Your own pizzeria

Check out our recipe for Shortcut Supper Pizza and a Caesar Salad Plate.

Making your own pizza is easy. You can do it the authentic way, or try some of the ready-in-minutes pizzas using bought pizza dough, already baked pizza rounds, tortillas or pita breads.

Keep these items on hand in the fridge, freezer and cupboard and you're almost all the way there to a homemade pizza.

In the freezer
• Ready-made pizza bases, frozen pizza dough, English muffins, tortillas (try the spinach or salsa-flavored colored tortillas), pita bread or flatbreads.
• Pesto and grated cheeses.

In the refrigerator
• Parmesan cheese, mozzarella and other stringy cheeses such as provolone and Monterey Jack plus any other cheeses you like such as Havarti, Gouda, Cheddar, herbed cream cheese or fontina.
• Pepperoni or any dried salami, ham or pastrami, vegetarian pepperoni and firm tofu.
• Sweet green and red peppers, mushrooms, green and red onions, zucchini and broccoli.
• Active dry yeast.

In the cupboard or pantry
• All-purpose flour, olive oil, salt, pasta or pizza sauces, dried oregano, dried basil, dried Italian herb mix, fresh garlic cloves.
• Jars of olives and marinated artichoke hearts.
• Cans of mushrooms, tuna, anchovies (yes, anchovies - try them and we know you'll like thern!), chili, red kidney beans, tomatoes and red peppers.
• Keep fresh tomatoes handy on the counter, never in the fridge.