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WOW DEBBRA! 1400 posts! One can probably find a recipe for just about anything here. Since it will take a month of Sunday’s to read through them all is there a way to do a word search for PIZZA for instance? I read recently that pizza is probably universally thought to be the favorite food around the world. My best friend and I talked about pizza being the one food we could eat every day or night. Anyone have a favorite dessert pizza?

Hey Leonard, as I said to Debb 1400 posts will take a long time to read thru, but back to your question: I think the hardest part is the 5 minute part because even most of the “ ready to eat “ meals need more than 5 mins to cook. An exception is the veggie burgers that most stores carry in a variety of versions. Most of them are 1:30 on one side then 1 min on the other side. But you then need to fix it on a bun which takes a few mins
BJ’s has a quinoa burger that is bigger than Morning star or similar brands. They come 8 to a package and I cook 4 at a time because I discovered a way to prepare a few of the ones not eaten ( often 3 ) and I prepare them in different ways after the first cooking. One version has it cooked crispy; from there the possibilities are limitless. One choice is eating it cold broken off into chunks and dipped in some of my secret sauces I’m embarrassed to admit that one night my secret sauce was so good I bit my finger while scoffing. I can easily make people fat
I treat food as art
Now I have to worry about the small bowel obstruction

@stuckonu
I would eat pizza at the drop of a hat. We have some really great pizza places in the tampa bay area. One of my favorites is breakfast pizza only made on the weekend and you need reservations. Brick fired and includes bacon, sausage, cheddar, diced home fries and a a soft egg plopped in the middle which cooks as it runs all over the pizza. I like white pizzas and there are places that use creama instead of a red sauce....its cream and butter and white wine...then you put toppings on and plop on ricotta. Glory be. I never liked anything sweet on my pizzas. My daughter makes pizza on the grill using the EGG grill...from scratch. Thats a special project for special occasions. I like arugala on mine. I've had buffalo chicken pizza which was excellent but didn't like the taste of Hawaiian pizza and that seems to be everywhere. I'm from NY and our home town pizza place had the thinnest crust and most flavorful sauce I have ever tasted. My brother in law who is a pizza snob could not get over it. We are spoiled...pizza has to be really good and we will travel for it..just say the word.'

FL Mary

@stuckonu
Jeez, Stuck, you had me all excited when I saw the 1:30. I was about to rush to the store got my minute and a half meal, then you added the extra minute, fixin the bun, turning out as bad as fixin a Thanksgiving dinner.
Im lookin for a 1 ingredient quick meal with no or just a spoon or fork to wash. Any ideas???
@imallears has a zucchini pizza, if you can imagine such a thing. Talk about ruining a perfectly good pizza.
Jake

@stuckonu

I love quinoa burgers and always have them in the freezer because they are so fast, like you stated, and can be cooked from frozen.
On a bun or the green way...between leaves of sturdy lettuce....Our Costco had the greatest brand and they discontinued it. I currently have quinoa veggie burgers in my freezer from an organic market....yum. Don't like Dr Praeger brand too much or Morningstar....Im always trying new brands. Have had one broken up in a salad and would eat one just the way it is out of hand.
How nice to see that someone else treats food as an art....It is, and even if you are just preparing for yourself, it should be done right and the presentation should be pleasing. With wine, of course.

time to prepare dinner here

Regards from FL Mary

@imallears
An egg on a pizza? I’m not even going to get started on that. Hawaiian is my favorite.
Jake

@jakeduck

I don't remember mentioning a zucchini pizza. My zucchini was little rounds with sauce and cheese....not on a pizza....You have zucchini on the brain. Why does a bun have to take one minute? When you flip the veggie burger or quinoa burger, put some cheese on it and cover it with alum foil (disposable) or a pot cover. Plop it on a bun., add whatever you want....there you go. Some burgers may take 2 minutes each side (gasp) but its under the 5 minutes deadline. You should try some, I think you will like the taste.

FL Mary

@imallears
The extra minute is additional cooking time. Talk about being a slave to the kitchen.
Sorry about the zucchini mistake.
@stuckonu, here are some good lookin desert pizzas

Jake

@imallears
Do you think this would be any good?
I have chicken and pork chops but what to do with them?? Any ideas???
Jake

Jake, most frozen meals/foods advise us to cook first even if it says “ cooked “ when it comes to these veggie burgers a minute and a half gives you a food that is safe to eat. Since it will be hot you might need a napkin to pick it up with you hand. After that you don’t even need a fork or spoon. Take it out of the microwave and eat it. However, if you want to get creative more time will be needed to fix it up.
With a paper napkin you have nothing to wash especially if you cook in on a paper plate, paper towel, paper napkin.

Once again as mentioned earlier after YOU cook them you can take one or more out of the fridge and eat it cold. That means ZERO time for a meal. You can have that first bite before the fridg door closes.
I also love cold pizza right out of the fridg. Cold pizza seems to be a big turn off to some people but it’s not to me