I'm Just Sitting on the Shelf

Around here, I like my pizza. Pizza is almost always composed of my three favorite things: cheese, bread, and garlic. When I was a kid, crazy hectic nights were sometimes (not that often in the grand scheme of things) accompanied by Papa John's. In college there was Pointer's. Pizza delivery until 2:00 AM - they knew it was me on the caller id. And probably suffered a profit loss after I moved.

Then came Trader Joe's Herb Pizza dough. I hate making dough, except for pies. You're never starving when you make a pie, but you are when it comes to dinner - and a quick one at that. Nothing saves me like my TJ pizza dough. (I've tried the whole wheat. Herb is the way to go.)

It takes 20 minutes to come to room temperature, but I microwave it for 10 seconds. It takes 6 minutes to bake. Toppings are endless.

Rather than write a recipe, let's just bask in the glory of the pizza dough while I conjure up a list of former toppings:

• Cheeses: Goat, Parm, Feta, Blue Cheese, Gorgonzola, Mozz, and Gouda.

• Vegetables: Broccoli, Green Beans, Edemame, Sweet Corn, Red Peppers, Roasted Red Peppers, Tomatoes, Onions, Shallots, Green Onions, Spinach

• ETC: Pesto, Roasted Red Pepper and Eggplant spread, Hummus, Veggie Bacon, Tempeh, Meatless Meatballs

I love you, pizza.