Everyone is a chef tonight!

Friday night is a great night for make your own pizzas. If you can take your kids to the grocery store with you, make an activity of walking them through the vegetable aisle and letting them pick out their own toppings (amazing how they actually want to eat them when they pick them out themselves). If you buy frozen bread dough it is a lot cheaper (I like Bridgeford Ready Dough--pizza directions are on the package) but you may need to allow time to let it sit out on the counter for a few hours to make the dough rise. Cut up the veggies and then have each person shape their own dough and “decorate” it with tomato sauce, the veggies and lots of shredded cheese. For dessert, make a huge pizza cookie that looks like a pepperoni pizza --your kids will get a kick out of this one. (thanks Robin Miller and Food Network!)