Homemade Pizza/ Grilled Pizza

Making pizza is a great way to get your kids into the kitchen! Let the kids help you roll out the dough, spread the sauce, and top it with the cheese.

Pizza dough (I like to get it from the pizza place down the street, but sometimes I use pillsbury)
sauce (any kind you like)
mozzarella cheese
Whatever toppings you like

During the winter I bake the pizza in the oven. Usually around 350 for about 15 min.

During the summer we grill the pizza. Surprisingly the dough does not fall through the grates like you think it will.

On a hot grill you want to spread the dough on the grate (I usually put a light coat of oil on the dough first so it doesn't stick) Watch the dough closely so it doesn't burn. Once it has gotten brown on the bottom, flip the dough over and add the toppings. I like to top it with fresh mozz, sliced tomatoes, and at the end fresh basil. This is a much lighter version for the summer. YUMMM!

Japanese crusted chicken or pork

I LOVE tonkatsu, which is a japanese breaded and fried pork. I make my own version. The only problem is finding the dipping sauce. My supermarket doesn't carry tonkatsu sauce but I did find this teriyaki sauce that is really good. I know you can find the tonkatsu sauce at a japanese supermarket but there is none around my house. This recipe is very easy and you can use either the thin cut pork chops or chicken breast.

flour
egg
panko breadcrumbs
thin cut pork chops or thin cut chicken breast
oil

Basically you cook these the same way you would if you were to make fried chicken cutlets. I use vegetable oil or canola oil to fry in. I also like to serve this with rice, and a veggie (something asian inspired, like snow peas).