@mom60 - I like my round pizza stone, bought many years ago at a Pampered Chef party. Originally I had rectangle (which years ago we broke - oops) and round stone, and I still miss having two.
Loved the idea of using cauliflower rice instead of bread crumbs in meatballs. I have a partial small bag in the freezer, in need of a use.
Do you have a cast iron pan or griddle?
You can also buy tiles to use as a DIY pizza stone.
https://home.howstuffworks.com/green-living/diy-pizza-stone.htm
@doschicos no cast iron skillet or griddle. I have two different sized enameled cast iron braising pans that might work for a pan style pizza but that’s not what I want to achieve.
Pizza is one thing we never make at home. We have so many good pizza places around us and just do takeout when we want pizza.
We use a pizza steel on a 650 degree grill:
The steel amps the heat to produce a perfect, crispy crust in about 2-3 minutes. This is great if you are throwing multiple pizzas for a group as there is pretty much no waiting.
I still have homegrown tomatoes. I actually have LOTS of green tomatoes!
But that aside, tonight I made homemade tomato soup. Pretty good! I didn’t skin my tomatoes which I might do next time.
I then made BLT without the “T” since I had the soup and added some cheddar. Toasted bagel with a thinly spread whipped cream cheese and dribbles of hot sauce.
That was DELICIOUS!
We use a stone floor tile as a pizza stone. It actually sits on the bottom of our oven all the time and we slide the pizza onto it to cook (roll it out on parchment paper so it transfers easily). Perfect crispy crust every time.
Have to admit, would never consider making pizza at home living in North Jersey. So many great pizza places, brick oven, wood oven, thin crust, thick crust, Sicilian, ect…
That’s it. Friday night is pizza night
Fugggetaboutit
Lol, @BmacNJ. You betcha.
Friday night is pizza night here, too. We make better pizza than any we’ve had anywhere, so we never order out. No one tops our (secret) sauce. 
We make really good pizza, but as @BmacNJ points out, nothing beats NJ pizza joint pies.
Doing some comfort cooking on this cold and rainy day. Roasted pork loin with fennel and dried cherries, mashed potatoes, braised red cabbage, and a rustic apple galette for dessert. Happy Friday, everyone!
Pizza joint pizza (especially in theNortheast) can be great. But at home you can have a different approach, rather than trying to imitate take-out version. For example, I’ve had wonderful home made pizza with shredded zucchini in the crust. (I don’t have the recipe… I was a bigger fan than the rest of the family).
I think we’ve discussed this before but for me in terms of pizza, there are different pizza experiences that can all be good but are DIFFERENT.
Different levels of pizza:
Inexpensive chain pizza
Regional pizza
Fancy pizza oven pizza/unique ingredients
Homemade pizza
There is a place for all! Sometimes I want one more than another! They all serve a purpose for me!
I agree with @abasket 's big tent philosophy when it comes to pizza. Nom nom nom.
Having grown up in Philly, I second the fresh vs frozen or home made pizza. I should mention I’m a fan of plain cheese, tho I’ll order mushrooms or onions for guests. Maybe some have learned to do homemade quite well
After the meatloaf discussion earlier this week I decided to make a meatloaf tonight. For the first time ever I used two types of ground meat - beef and pork. Omg, it was so good! Who knew?!
Side dish of sauteed potatoes, mushrooms and green beans.
And yep, I threw an apple pie in with the meatloaf so the weekend is looking DELICIOUS!
Also grew up around Phila, with family in central New Jersey. Now closer to Boston. I always say Boston tops NYC for bagels, but man-oh-man, do NYC and NJ know how to make pizza. Pretty much any sort of place. Maybe it’s the water (the old claim about hoagie rolls.) Something about the crust and sauce. I still remember the pizza my cousin and I got, as teens, in some NJ hole in the wall joint.
ps. and while we’re at it, a real hoagie.
And though it’s Friday, no pizza tonight. It’s our anniversary. DH is making a fancy dinner while we sip champagne and enjoy hors d’oeuvres. Cheers, everyone!
Lamb chops here. In the air fryer. Everyone happy.
