Life without an oven isn't so bad.  It requires me to think more deeply, to be more creative.  Today was no exception.  I was missing a key ingredient for my crock pot meal I had planned for today.  It's the 14th of the month and I still haven't found time to grocery shop.  It's so nice to have a pantry and the flexibility to stay out of the store. 

Today was special because my ballet mom friends came over for a sewing day to make the costumes for the upcoming performance and all the children got to play together. Torrie brought me these:

Notice the river rocks in the bottom of the milk vase and the twine tied around the top holding the hand written card.  Beautiful, Torrie!  Such thoughful little touches. 

I had so much fun sewing with my friends that supper time crept up on me and I didn't have a plan. While cleaning up some broken glass (it was one of those days) I got an idea and took a few minutes and put this in my Kitchen Aid mixer:

1 3/4 cups of warm water

1 Tablespoon of yeast

1 Tablespoon of vegetable oil

2 Tablespoons of honey

4 cups of flour

Mixed it well and set it to rest while I finished visiting with my friends.  When the house was quiet again, Brandon helped me make artisan pizza's on the griddle.  Today there were only 2 rules:  1.  No stressing and 2.  Everyone has fun.  We continued the rules for our cooking session.

Step one: Divide the dough into 4 balls.  Press each ball flat.  It doesn't have to be round, smooth or pretty :).

 Step 2:  Put some chopped veggies on one side of the hot griddle and slap a piece of dough on the other.  Cook it like a pancake.

3.  While cooking the second side, spread the first side with tomato sauce (jarred spaghetti sauce is perfect) pepperoni, grilled veggies, and mozzarella cheese.  Make it however you like it best or use whatever is on hand.  Alfredo sauce or pesto is a great alternative to tomato sauce.

4.  When the second side is browned, slide it under a broiler and let the cheese get golden brown.

 
  
Yum!

Alternately, you can do this on the grill, no broiler necessary.  Just reduce the amount of water in the crust recipe to 1 2/3 cups.  I used white flour for this recipe but have used 100% whole wheat flour in the past and it is great too.

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