We decided to order the Meat deLITE pizza for the first time ever this past weekend. We already order the DeLite on a fairly regular basis since we love pizza but we like saving a few extra calories. However, we almost always either get it with pepperoni only during the Friday specials, or with half-cheese and half-pineapple. This time we were in the mood for something with a little more substance and spice. I love the Italian sausage at Papa Murphy's. Probably even more than you love basketball (yes, even before your busted bracket). And my wife loves the ground beef. Pepperoni is naturally a pizza staple to round it all out, so the Meat deLITE seemed like a great middle ground for each of our meaty-loves.
However, we hit a little snag when it was my turn to order. I had heard lots of murmuring about the Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza while waiting in line, and between that and the basketball fan rush, it seemed the south Murfreesboro crowd had temporarily cleaned out my favorite Papa Murphy's of their ground beef.
Dilemmas, dilemmas. I could practically taste that Italian sausage as I stood there breathing in the aromas, and I already had my heart set, so I made a game-time call and subbed in bacon for the ground beef. Because, let's face it, when's the last time you went wrong with bacon? I also knew my better half would approve seeing as how much she enjoyed it on our Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza the previous week. I asked to have bacon on only half, though, since my daughters are not the most graceful pizza eaters yet and bacon pieces travel fast in the hands of a 2-year-old who thinks "pizza flag waving" is a fun game.
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| Meat deLITE all wrapped up and ready for transport! |
In regards to cooking times, we still cook our deLITE pizzas for the same amount of time as our regular crusts. This one came out great, per usual. One thing I really love about the deLITE's is that you can cut big slices and then easily fold them in half. Not sure why, but I prefer eating my pizza folded rather than flat, and the deLITE's work very well for that style because you end up with a more balanced crust-to-toppings ratio per bite. At least according to my highly scientific analyses of, "Is it ready yet? Is it? I want to eat it NOW! *scarf* *munch* *nom nom nom*."
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Is it weird to say a pizza is "pretty?"
This looks so good even before cooking! |
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| Bacon! |
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Slice it, serve it, get it on a plate!
That deLITE crust looks so crispy and good. |
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| NOW we're talkin'! |
It was such a pretty night that we decided to have our pizza out on the patio. We opened up the umbrellas, got out the lanterns, and had some fun chasing off the occasional carpenter bee between bites. The bacon complimented the sausage and pepperoni very well, although we were surprised that Thing 2 preferred the bacon pieces over the sausage. Not that they went to waste - that just meant double-sausage for me!
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| Nothing beats a beautiful "Patio Pizza Night!" |
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| Mood Lighting |
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"Are you sure you don't already
have a bite in your mouth, little girl?" |
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Thing 1 loves her Papa Murphy's pizza,
but apparently she didn't inherit her
Daddy's sausage-loving gene. |
I hope all you basketball nuts enjoyed your pizza, your ground beef toppings, and your pretty weather. But when all this madness is over and March has come and gone, be sure to check back here - this whole experience has given me an idea, and I think the next time we go in for a pizza with ground beef, we're going to try something a little different. So stay tuned. ;) Until then, happy pizza-eating!
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| So cheesy! |
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| Uh-oh! Thing 2 had herself a level 5 cheese spill. |
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| Mommy sometimes double as a personal pizza butler ... |
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Mommy and Thing 1 having an in-depth discussion
over the toppings on this particular piece |
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| Loving her pizza under the night sky |
It sounds like you four had a really great night, minus the insect attack.
ReplyDeleteMan, I don't know how you can manage to write 3000 words based on such a seemingly benign event like the store being out of your meat-of-choice, and turn it into such an entertaining story. I wish I had that gift. Not only that, you had the foresight to recognize it was a regular story about a regular night, that turned out to be a magical evening worthy of a tale. Now you only need a lute midi playing in the background and it would be perfect. Go bard go!