Normally, pizza night is reserved for Friday evenings, but my husband and I are getting a date night this Friday so we have shifted our night to Thursday this week. Since I was already making a pizza for our family, it seemed easiest to make a pizza as a meal for a new mom in my mom’s group.
To save time today, I made her dough in my bread machine last night and put it in an oiled plastic bag to roll out this morning. I also wanted to get the sauce done because, for me, this is the most difficult part of making a pizza. I love to have homemade sauce for dipping and to put on top of our pizza, but I am always waiting until the last minute, or I find out that I don’t have everything I need to make it.
I made the pizza sauce in my slow cooker and let it simmer all night last night, while we were sleeping. This morning I woke up to tons of pizza sauce, ready to be spread on my dough.
I used this Easy Pizza Sauce Recipe and made three times the amount of sauce. I have put the extra in the freezer for the next few family nights. This will save me a lot of work and a lot of time spent cleaning up the splattered stove each week!
Related Readings:
Pizza Hut Style Pizza Dough Recipe
Dinner is in the Bag
Fun Family Nights
Organizing the Kitchen
Sound Off: What do you keep on hand in your freezer to help save you time and money throughout the week?
(not sure this saves money) I like to have individual chicken cordon bleu in the freezer. These are nice and quick for Sunday lunch. They cook at the same temp as the kids’ fish sticks so the kids can eat cooled fish sticks while we eat hot cordon bleu. It’s nice enough for company if we invite someone over after church.
Jennifer
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