PIZZA TUESDAYS

Roasted garlicky broccoli, lemon-poppyseed dressing (with Greek yogurt, agave & orange zest), spiced cranberry-apple sauce, red onion, almonds, sunflower seeds, chili flakes & grated manchego Cranberry sauce is something I love eating and making, but really only have this time of year. And since we usually only get one (okay, maybe 2-3) Thanksgiving dinner, we wanted to try and find other ways to use this deliciously tart and sweet compote. As it turns out, cranberry sauce is

Sliced avocado, strawberry-rhubarb salsa with onion & jalapeño, garlic tostones (fried plantains), crumbled cotija cheese, squeeze of fresh lime juice This is the perfect pizza for a warm April day, when spring produce is in season but your heart says it's time for summer. And to go along with the theme of being impatient, see: this plantain recipe. While most sweet fried plantain recipes require you to wait until the plantains are super ripe and nearly black, these Puerto Ri

Spicy sesame stir fry with nameko mushrooms, purple daikon, Swiss chard, sesame seeds, cashew-cilantro drizzle, Parmesan The great thing about a stir fry is that you can easily make a lot of substitutions, based on what you have lying around, what you can find at the market and/or what's in season. We found some seasonal ingredients at our local farmers' market that go well with Asian flavors: nameko mushrooms, which are slightly nutty and have a shiny amber look, and purple

Mexican street corn (with queso fresco, jalapeños & cilantro), parmesan-zucchini crisps, BBQ sauce This recipe is inspired by street fair snacking and summer produce. The cheesy street corn is salty and spicy, and it's going to be hard to let go of enough of the zucchini crisps to put them on a pizza. My mouth is watering just thinking back on it. And for the barbecue sauce, feel free to use whatever you have in your fridge at the time—we had some leftover pomegranate BBQ sau

Skyr & Brennevín sauce, wildberry jam, caramelized fennel & crimini mushrooms, black lava salt, licorice While we already made one pizza in anticipation of our trip to Iceland, this one was inspired by a lot of the ingredients and flavors we found while we were there. We found that while a lot of traditional Icelandic foods use harsh, acquired-taste Viking flavors like brennevín, licorice and fermented shark, Icelanders themselves tend to offset this by favoring sweet, rich f

Roasted plantains with homemade jerk seasoning, stir fried onions & bell peppers, queso fresco, homemade pomegranate BBQ sauce drizzle, fresh cilantro For this recipe, we were experimenting with creating our own rubs and sauces. As a meat-eater/vegetarian couple, we don't really cook much meat at home, which means jerk rubs and BBQ sauces don't make their way into our kitchen with a lot of frequency, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy a nice complex mix of mystery spices. S

Baharat-roasted cauliflower, grilled pineapple salsa with bell peppers & jalapeños, crumbled feta & lime juice Continuing this week's accidental theme of spice mixes, we are using a baharat, which is a popular Middle Eastern spice blend using ingredients like chili, coriander, cardamom & cumin (plus a few non "c" spices too). There are many different recipes for this, so feel free to experiment a bit with what you find online, or just buy a pre-made mix, which can be found at

Balsamic-marinated strawberries, lemon-mint ricotta, caramelized onions, mozzarella, garlic-roasted cherry tomatoes, fresh basil This pizza is an updated version of one of our earliest pizza creations, back when we were just starting to experiment and we didn't know how to take a good picture to save our lives. We also didn't write anything down back then, so all we had was a dark photo and our questionable memory. But we were pretty sure we remembered it being tasty, so we w

Apricots, cherries, ricotta, microgreens, nectarine-balsamic vinaigrette, toasted macadamia nuts, grated Sapore del Piave cheese Fresh apricots are such a treat. They seem to only be around for a short period of time in the summer—and sometimes, if you're lucky and depending on where you live, in the spring—so you have to snatch them up while you can. Put them in salads, grill them, eat them with ice cream. And of course, their tart sweetness and thin rinds go beautifully on

Caramelized red apples, crispy bacon, Asiago, popcorn, Granny Smith apple slices with blackberry caramel sauce drizzle This week's recipe was inspired, obviously, by carnival food: popcorn, caramel apples, and of course we threw in some bacon for good measure (think of it as a corndog substitute). It's sweet, it's salty, it's better than winning a goldfish. Recipe Ingredients: 1 ball of pizza dough salt & pepper olive oil flour for dusting semolina flour for pizza stone a cou