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So this cheesy onion, chorizo, spinach and artichoke pizza was not meant for today, but let’s just go with it.
I mean, let’s face it, pizza is good no matter what.
See, I wanted to save this pizza (here I go saving recipes again) for next week. It’s perfect for Monday night football and I thought posting it next week would be a little better idea, seeing as football starts on the eighth… but then this whole thing involving some chocolate, an obscene amount of eggs and a little powdered sugar happened and it consumed my life for the last three days. Meaning I didn’t get to make the recipe I wanted to for today. That recipe was a tad more summery than this pizza, but… oh well, you can never really go wrong with a great pizza.
I do want to tell you that after three failed attempts I finally got the recipe I have been working on (for way too many days) right. YEAH! It’s coming soon and it is so good.
But oh my gosh, it almost killed me in the process.
Anyway, the other week I realized it had been far too long since I had made pizza. With my family being gone most of the summer, pizza just didn’t happen that much. One little person, plus too many recipes being made each day equals just a lot of food. A lot went into the freezer, but my weekly pizzas did not get made.
Well, everyone’s back and food is literally disappearing by the second. So easy homemade pizzas it is. It’s a no brainer. Everyone eats pizza. Of course I had to make one minus any of the green stuff, but at least they eat tomato sauce. Not the actual tomatoes themselves, but they’ll eat tomato sauce. Craziness.
This pizza was one of those pizzas that just happened. Pretty sure it was a Friday night and I am pretty sure I was basically just grabbing everything that was left in fridge. To be honest, this is how I used to cook. I would look at what was in the fridge, figure out what to make from there… and hope it turned out.
I am a little more planned now since I am making so much more food, but I actually love when I get to just have fun in the kitchen and not worry TOO much about how it is going to look or taste. That is when I can really be most creative. I am not as concerned about whether people will like it, if the flavors are too weird, if the recipe is too long or hard, if the colors look horrible or how the heck I am going to photograph it. I almost forget sometimes what it feels like not to cook for the blog. It is these times when I actually get the rare chance to cook just because we need dinner and it’s not already made. This is when the best recipes often happen.
It’s the whole no pressure thing. When I don’t think and I just do, things just seem to work. I mean, sometimes they turn out terrible, but most of the time they end up being some of my favorite recipes.
That is this pizza. I wasn’t sure where I was going with it at first, but then I remembered this dip and I sort of went with those flavors. Caramelized onions, chorizo, spinach and artichokes. Such a great combo.
The caramelized onions make the pizza, but really, so does the chorizo.
And umm, isn’t chorizo used in a lot of breakfast hashes and things?? See, I think it is. This means that this pizza would be amazing with a fried egg. Not gonna lie, if you add a fried egg (or two or three) you’d be my hero.
Just sayin.
Pizza plus Thursday equals good prep for Friday… and football!
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Hey, and I keep hearing that Thursday is the new Friday? Is this true? Because I think I like the sound of that.
Love spinach/artichokes/caramelized onions on pizza…..chorizo looks like the perfect addition!
Thanks Sarah!
My favorite thing is to look in my fridge and use up all the random ingredients in a dish. A lot of the time that ends up being a chili or stew of some sort but I definitely have done pizzas and tacos before as well. I love this chorizo, artichokes, and caramelized onion profile. Great work!
Thanks so much, Julie!!
This looks amazing! I love artichokes on pizza! I want to try this with vegan chorizo.
Thanks!
Such an amazing pizza! Totally love the caramelized onions and all the cheesiness!
Thanks Kelli!
Is it bad I want pizza for breakfast now?? Oh my gosh.
Haha! Chorizo is totally breakfast food! 🙂
fontina and caramelized onions might be two of my favorite foods… ever. ugh i’m sorry about that other recipe testing fiasco. i am in the midst of one right now… so much crappy cake, so much frustration!!! oyoyoy. it’s time for pizza friday, methinks.
One gorgeous pizza! Such yummy flavors!
Another winner Tieghan! Looks delicious!
Yes. Just yes. To all of this. And especially the “toss a fried egg on” part – that is SO happening.
How did you get your crust so even and deliciously golden brown, and BEAUTIFUL?? It looks like coal fired pizza. Please share your secret!
Pizza is always a good idea. This looks fantastic!
I would happily eat an entire one of these! Looking forward to seeing the recipe!!
Pizza is one of those foods that can be eaten any time of day and for some reason your stomach can always make room for it…I adore pizza and this one with all those veggies and cheese looks fantastic…can’t wait to see the recipe you’ve been working so hard on…and we need a barn update…
This looks amazing – I would eat it happily! 🙂 And you know what they say – there’s no such thing as bad pizza!
WOW! This pizza sounds delicious! I love your pizzas and I didn’t realize how long it had been, but now I realize it had been too long. I’m intrigued about this 3 attempt awesome recipe…happy thursday!