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Dinner on ice

Stockpiling frozen meals offers advantages to busy families

Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:03 a.m. MDT
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Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place pizza stone in the oven while it is heating up. Divide dough into 3 parts. Lightly oil your counter top and roll out each pizza with a rolling pin. Fold over edges and press down to form a crust.

Poke pizza dough all over with a fork to cut down on bubbles in the crust. Place pizza dough on pans by folding over half the dough on your forearm and then lift dough onto pizza pan. Bake 4 minutes at 500 degrees.

Pull out hot crust and top with 1/2 cup cheese first. This will keep the pizza dough from getting soggy.

Prepare Pizza Sauce (see below) and pour on top of cheese. Pile on toppings of your choice. Top again with cheese.

Cool pizza and wrap in plastic wrap without the pan. Label "500 degrees for 10-15 minutes" and freeze.

To serve: Do no thaw. Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place pizza on a pizza stone and bake 10-15 minutes at 500 degrees or until cheese is melted and crust is golden. — Jenny Stanger

PIZZA SAUCE

1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon oregano
1 teaspoon minced garlic

Open can and pour oregano and garlic right into the sauce. Stir carefully so it doesn't spill. Pour can of sauce onto stromboli or pizza dough. Makes enough for 1 pizza. — Jenny Stanger

SAVORY PIZZA STROMBOLI

(Makes 2 loaves)

1 1-pound loaf frozen bread or pizza dough, thawed
2 egg yolks (reserve egg whites for later)
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese (or 6 Cheese blend)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon oregano
16 ounces sliced pepperoni
4 cups (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
Optional toppings: 4-ounce can mushrooms, 1 green pepper diced, 3 ounces olives, Italian sausage, bacon bits, browned Italian sausage, pineapple tidbits.
Sesame seeds

On greased counter, roll out dough into a 15-by-10 inch rectangle. Place the rectangle on a foil-lined cookie sheet.

In a bowl, combine egg yolks, Parmesan cheese, oil and oregano. Brush over the dough.

Sprinkle with pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, mushrooms, pepper, olives and other toppings. Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal and tuck ends under.

Place seam side down; with a knife make slits every 2 inches along the top of the dough. Brush the top with egg whites and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Wrap and freeze 1 loaf with plastic wrap (label "350 degrees, 35 minutes"). Bake the other at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with warmed Pizza Sauce.

To serve frozen loaf: Bake frozen loaf at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Serve warm with Pizza Sauce (Sauce can be frozen and placed next to the pizza loaf). — Jenny Stanger

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Jenny Stanger, 29, of Pleasant Grove, teaches a class on how to make and use frozen dinners in North Salt Lake.

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