Pizza Mondays

On Mondays, I’m the envy of the lunchroom at work as I heat up and enjoy my pizza from our weekly Sunday night pizza. This used to be one of those $5 deals from a chain pizza joint, until my father lovingly pointed out that as a dietitian, I should be ashamed of myself, eating fast food…

Of course, (as always ) he was right. So, my husband and I decided it was time to start using one of our wedding presents, a perforated 15 3/4″ pizza pan (available at Target for about $15). The perforated surface promises a nice crispy crust and the nonstick finish means you can slide your pie onto a cutting board and divvy it up. I have to confess that aside from occasionally helping with the chopping of the various toppings, Kurt is the master of pizza night.

He is the one who researched online recipes for whole wheat pizza crust (I put in the request for the whole wheat part), and every Sunday night he gets the party going by starting the yeast. Fast forward to about 1 hour and fifteen minutes later, and our house smells like the best pizzeria in town. He is also the one who, a few weeks ago, wondered aloud about making his own pizza sauce…so off he went and managed to find a recipe that makes enough for two pizzas (we freeze half for next week). It is the best pizza I’ve ever had–and I spent a year of my life in Italy, so that is a high compliment!!

In any case, Pizza Mondays are a great example of the idea behind the Lunchbox Chronicles: make enough for dinner one night to take for lunch the next day! The only things I miss as I sit in the lunchroom eating my Monday Pizza are Kurt, our dog Otto and a nice glass of red wine…