Arugula and Prosciutto Pizza

First, follow the pizza crust (of your choice) instruction box.  Lightly brush pizza crust with olive oil, ladle pizza sauce on top (starting from the middle and work your way out leaving 1/2 an inch crust on the edges).  Next, spread mozzarella cheese all over the top, add slices of red onions and mushrooms.  Bake to perfection (refer to baking instruction box)!

So, here it is!  Once pizza is done, slice into wedges and put on your plate topped with seasoned arugula and prosciutto...enjoy!

Here we go...another super easy, delicious pizza recipe!  Every so often my dear hubby would request pizza for dinner.   If you're like me, there are occasions that I just don't feel like doing all the work  making homemade dough and pizza sauce from scratch (although they're the best!) simply because   it's one of my so-called "lazy days".   So, to my collection of "lazy recipes" I depend, and this is one of them.  I should call this "Lazy Pizza", right?  But no, because I think it deserves a lot of respect due to its goodness and somewhat nutritious (compared to typical pizza toppings).  If you have all the time to make homemade dough and sauce to go with it, I would suggest do so otherwise, go for this one.  I opted to use the store-bought pizza crust (thin) and jarred pizza sauce.  This may not be your typical pizza by the looks of it, but the combination of the arugula, its woodsy taste with a little spice and the saltiness of prosciutto meat is such a wonderful marriage of flavor!  Like I said, it's super easy...super fast...and super good!  Even little Sweetpea can do it!

Ingredients:

1 Mama Mary's pre-baked pizza crust (we prefer thin)

1 small jar pizza sauce 

mushrooms, thinly sliced

red onions, thinly sliced

1 cup cubed or shredded fresh mozzarella

prosciutto, very thin slices

2 cups fresh arugula

2 tablespoons extra virgin oil

1 teaspoon sherry vinegar

salt and pepper to taste

Heat oven to 450 degrees.  

Mix together arugula, 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil and sherry vinegar.  Add salt and pepper, to taste.

Lightly brush pizza crust with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil.  Spread sauce (about 1/2 cup for us, depending how saucy you want for your pizza) on the crust starting in the middle and work your way out using a spoon or spatula, leaving 1/2 inch on the edges.  Spread the cheese.  Lower oven temperature to 425 degrees, bake in the middle section of the oven until crust looks golden brown and crispy, about 8 to 10 minutes.  When done, take pizza out of the oven, slice into wedges, arrange on your plate, put arugula mixture on top, and garnish with thin slices of prosciutto (I'd say, 1 prosciutto per slice).   Enjoy!