Pesonal Pizza Party

Another night spent asking what's for dinner? My husband would be home in an hour and I had not pulled anything out of the freezer, so pizza it will be.
I had planned on making pizza one night before my last trip to the grocery store, but as I was mixing the dough...a genius idea, or maybe two.
Why not keep my toddler occupied while I was cooking, and why not cook outside on the grill!
So to start I mixed up "the best pizza dough" from Camilles Casa. It's so easy and delicious!
Instead of cooking the dough in the oven,i rolled out small pizzas, brushed it with a little olive oil and threw it on the pizza stone i was pre-heating on the grill. I pre-baked them before placing the toppings on them.

Then i chopped all of my toppings into bite size and placed them in fun bowls along with sauce and cheese on a cookie sheet for easy transporting. (aren't they cute?)

Here comes the fun part. Everyone gets their own pizza to top however they please.
Then we threw them back on the grill for a few minutes, or until the cheese was melted.
YUM!
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A few notes... It's messy, so doing the toping outside helps with clean up. Another issue, we soon found the bees loved us, so "bee" warned. I also took the cooked dough we didn't use, and threw it in the freezer to use for a quick microwave version!
Enjoy!

Oh Bananas!

In my hunt to become a domestic goddess, I've found I'm too poor to buy everything i want to make. This discovery has me searching for every way to be frugal....and accept every handout I get. So....when my sister handed me a CASE of bananas to take home, of corse I said yes!
There are a lot of bananas in a case... so I'm sure this has you asking at least two questions: 1 where did she get them from? And 2: what did you do with them all?
1: My brother-in-law worked a bike race over the weekend, and brought 4 cases home...so they had bananas coming out their ears!
2: Of course I made a delicious treat FROZEN CHOCOLATE COVERED BANANAS. (you thought I was going to say banana bread didn't you...and believe me, I probably still will.)
Anyways... 65 bananas on skewars later I've learned a few things.

First I peeled all of bananas, placed them on skewers, laid them on waxed paper and flash froze them.

 
I cut the chocolate into squares and chopped some peanuts.

Then, I melted chocolate in a double boiler, with a little bit of oil.

(here's the learning part)
My first batch I tried to dip the bananas in an old big gulp cup that i had filled with the chocolate. Not exactly what I had imagined. Because the bananas were frozen, the chocolate set up super fast and i couldn't get the nuts on.
The second attempt went a little better. I left the chocolate in the pan and scooped it onto the banana with a spoon. It still set up fast, but they look a lot better!


Another thing I learned was i had to re-freeze them after i dipped them.some of them melted.
Now all we need to do is enjoy them! Yum!