This isn't a cooking blog. But good Lord...I do a lot of cooking. And I don't even have those kinds of teens that are "hungry all the time". Still, when your house is crawling with humans, it takes a lot to keep everyone fueled. Here's one of Bart's favorite things for me to make for him and his friends.
Start by preheating your oven to 400°. (Or 425° or even hotter. You just have to adjust how long you cook things.)
Then slice your bread in half. If I know I'm going to have extra hot bodies in the house, I keep these on hand.
I put mine on a sheet tray with a piece of parchment paper below. I don't like to do dishes.
One small jar of pizza sauce does the trick for me. I don't like measuring and I don't like having a couple tablespoons of pizza sauce left in the fridge. So I dump it all on.
I use mozzarella and pepperoni. I find that it's best if you cut up big (regular sized) pepperonis or buy the minis. The smaller hunks of meat make it easier to cut the slices later. Any pizza topping you like works here, though. You don't need a recipe. Pile it on as high as you want.
Put the pizzas in the oven. No need to wait until your oven it completely preheated, here. There are no pizza police and nothing bad is going to happen. You just have to keep looking inside your oven until you decide the pizza is ready. Everything is already cooked so you're just heating things through and toasting things the way you like.
And this is where I just wing it. I think these took about 20 minutes total and my oven wasn't fully preheated until after they had been stuck in the hot box for 5 minutes or so. When you smell the pizza and the cheese is brown the way you like it, they're done.
When it comes to slicing, the smaller the meat pieces, the easier it is to slice the bread without the toppings all sliding off. That extra pizza sauce makes things gloppy and I like it that way.
That tray of veggies is pretty much just wishful thinking on my part. Though, sometimes, the teens will eat the carrots.
For dessert...we make a peanut butter, chocolate, marshmallow version.
Cut the bread in half and slather with peanut butter. Sometimes I buy individual bolilos (a Mexican bread common in all our grocery stores). Then, instead of a large French bread pizza cut into slices, kids get individual servings. Sprinkle on some chocolate chips and top with mini marshmallows. They take about 7-9 minutes (give or take). The teens in my life, and Mr. Amazing, love this!!
Pantry staples and quick food that can satisfy a crowd is how I like to feed my crew. Enjoy!
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