I’m not sure I’ve eaten anything this weekend.
Well… I’m not sure I’ve eaten anything beyond chips, gummy bears, coffee, and gin.
I definitely didn’t eat this gorgeous breakfast pizza.
Really, it’s no one’s fault but my own.
There was arugula on this breakfast pizza.
Ps. That totes makes this vegetables for breakfast. Get into it!
You’ve seen the small picture.
Now… here’s the BIG picture.
Cooking with friends. And cheese. And cameras.
Can I tell you why I made a breakfast pizza and ate gummy bears and drank gin?
Tracy and I, along with a bunch of other people from Homefries threw a weekend retreat in Palm Springs.
It was major. Thirty of us hung out, ate Tracy’s salad, had cookies and milk, painted our nails.
People took pictures of me taking pictures of pizza.
It was totally meta.
We talked about photography. We cooked brunch together. We made friendship bracelets. We learned about wine. We drank gin. We learned things about each other.
Ps. If you’re not hip on Homefries, get on this. We’ll be throwing another retreat in the Spring. Real.
This about sums up the weekend.
Yea. Welcome to this.
Laughs and breakfast pizza. All dang weekend.
Eggy Breakfast Pizza
makes 1 pizza
For the Crust:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon olive oil
For the Toppings
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon chopped rosemary
1 cup grated mozzarella
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
throw on some:
caramelized onions
sauteed peppers
2 eggs
fresh arugula
This is totally easy!
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and yeast. Create a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the warm water and olive oil. Using a fork, bring together the dough so that all of the dry mixture is moistened by the water and olive oil.
Dump shaggy dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for about two minutes until the dough comes together into a ball. The dough may be slightly sticky, that’s fine!
Add a teaspoon of olive oil to the large bowl that the dough was mixed in. Use your fingers to spread the oil around the bowl. Place the dough into the bowl, sprinkle with a bit of flour and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Place in a warm place and let the dough rise for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
When dough has doubled, remove from bowl and place on a lightly floured work surface. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to a 1/4-inch thickness. The dough can be rolled perfectly round, but a rectangle, or totally odd shape is fine as well.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Flip a cookie sheet upside down and sprinkle with flour. Place pizza dough on baking sheet.
Sprinkle with olive oil, garlic slices, chopped rosemary, and cheese. Top with whatever toppings strike your fancy. Crack two eggs onto the unbaked pizza.
Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, until crust is golden brown and crisp and eggs are cooked to over easy/over medium.
Remove from oven. Allow to cool for a few minutes then slice and serve. Breakfast pizza is best served the day it’s made. Heck yes.
Vickie
sounds like awesome fun
Aimee
Yum! Looks absolutely delicious :D They are gorgeous photos too!
Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit
Wow, looks like a blast! I used to make breakfast pizza with eggs… but haven’t in years!
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking
The pizza looks great, but the weekend looks even better. Glad you all had a wonderful time! And you painted nails, too! How awesome is that?!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga
What an awesome ladies weekend. Woo-hooo!
Looks like a blast and glad you had time to get away and party it up. With eggs on pizzas and all :)
The Starving Student
Delicious! The eggs definitely are the kicker in this one…the crust soaking up all the flavor from the runny yolks….cut with the pepperiness of the arugula. What’s wrong with pizza for breakfast? Nothing!
Dee
How fun! This looks like it was such a blast…
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles
Fun weekend; for sure! Gumny bears make any weekned complete. Vegetables for breakfast or not!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
SO fun! I really wanted to go on the retreat, but alas, I’m in Canada. This pizza sounds lovely too. Yum!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet
Pizza for breakfast sounds perfect! I love it.
Adeline
Man, that sounds like such a fun weekend! And I second Kathryn’s suggestion to host an event in Europe :P I#m partial to Scotland, but hey I’ll make it to London or elsewhere if I get to eat and take pictures with you guys!
Kate M.
Looks like it was soooo much fun! Way to live life. I salute you!
Kathryn
Oh it looks so much fun! Maybe your Spring retreat could be in Europe…? ;)
I could and do eat pizza for breakfast all the time and I’d devour this in a second. Looks yum!
Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen
I am insanely jealous of everyone who went to the retreat! It looks like you guys had a blast.
Shaheen
Absolutely love Arugula with eggs. Looks like a fun weekend!