Mini Pizzas ...Take Two

Hello, everybody! The Fresh Pioneer is back and I have another snacky type food for those afternoons when lunch came too late and bedtime is creeping up on us. We need something fast, easy, and then we can move on to homework, baths, and bed. I put up the pizza crescent rolls and they were alright, but they tasted very sweet to me. So, when I saw this other recipe, I thought it might be more to our taste.

 You'll need flour tortillas, pizza sauce, cheddar or whichever cheese you prefer, and pepperoni. (Did I forget anything, Carol? Kav, did I miss a word? I need a proofreader, I swear. I should send these posts to you all before I hit "publish"!)

 The original post I saw was only a few pictures, without any directions. One had tortillas being trimmed into a circle with a glass, a la biscuits. But when I did that, it was too small! So, I used scissors. Yup, I'm classy like that.

 OK, now they're a little too big. Just adjust as needed. I could have measured, but who knows where the tape measure is. So, maybe four inches across? Don't quote me on that.
Preheat the oven to 350F. I just guessed on a temperature, since the picture I saw didn't have instructions, and figured I could turn it down I burned the first batch, or leave it longer if it needed more time.

 Since it looks like I only have one child, I decided to include the whole gang this time. As you can see, they were less than thrilled to be snapped at close range. And I see haircuts on the horizon...

 Swipe on some pizza sauce (about 1 tsp) and make sure it reaches the edges. Put in the cheese (about 1 TBS).

 Put a slice of pepperoni on the top. Leave off if you have pepperoni haters.

 I set the timer for five minutes, and they didn't seem quite done, so I added another five minutes. Ten minutes total.

 Ooooh, they smell delicious!

 The girls were having their online class on the history of Imperial Russia, so Isabel is giving me a combined "why are you handing me food" look and a "why are taking my picture" look.

 Here's Ana on my laptop, also "in class". It's great they can eat in class and not get in trouble!  Taught by a professor at Yale, it's open to anyone of any age, so it didn't matter my kids are 12 and 14. The application process is pretty simple. They get college credit, too! I've been teaching them Russian for two years, but most of the foreign pages they've had to read so far have been in Old Church Slavonic and some articles in Ukrainian. Anyway, you can see the professor in the top right hand window, and the main screen is the lecture notes she's writing as she's speaking, and the bottom window is the class, asking or answering questions. NIFTY. I would have loved this when I was little. Alas, all I had were old encyclopedias!
The homework has been really fun to see. Lots of livejournal links of what's happening in the Crimea have been added at the last minute, since it's history repeating itself. But we loved the section tracing the history of music in the Orthodox church.
Need a little chant in your day?  This is a  video of znamenny chant, and this one is a little longer but very beautiful video of Vaalam's Breathren monastery choir.
And then, with this video part of their homework was to translate the Old Church Slavonic to Russian, then to English. Since it took a while for them to do that, I got to hear this clip about... oh, twenty times. It was nice background music for the zoo...

 OK, back to pizza. Here is the child who does not like his picture taken. He doesn't know I'm doing this. Don't tell him I took it, and don't tell him I put it up on the blog.

 Aver, mi guapo jefe de jefes came back from work famished. He's not a pizza guy, so he made himself a sandwich. It looks like a normal sandwich on the outside, but see that little jar of pickled jalpenos? Secret ingredient. I think he does that so I don't ask for a bite.

 Ay ay! Esta es una mirada que dice, "PORQUE?" (Uh oh, this look says, "WHY?")

 And so I explain that all my cooking pictures have one child and no one else. This is his patient look. I see this a lot.

 While the next batch of little pizzas are cooking, I wanted to figure out what to do with all the tortilla scraps. One of my kids suggested baking them like chips, but with a little butter and sugar. Dessert! I don't have a pic of them after, but you can use your imagination. We sprinkled a little cinnamon on them and dipped them in honey.
 Before I forget, I'm giving away Jane Austen paper dolls over on my blog, so if you've ever dreamed of dressing Mr. Darcy then pop on over and enter! I have THREE to give away and although I'm a true Janeite, I need to reduce my stack of Austen goodies to a manageable size before it turns into an Elizabeth Bennet avalanche!

Ok, dear friends, have a wonderful week! I'm starting a new writing project and it's spring and everyone is healthy and the grass is growing and all is well with the world!

Until next time!