that my Father always made pizzas like that.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Jul 17
I love the toppings you mention, @TiarasOceanView - anchovies and black olives were made for pizza!
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
14 Jul 17
The pizza looks so delicious. We normally put tomato paste, chicken/beef, pepper, olives, sweetcorn and mozzarella cheese.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
oh, the corn is something new for me...
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@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Jul 17
I am usually an everything-on-it pizza . . . but not when we do it at home (too many ingredients to chop up just for my own pizza ). Did you guys make the sauce from scratch too?
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@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Jul 17
@sishy7 Ah, he uses some secret ingredients !
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
19 Jul 17
@much2say Not so much that he keeps it a secret - just that I don't know what they are...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
18 Jul 17
I think he used pizza sauce from a bottle but added some other ingredients or seasonings (don't ask me what exactly they are... ). I do know he added some different ingredients for the pizza pictured, one of them was soy sauce, I think...
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@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Jul 17
that looks super good. I usually use a tortilla and simply put whatever I want on it then bake. I haven't done that in quite a while.
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@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Jul 17
Yes, flat bread is good as well @sishy7 I love melting a lot of cheese on some flat bread then dipping it in tomato sauce as I eat it .... or salsa when I have some.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
@rebelann That sounds good too... I'll remember that the next time I have some flat bread... melted cheese and salsa remind me of nachos - add sour cream while we're at it, no?
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
Oh yes, tortilla can be used too... I've done pizza on flat bread before...
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
14 Jul 17
For my pizza a very simple topping, tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil (Pizza Margherita), I like the crust and I do not want to kill the taste with too many ingredients, but I am Italian, so I am partial to pizza.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
14 Jul 17
Simple is good! One of my sons prefer just pizza sauce and cheese on his pizza... That's why we made the first one just a simple cheese pizza...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
@LadyDuck We also only use mozzarella for pizzas... But we put a good amount on it... Then my son would still sprinkle some parmesan on just before he eats his piece...
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
15 Jul 17
@sishy7 I only like mozzarella cheese on the pizza, no any other kind of cheese and very little cheese.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
20 Jul 17
Well, your first two pizzas sound good, but I would have to pass on the third... (I am really not a fan of pepperoni, either, but I will eat it if there is nothing else.) My favorite pizza toppings are Italian sausage and mushroom, but Pretty won't eat mushrooms so I very rarely get my choice of toppings. Usually, if she chooses, we end up with Taco pizza or Canadian Bacon and Cheese pizza. (I will eat those, so it is not like I starve when we order them. I have even quit crying now when she only orders those types of pizzas! LOL!)
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
20 Jul 17
Taco pizza... hmm, that's a new one to me and sure sounds interesting... What toppings do they have? Do they have crunchy tortilla, or some taco sauce, maybe?
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
21 Jul 17
@DaddyEvil Oh, I don't remember seeing Casey's in California... First time I heard the name of this convenience store, actually... In the frozen section of some supermarkets down here, they have pre-made pizza crust... I don't know how good they taste, but it seems like a convenient thing to have when we want to make our own pizza at home without worrying about making the crust from scratch... The Taco pizza sounds just like how I imagine it would be... I'll remember to try that next time we make pizza... I don't think I've seen it offered in any of the pizza stores we've been...
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
21 Jul 17
@sishy7 It is regular pizza crust covered with a layer of bean paste, browned hamburger over that with cheese, lettuce and tomato and then Doritos Nacho Cheese Chips broken over the top. (Lettuce, tomato and chips are added after the pizza cooks.) They give us taco sauce packets to put on the pizza when we get it home. We get these pizzas at Casey's General Store. Casey's is a convenience store in the southern and western U.S. (I have only seen it here and south of us plus all the way in California when we were there several years ago. I have never been further East than Pennsylvania, so have no idea if it is on the East Coast, too. I don't remember seeing any Casey's stores in Pennsylvania.) Edit to add: Pretty has made a few Taco Pizzas here at home. She doesn't like making the crust, though. So we only buy it from Casey's now.
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• United States
16 Jul 17
That looks delicious! I like making homemade pizza, because as you said, I can put as many toppings on it as I want with as much of them as I want, and I don't have to pay extra for them! I do like the local pizza from the Italian place, though. Theirs seems to taste different than ours. Someone said it is the oven they use, because they have the specialty pizza oven.
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• United States
17 Jul 17
@sishy7 I missed you, too! If you offer me food, then you can lure me back from just about anywhere! My memory is not so good at the moment (I am assuming that it is due to extreme stress), but I think I was talking with MysD about the pizza ovens a couple months ago. I do think that they are more old-fashioned and harder to use, but they sure do make the pizza taste better.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
16 Jul 17
PA! How I've missed you so! I'm so glad my pizza can lure you all the way here so I can see you... Oh yes, I bet a specialty pizza oven would make all the difference in taste... My husband said that too - he dreams of having a traditional pizza oven which sounds just like an old-fashioned and hard-to-use oven to me...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
18 Jul 17
@purplealabaster I don't know what causing you to be under such stress but I do wish you well and that you will be relieved of any stress soon... Take care!
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@allknowing (137821)
• India
15 Jul 17
Your pizza looks inviting. I have done pizzas from scratch. Good you reminded me. Shall be at it again
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
What toppings do you usually put on your homemade pizzas?
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@allknowing (137821)
• India
16 Jul 17
@sishy7 Scrambled egg, cheese, some vegetables and a lot of tomato sauce.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
16 Jul 17
@allknowing Scrambled egg... hmm, I've got to try that on pizza!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Jul 17
Home-made pizza is a favourite in our house, although I never tried shrimp or prawns on it. I use the dough setting on the bread machine to make enough dough for 3 decent-sized thin and crispy pizzas. I make my own pizzaiola sauce for the top, too. Delish!
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
Yum! If I have a bread machine I'd probably be more confident to make the dough providing it gives me exact instructions of what to do step by step...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
@pgntwo I got it...
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Jul 17
@sishy7 If you can make a cake from a packet by following the instructions, the dough-making bit is as easy as falling off a log.
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@JudyEv (342176)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Jul 17
It's nice to be able to add whatever toppings you like.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
17 Jul 17
@JudyEv They sure do... Like when we want half/half toppings on a pizza... Or the surcharge they force on customers when they open for business on public holidays...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
Yeah, without worrying how much extra charge that would be...
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@JudyEv (342176)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul 17
@sishy7 Some shops charge extra for every little thing, That makes me a bit cross.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Jul 17
your pizza looks so palatable. i like all toppings but i still prefer the simplest cheese and pineapple.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
29 Jul 17
I like that combination too... I didn't have pineapples at the time, or else I'd put some on the cheese pizza for sure...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
29 Jul 17
@ridingbet Thin crust... The one in the picture was thin crust, just the edges looked thick the way he did it...
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Jul 17
@sishy7 do you refer the thin crust, or the thick one?
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@dollaboy (6048)
27 Jul 17
I Bet, Homemade are always best
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
27 Jul 17
Yes, it is... Requires more work perhaps, but it's all worth it in the end...
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@dollaboy (6048)
28 Jul 17
@sishy7 hmm , that's for sure, Sishy 7
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@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
8 Nov 17
I love homemade pizzas.My mom makes pizzas for us. The toppings she uses to make pizza are chicken, corn, mushrooms, sausages, olives, paneer, tuna, and cheese.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
8 Nov 17
Sounds delicious... What is paneer?
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
8 Nov 17
@rubyriaz007 Oh, I see... Thanks for that...
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• India
8 Nov 17
@sishy7 It is cottage cheese. Paneer is the Indian name.
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@ya2017 (86)
5 Oct 17
Pizza is yummy.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
5 Oct 17
Yes, it is. And there are so many different varieties of it too so practically anyone can always enjoy a pizza of their choice...
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
5 Oct 17
@ya2017 Oh, I haven't really counted how much but there are benefits of having either homemade or store-bought pizza...
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@ya2017 (86)
5 Oct 17
@sishy7 how much will we save when buying homemade than instant pizza
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 17
It seems there is lots of cheese for the pizza and I love it Usually I put bacon, tomato and lots of cheese for the pizza. Of course lots of cheese is the key
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jul 17
@sishy7 That's the pizza I love
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
25 Jul 17
Yeah, I did put a generous amount of mozzarella cheese on it. I would have kept going if my husband didn't yell "That's enough!"...
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@sissy15 (12304)
• United States
17 Jul 17
As a kid, one of my favorite things was to make my own pizza and it's one of the things I used to do with the kids I babysat back in the day. Making your own pizza is relatively easy and inexpensive. I have had my son help in hopes of getting him to eat it but nope, that kid is not a pizza eater no matter how hard I try. I usually just do pepperoni and cheese but sometimes I mix it up and do chicken, broccoli, with ranch as the sauce. Sometimes I do bbq chicken pizza with onion or onion and pineapple. Sometimes just pineapple and cheese. I myself like veggies but I hate mushrooms and olives and I hate seafood. I will try various combinations though. I love making my own pizza, it's usually something I make when we don't have much at home to eat. I usually have the stuff to make a pizza. I also sometimes do a pizza on naan bread but I prefer making the crust myself.
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@sissy15 (12304)
• United States
17 Jul 17
@sishy7 lol I hear that a lot. He has pretty much always hated it and I'm just waiting for him to outgrow it. So far over 6 and a half years and still holding. My kid eats plain rice, broccoli, peas, onions, most forms of beans except green beans, but hates pizza. I don't get him. I haven't ever made my own naan bread. We usually go to aldi here and buy it for a reasonable price. We also use naan bread for paninis. It's something simple. I just make regular pizza dough. We have a certain recipe we use where I've noticed the dough is less sticky than a lot of other recipes so it's a little easier to work with.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
17 Jul 17
Oh, I have yet to know a kid who doesn't like pizza... B is probably the first! He will probably outgrow it though... Do you make your own naan bread too? I used flat bread for pizza before, but naan bread sounds like a good idea!
@velvet53 (22533)
• Palisade, Colorado
19 Jul 17
That looks soooo good. It depends on the mood I am in as to what kind of toppings I want on my pizza. I normally just have pepperoni and cheese but there is times I do add itallian sausage. Now if I want to doctor it up I will add onions, peppers, canadian bacon, and other things.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
20 Jul 17
Yes, pepperoni and cheese seem to be the most popular basic pizza...
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@velvet53 (22533)
• Palisade, Colorado
20 Jul 17
@sishy7 It is about time for me to make pizza again.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
25 Jul 17
I like lots of meat, veggies and cheese
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
25 Jul 17
Best thing about homemade, we can top the pizza with however much we want to of our favorite toppings...
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
25 Jul 17
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@thelme55 (77164)
• Germany
21 Jul 17
I love home made pizza. I love the tuna topping and of course the one you mentioned above.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
21 Jul 17
The nice thing about homemade is that we can do the toppings however way we'd like to...
@thelme55 (77164)
• Germany
24 Jul 17
@sishy7 so true. Making the pizza topping makes us creative.
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15 Jul 17
Wow homemade pizza. You make me hungry. Btw, everytime i made pizza i only put sausage, mozzarella, and beef. Full with sausage and mozzarella Ofc. I can put as much as i want haha.
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@mesbakh (2284)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 18
@sishy7 terima kasih (as response to selamat datang)
@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Jul 17
Yes, you can! Hello, Selamat Datang - Welcome to myLot, by the way! I'm pleased to have your first post of activity as a response to this discussion. I hope you enjoy your time on this site and I'll see you around the Lot, okay?!
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