Pizza Night

Every Sunday evening in our home is pizza night. The tradition began back when it was just my husband and me, during our first year of marriage. Since my husband is a big football fan and enjoys watching the sport, regardless of who is playing, I realized early on that Sunday afternoon and evenings in the fall were going to be devoted to one thing: football. (Luckily, I enjoy watching the game as well.) Casual dinners of pizza in the living room became a Sunday norm that I looked forward to.

It took a lot of experimentation before I mastered the perfect crust. The recipe I use now is a combination of The Pioneer Woman, Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, and my own trial and error. I usually double the recipe and put half in the freezer so that I only have to make the dough every other week.

I make two types of crust: white and whole wheat.

Toppings often consist of leftovers from the week that need to be eaten. For the boys that means ham, bacon, steak, turkey... For me that means kale, arugula, spinach, green beans, cherry tomatoes, peppers...

And, of course, lots of parmesan cheese for everyone.

This week, the boys had theirs with pepperoni.

I had mine with chopped baby kale & cherry tomatoes.

There is a relaxing element, as the family chef, in knowing what will be on the menu at least one day each week. (That means I only have to come up with six meals when planning our weekly menu! ;)

Now our boys have come to love and look forward to this Sunday tradition as much as my husband and me.

No one in this family gets tired of eating pizza.

...and there is plenty of extra dough to freeze for next weekend's Pizza Night.

Do you have a Sunday family tradition?

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