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Friday Pizza Night: A Family Tradition

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When I was a kid, almost every Friday night was Pizza Night (even during Lent we would order veggie)!! In the Chicagoland area, pizza places are everywhere, and when I was a kid we alternated between two of my favorite local places. Some of my favorite childhood memories revolve around Friday Pizza Nights.

It didn’t matter if it was after basketball practice, or watching a football game, or renting a movie and picking up a pizza on the way home, I remember those nights like they were yesterday. I loved that it was a time that my family and sometimes our friends were all together, Mom didn’t have to cook (which now as a parent I completely appreciate), and the conversation always flowed a little easier with a pizza to share.

In this new year, I have vowed to help create memories like that for our little ones with some new routines. The kids are now old enough to appreciate Chicago pizza (unlike some people I know) and all of the fun that goes a long with it, we are thinking of starting our own pizza night and making it our own family tradition.

While, I love all kinds of pizza, I have to say that my favorite treat is a deep dish style pizza. I often request it for my birthday dinner, and to be honest there is nothing like it anywhere else but Chicago. If you are making a visit to the area or if you already live here, I am sure your mouth is watering.

To give a little background about one of my most favorite meals, Marriot has put together is awesome info graphic about Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza and where you can get the best and most popular pizzas in town.

 

For more information or to see this photo in greater detail CLICK HERE!

This info graphic is Powered by Marriott. Special thanks to them for sharing it with me. Since it is Friday, you know what I will be doing tonight! I hope you can start a new tradition in your family too.

Now, to decide what kind of pizza for tonight.

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Dinner and an Injury: Homemade Pizza

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Typically we do dinner and a movie on Friday nights. A few weeks ago, that was the plan, but as anyone with kids knows, spontaneity is the name of the game. The boys were playing in the living room while the pizzas were in the oven, and Russell hit his head. Brian and I were a worried, so we made a quick trip to the ER. He is/was perfectly fine, but we were glad to get him checked out.

 

Russell kept telling all the nurses he couldn’t wait to get home and eat the pizza he had made. Also, we had left in such a hurry that I just left the pizzas on the counter, and they were still delicious when we got home. Russell had 2 1/2 pieces!

 

 

Russell’s Smack Your Head Good Pizza

3 cups all purpose flour (or 1 cup whole wheat flour plus 2 cups all purpose flour)
1 package active dry yeast
2 Tbs vegetable or olive oil
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs granulated sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees F measure with a thermometer)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a mixer bowl, mix flour, yeast, salt, and sugar until well combined. Then slowly add warm water and oil. When dough is formed spread out into either a cookie sheet or pizza pan.

Top as desired.

Bake for 20-25 minutes.

You don’t have to have lots of little hands helping, but if you do have little helpers in your house, they will love smoothing the dough into the pan and sprinkling ingredients on the pizza.

 

Also, you don’t have to smack your head enjoy it!