Our family has a complete list of simple dinners for the reserved back up needs like most families and today, since I'm fighting a head cold and wasn't really up to cooking a large meal, I put the 'quick meal option' into action.
Tonight, we took advantage of Pizza Bagels since our Price Chopper had buy 6 bagels, get 6 bagels free. It was a perfect reminder of how a simple recipe can still make for family involvement/togetherness in the kitchen. Everyone played a role; someone grated the mozzarella, someone spooned the pizza sauce onto the cut bagels and someone sprinkled the cheese bagels on top and off to the 400 degree oven they went for 10 minutes until the cheese had melted. While the bagels were cooking I showed my middle guy how thick to cut cucumber slices as a side and whola! Not fancy by any means, but the kids were thrilled for pizza bagels, we all cooked together and I took it easy....Here is what we did:
Ingredients Needed:
1 can pizza sauce
16 oz. mozzarella cheese
6 bagels
Optional: pepperoni or other toppings
Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Shred the cheese; set aside. Cut the bagels in half. Spread approximately two tablespoons of pizza sauce and top with cheese. Place the bagels onto a non-stick baking sheet and bake for approximately 10-15 minutes until the cheese has fully melted. Serve with fresh vegetables!
To save on any melted cheese mess, cover your pan with aluminum foil before baking. Then you can take it easy with cooking and clean up.
