Meatless Monday: Adult Cheese Pizza

March 7, 2016

Meatless Monday - Adult Four Cheese Pizza

Ah! You guys! Over the weekend, Mike kind of surprised me and planned to ship the boys off to his sister’s house for the night. It was a wonderful treat to be out and about with friends and be able to converse and not worry about crying babies. Not that the kiddos didn’t come up in conversation anyway. I even got to sleep in yesterday until 8am! What?!?!?

I know some of you are reading this and thinking, “8AM? Why so early?”

And those of you that think that can go jump in Lake Michigan.

Juuuuuuust kidding.

It was nice to be adults and go and do adult things. And like true adults, we stayed up a little later than normal only to come to regret that when the 2 year old was having multiple melt downs about wearing shoes. IN THE SNOW. Yeah, he wanted to go outside, but refused to put on shoes.  Come on, kid! I don’t have patience for this right now. My coffee and bloody Mary from brunch are wearing off and I need a nap too.

Adult 4 Cheese Pizza - Sarcastic Cooking

Another way we are #AdultingSoHard: we are starting to go look at houses today! I am so excited, nervous, and scared. Mostly excited. We have lived in our current apartment for five years and we are finally starting to outgrow it and wanting to make the move to the ‘burbs. I feel like I have no idea what we are looking for or what red flags to keep an eye out for.

Wanna help a sister out and give me some house hunting tips?

I know to be patient and try and not get stressed, even though I probably will anyway. Thank God I have pizza month going on and I can eat my feelings with these beautiful cheesy slices. I had to call it adult cheese pizza because, well, I didn’t think I was young and hip enough to pull off quattro formaggi. And that’s ok with me because, honestly, no matter what you call it, it’s still freaking awesome.

Adult Cheese Pizza

Thin and crispy whole wheat pizza crust topped with mozzarella, parmesan, fontina, and asiago cheeses.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 1 , 12 Inch Pizza

Ingredients

  • Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
  • 1/4 Cup Olive Oil
  • Pinch of Salt and Pepper
  • 2 Cloves of Garlic Grated
  • 1/2 Cup Low-Moisture Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1/4 Cup Freshly Grated Fontina
  • 1/2 Cup Shaved Parmesan Cheese
  • 1/4 Cup Freshly Grated Asiago Cheese
  • More Grated Parmesan for topping
  • Dash of Dried Oregano and Crucjed Red Pepper Flakes for topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F, if using the recipe for my no-knead whole wheat pizza dough. If you are using another premade dough, follow the cooking instructions on the packaging.
  2. Place the pizza pan or stone in the oven while it preheats.
  3. In a small mixing bowl, combine the olive oil, garlic, salt, and black pepper.
  4. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until about 12 inches.
  5. Once the oven is preheated, remove the pan and transfer the dough carefully to the pan. Use a brush to coat the crust in the olive oil/garlic mixture. Coat the whole pizza with all of the cheese.
  6. Bake for 12-15 minutes until bubbly and golden.
  7. Top the pizza with more parm, dried oregano, and red pepper flakes. Cut and then serve.

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  • Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
    March 17, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    1-ahhh yay for adult fun!! You guys totally deserved a little break!
    2-I’m about to start house hunting too! eeeeee
    3-YUM. This is like the perfect pizza to me, so cheeeeesy!

    • Stefanie
      March 17, 2016 at 9:25 pm

      Be advised. House hunting is all fun and games until you actually start going to houses.