What Do You Do With Left Over Pesto?

One of my favorite quick meals that I used to make for me and my brother was homemade pizza. I would go to a local pizzeria and buy dough and make personal pizzas with different toppings. So with a craving for homemade pizza and a container of leftover pesto in the fridge, I decided to put it together for a weekday meal. This time around I decided to try out a new Trader Joes product that I saw the other day. They now sell pre-made dough that you can bake to use for pizzas, breadsticks or calzones. This post is less of a recipe and more of a test run for how this pre-made dough turns out and just an idea of what you can do with left overs that you may want to use up.

Pesto Pizzas
1 pre-made pizza dough
left over pesto
shredded mozzarella cheese
sliced tomatoes

I chose to use the garlic and herb pizza dough to changes things up and to compliment the pesto. Them I just rolled out the pizza dough, spread a thin layer of pesto and topped it with mozzarella cheese and a few slices of tomato. I baked the pizza for about 12-14 minutes in a 425 degree oven. The dough was fully cooked and the cheese was melted and slightly brown around the edges. Overall I think that the dough worked out pretty well. I think that grilling the dough instead of baking it may work better to get a crispier crust but overall the dough is convenient and is definitely a go to weekday meal.

 I started working today so I'm looking forward to making some more quick meals after a long day at work and at the gym. I'm excited to finally be getting started at work and taking a first step into the feild that I want to work in for the rest of my life. I'm hoping that this new job and the creation of this blog will help make my summer a beneficial use of my time and that it will help me grow both as a person and in my career, so I am going to continue to write and cook and see what I can do. So till next time,
Keep Cooking Brooklyn!