Thursday's Dinner- James

Folks were coming and going for most of dinner on Thursday, so it felt a little chaotic. My almost total inexperience with pizza dough didn't help, but somehow we managed to get four not-too-bad pizzas out of the two frozen lumps of dough that Kaitlin made about a week ago. As I feel like someone should be chronicling our culinary (mis)adventures in Christy's absence, here's what we put on those pizza crusts.

Pizza 1 (aka Veggie Monster)
Whole Wheat Crust
Lamb's Quarters Pesto (Lamb's Quarters courtesy of Inspired Gardens)
Organic Valley Mozzarella
Summer Squash (KC Farms)
Shitake Mushrooms (Landis Gourmet Mushrooms)
Green Onions

Pizza Two (loosely based on this recepie)
Whole Wheat Crust
Mozzarella
Kale (Coldwater Creek Farm)
Goat Lady Dairy Peppered Chevre Log
Goat Lady Dairy Hard Goat Cheese

Pizza Three (aka The Meat-za)
White Crust (many thanks to Evan for rolling out the white flour crusts)
Chef Ricardo's Mucho Macho Tomato Sauce
Mozzarella
Ground Beef (Grateful Growers)
Shitake Mushrooms (Landis Gourmet Mushrooms)
Roasted Peppers (Christy's Freezer)

Pizza Three (aka James got hungry and wanted to stop putting toppings on pizzas)
White Crust
Tomato Sauce (Fisher Farms)
Mozzarella

I was particularly proud of/enjoyed the kale/goat cheese one. The tang of the goat cheese was lovely with the slightly bitter kale and the hefty whole wheat crust. Props to "When Harry Met Salad," both for having an amazing blog title and for the idea of the combination.