My Fast and Easy Pizza Recipe for Broke, Busy People

A money-saver against pizza cravings.

Here’s the story of how this recipe came about. I was craving pizza — normal for me — and well, we were broke. Also normal.

I was a finger tap away from ordering pizza delivery. I’d chosen what I wanted, added it to my virtual basket and all. I was so excited. After all, delivered pizza just tastes better…to me, anyway. Why is that?

Delivery pizza tastes better

Well, number one: it’s way less work. Dinner always tastes better when you didn’t have to make it, right? It’s handed off to you at the door while you almost seamlessly continue binging whatever it is that week on Netflix. You barely have to break your gaze from the screen. Ah, screen time. It‘s great.

Number two: Let’s be real. It’s less healthy, that’s why it tastes better! Come on. It’s got all the greasy cheesy carby goodness that we all hate loving. But we do love it.

I didn’t press the button

So, despite all of the above, I fought the urge. Why? Well, as I said in the beginning — we’re currently broke. Therefore, I resisted that overwhelmingly tantalizing urge. I reminded myself that after I was done destroying that entire pizza, the guilt…