A few experiments

We made two pizzas the other day, with slightly unusual toppings: stuff we bought mistakenly, or had laying around in the fridge.

One we made with a tomato sauce using the regular recipe, but we used a can of diced tomatoes from Trader Joe's, which had green chilies (so it was a spicy sauce).



We topped it with Cheezly, Yves Veggie Pepperoni and some Kalamata olives.



The other we slathered with 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, into which we pressed about four cloves of garlic. We topped it with Cheezly and olives as well.





Both pizzas turned out fantastic, much better than I would have anticipated. The EVOO / garlic sauce in particular will be added to our standard repertoire. It's simple and oh-so-good! If you're not using olives, add 1/2 tsp of salt into the oil/garlic mixture, before applying onto the dough.