Better homes and Gardens, Sunset, Coastal Living and for the foodie in me… Everyday with Rachael Ray. Each month I get so excited to look in my mail box and find my inspirational magazines. This last week Brandon and I have been cooking through Rachael Rays “7 days of dinners” meal planner. This little leaf inside the magazine is so great because they give you the entire shopping list for well seven meals, recipes and very appetizing pictures! So because these are so tasty and mostly healthy, not to mention fun to make, i wanted to share some of my favorites with you.

Today is the sausage, pepper and onion pizza. I’ll list out their recipe and put my changes in parenthesis. Happy eating

Serves 4
Prep 35 minutes
Bake 25 minutes

Ingredients:
1 lb refrigerated pizza dough
1/4 C EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
1 lb hot italian sausage, casings removed
1 onion, sliced (I diced mine and only used half an onion)
2 red bell peppers, sliced
Salt and Pepper
2 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh Rosemary
3/4 C Ricotta cheese (my new favorite!!)
1/4 C parmesan cheese

1. Position one rack in the lower third of the oven, place an inverted baking sheet on top and preheat to 500 degrees. Using oiled hands, stretch the pizza dough to fit a parchment lined baking sheet. (500 degrees is WAY too hot for my oven so we cooked the pizza to the specs provided on the refrigerated pizza dough packaging)

2. In a large skillet, heat 1 Tbl EVOO over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and pour out remaining grease. In the same skillet, add 2 Tbl EVOO, the onions and peppers and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and the Rosemary (go light on the salt because the sausage is already quite salty)

3. Scatter the sausage, onion and peppers across the pizza dough, leaving a 3/4 inch border. Dollop with the ricotta cheese (generously ) and sprinkle the parmesan on top. Drizzle with the remaining EVOO. Set the baking sheet on the inverted baking sheet in the oven and bake until the crust is crisp and golden brown.

I hope you enjoy the yummy fresh taste of this pizza and have fun personalizing it!