What’s quick and easy for tonight’s dinner? The question on many a mind come five o’clock. Good eating from quality ingredients around the house can happen quickly once you get well-stocked and practice a couple of times. Barbara Kingolver’s family of four turns to pizza for their ready-to-go meal once a week; reading her Animal, Vegetable, Miracle gave me the inspiration to master several such fast home-made dishes myself. If someone with kids can manage pizza from scratch, I suppose I don’t have any excuses.
A couple of tips for pizza – canned goodies from your last-year garden are the basic 
elements for making this work year-round. Tomatoes, pesto, veggies, etc. Keep cheese on hand (or read Kingsolver’s mozzarella making adventures for tips on making your own), and grab oddities from your cabinets of purchased things to add flair – anchovies, soppresotta, capers, fruit???
Here is a recipe for Deep Dish Pizza, found whilst my sister and I dug through our deceased mother’s recipe files. A bit out of practice with menu planning, sister Anne and I totally got in the mood due to the nostalgic memories of childhood flooding our mouths at the sight of recipes that defined out youth together. This reminds me of the freshest focaccia, with more goodies on top.
You’ll need : 1 cup warm water, 2 tsp yeast, 2 Tbs sugar (I used honey), 1 Tbs oil, 1 tsp salt, 2 cups whole wheat flour, tomato sauce, veggies (such as mushrooms, peppers, chopped chard, you name it), chopped onion, 2 cups grated mozzarella, 1/2 cup other grated cheese, cooked meat if desired.
Dissolve yeast in water, add sugar, salt and oil. Work in flour, Let rest five minutes. Grease a round cake pan, spread dough in pan with your fingers. Build it up the sides of the pan as best you can. Spread sauce and veggies over dough. Top with onions, cheeses and meat. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 45 minutes, or until crust is done. Serve with a spring salad!
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Great recipe Think I will give this a go tonight
Cheers