Pizza Family Night Friday
“Give young children the opportunity to participate in family decision-making. Their insight will surprise you.” ~Life’s Little Instruction Book
We talk about the importance of our children within our families … spending time with them, nurturing and encouraging them, talking with them and listening to them. Today’s menu reflects another way to include our children on a quality level by letting them help with the “decision-making” about the ingredients and the preparation for a dinner. Friday night can be the perfect time to make dinner a Family Affair for all to participate in and we’ve included 2 easy recipes (a dinner pizza and a dessert pizza) to get you started.
#1
Easy Crescent-Roll Dinner Pizza
makes 1 large pizza
2 packages tube-style refrigerated crescent rolls
1 jar pizza sauce of your choice
12 ounces shredded Mozzarella cheese (I like low-fat)
Cooked and crumbled sausage or sliced pepperoni
Pat crescent roll dough out onto a 12 x 16 -inch cookie sheet, patting any seams closed to make one large crust. Spread with pizza sauce, then cooked sausage, then cheese. If using pepperoni, spread sauce, then cheese, then top with pepperoni slices. Bake in 350? oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until done to your liking
#2
Easy Crescent-Roll Dessert Pizza
makes 1 medium pizza
1 can tube-style refrigerated crescent rolls
8 ounces cream cheese or strawberry cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
Assorted fruits; choose from: fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, sliced kiwi, grapes (halved), drained mandarin orange slices, drained bite-size pineapple pieces
Spread crescent roll dough on a 13 -inch pizza pan, pinching any seams together. Bake in 350ยบ oven until browned; cool completely. Mix cream cheese and sugar together until softened and fluffy; spread on crust. Arrange selected fruits in decorative pattern on top of the cream cheese. Store in fridge till serving time. Cut into wedges to serve.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Oh we do Friday Night Pizza night…. I have purchased mini stones from Pampered Chef and each family member gets to make their own pizza. This allows us to choose our own toppings and I get to make the one with all the veggies and things the kids don’t like. LOL
We do make our dough from scratch (flour, yeast, water, little salt and sugar…thats it!) My son cannot have artificial additives or color dyes so we have learned to do it naturally and read lots of labels at the store.)
One of our challengers is a Pampered Chef representative. If you don’t have one in your area, let me know… I will put you in contact with her. (I love supporting our great big Make Today Matter/Change Your Life Challenge family!)
Off to stock up on pizza night ingredients!
April 8th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
We love pizza pockets from about two months back. You take a tube of pizza crust, and roll it out with a little flour, cut into four squares and top each with a little pizza sauce and toppings of their choice. Fold over to make a pocket and cook in the oven till done. The kidds love rolling them out and filling them with what they desire and I get to fill mine Hawiian style. It is really quick and easy to do. Love it!!!!