Pizza Variations

Pizzas have four components:

Crust

Sauce

Toppings

Cheese

CRUST

I have two different crust recipes, which are open to variation as well:
1) Thin crust
2) Thick crust

Variations:

- use tomato juice in place of water (not my favorite, but fun to try)

- add chopped onion in crust

- Parmesan or other cheese is good in a crust

- garlic powder and basil is a good combo in the crust as well

Good options but not open to variation:
- pita bread
- tortillas

SAUCE
-Pizza Sauce (tomato based)
- ranch dressing
- barbecue sauce
- Alfredo sauce (cream, salt, pepper, parsley, garlic, cornstarch to thicken)
- plum sauce
- pasta sauce
- Caesar dressing

TOPPINGS
- ground beef
- farmer sausage (scramble fried)
- chicken
- deli meat (ham, salami, pepperoni, etc)
- onion (raw or fried)
- peppers (raw or roasted)
- crushed nachos, chopped lettuce and tomatoes on a taco beef pizza
- lettuce (added immediately prior to serving) on chicken Caesar pizza
- breakfast pizza (I've only made this on a tortilla but I suspect a thin or thick crust would work too); scrambled eggs, ham or bacon, pineapple, cheese, tomato based pizza sauce

CHEESE
But here's my favourite trick for creamy, delicious pizza without using $10 worth of cheese! Mix the sauce and toppings together, then add 1 to 2 cups of shredded cheese. It doesn't take much! The cheese and sauce combine and while it's not going to give you mile-long cheese strings, it's creamy and cheesy enough! Makes homemade pizza more budget-friendly!


If you want to get extra adventurous, here's a Thai chicken pizza recipe.