Justin - who always thinks I am two years younger than I really am and me.
For some reason the boy has it in his head that mom is only 20 years older than he is. Thats ok, I can forgive him for thinking mom is younger. lol.
Last evening, the only one missing was my Christopher. He had to work but he did take me to lunch yesterday. We went to Jernabi Coffee and sat with our drinks and chatted. Seemed like the most perfect lunch to have had for my birthday. Just his company makes my heart happy!
I had seen this recipe for Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza in my most recent issue of Cooking Light magazine. I knew when I saw it I would be trying it. Mostly because I have been on a continual search for a pizza dough that Grumpy will say is good. He did say this was good, but he still didn't say he had to have it again but he didn't say he wouldn't eat it again either.... However, that said, you all know that Grumpy is picky.
I made the crust recipes exactly as it states in the recipe. Followed the sauce recipe also, but I didn't use chicken sausage. We are not big sausage on pizza eaters here, so I used turkey pepperoni. I think it was a great recipe and you can mix it up in so many different ways for toppings. If you are looking for the recipe you can CLICK HERE.
Grumpy pretty much enjoying that "ok" pizza.
All in all I had a really nice birthday this year. My co-worker got me some Jernabi Coffee Coins and a 3 lb container of fireballs. The fireballs she knew I had been looking for and the coffee coins, well pretty much anyone who visits my Facebook Fan page knows that I love Jernabi Coffee almost as much as I love Grumpy! I really love their pumpkin spice latte! mmmmm. I was well remembered yesterday and it really surprised me to have some people make the efforts they did to go out of their way to wish me a happy day! Thanks to all. You all helped make my day really special!
Bellini Valli
It looks like you had a very special birthday Shelby...and who wouldn't want to be a few years younger..unless you are 16.
JMom
That pizza looks great! The crust looks terrific.
Also, HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY 😀 it sounds like you had a great one.
Lori
Oh my God that looks so good. It is so picture perfect. Happy Birthday!
Laura
This is what I think of when I say deep dish pizza and it looks wonderful. When I was in Chicago however, I had something very different--it was a butter crust, almost like pie crust, and was very thin but "deep" with filling. Alas. I like our versions much, MUCH better.
Deseree
Lovely pictures! It may be 9:30 in the morning here in Seattle right now but after looking at your pictures I am now craving pizza. Thats normal right?
Megan
Gla your birthday was great! Pizza looks awesome and Grumpy looks pretty happy eating it! 🙂
Leslie
Happy Happy Birthday!!!
Donna-FFW
BTW, how do you keep your skin so flawless...
Donna-FFW
Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday pretty lady. Glad you had a great day and that pizza looks AWESOME!
Linda
Happy Birthday, HoneyB! The pizza looks wonderful.
The Hungry Mouse
Happy, happy birthday, honey!!
xoxo
+Jessie
Kathy - Panini Happy
Happy Birthday, Shelby! And what a perfect-looking pizza! I'm definitely going to need to check into this recipe - if Cooking Light has managed to make Chicago deep dish a little bit lighter, I'm interested!
Hillary
Happy birthday! There are so many ways to make Chicago pizza but whatever you do, thicker is better! Try this recipe.
teresa
Happy belated birthday! Oh. that. pizza. It looks just mouthwatering!
The Duo Dishes
Happy birthday celebration. October is our bday month too, so we both know it's a fun time. If that's a light pizza, we could've been fooled. In fact, we were.
Ingrid
Glad to hear that your special day was a happy one!
Happy Friday & remember it's your BIRTHDAY WEEKEND! Make it a GREAT one! 🙂
~ingrid
averagebetty
Happy Birthday!! Great looking pizza - beautiful pictures!
Cinnamon Girl aka Reeni♥
Happy Birthday!!! The pizza looks amazing! Love that thick crust!