Indiana Pizza Kitchen

We Madsens like pizza. Not just any pizza - interesting pizza. By that I mean yummy pizzas with unusual toppings. (Think California Pizza Kitchen type pizzas. My favorite is the Thai Chicken.) Every Friday night I make two pizzas for dinner. What's on them mainly depends on what type of leftovers we have and what random pizza ingredients we have around the house. (I always have stuff like mozzarella and pepperoni in stock.)

So on Monday we had a really yummy dinner, Five-Spice Pork Chops with Grilled Plums. So good and really easy to make! And I discovered that grilled plums smell like roasting marshmallows; need I say more? I had a leftover pork chop and leftover sauce, so I decided to make a five-spice pork chop pizza. Here's how it turned out:

I thickened the sauce with some flour, chopped up the pork chop, and added some sliced green onions. I used mozzarella because that's what I had on hand and it's a pretty mild cheese. And, yes, those are sliced plums. I sprinkled the top with sesame seeds just because it seemed like a good thing to do. (Sesame seeds are yummy on lots of Asian dishes.) I think it was really good. Yes, the plums were a little unusual, but I think the sweet contrast with sauce was tasty. Food Network here I come!

My second pizza was pretty ordinary, although I did sprinkle some leftover pesto that I had. YUMMY!

Just a little potty commentary, since I'm getting tired of it myself. We had our highs and lows today. The high was the time Spencer actually told me he had to go potty and then actually did. The low was when, an hour later, he pooped all over my couch. Good thing I have my Hoover SteamVac. BEST PURCHASE EVER. I highly recommend it, especially for anyone who is potty training their kid. My carpets and furniture are cleaner now that I'm potty training Spencer than they ever were before. The irony is not lost on me.

Finally, I snapped this picture of Josh just before I put him to bed. He has been a PILL lately, and I can't figure out why. I know part of it is because he wants to be crawling but can't yet. He wants to be held all the time and yells and hollers whenever I put him down. He screams bloody murder now whenever I change his diaper or put him to bed. He hasn't been wearing clothes lately because putting them on is not worth the fight. Not fun. But at least we have quiet moments like this to make it worth it - at least for another day. :)