This week the temps are going to be in the 90’s.  And our A/C is on the fritz, so if I don’t have to turn on the oven I’m happy.  While on vacation last week, I poured over a bunch of recent cooking magazines.  A popular recipe for this time of year is pizza on the grill.  So I thought I’d give it a shot tonight.  This turned out better than I could have hoped, I actually ate three pieces and my hubby at the rest!  And while most of the recipes called for homemade dough that you cook on the grill, I cheated and used a thin crust Boboli crust.  Try this recipe this week, I promise you’ll love it!

Shrimp Pizza on the Grill:

frozen tail-off deveined shrimp (as much as you want on your pizza)

1/2 cup butter

extra virgin olive oil

2 cloves minced garlic

1/2 t. parsley flakes

1 t. italian seasoning

1 can of mushrooms

sliced sweet onions

quartered cherry tomatoes

1 cup feta cheese

1 Boboli thin crust

start with a thin crust Boboli

I used my extra virgin olive oil from Old World Olive Press in Rockford.  I also used their Italian seasoning.

Throw a dash of olive oil in a fry pan.

mmm…add butter, garlic, seasonings and shrimp.  scampi it up!

brush crust with olive oil

once shrimp is done, place on crust

keep the butter in the pan after you’ve removed the shrimp and add the onions and mushrooms.  saute till tender.

meanwhile, cover crust with feta and tomatoes

add onions and mushrooms.  i also drizzled just a LITTLE bit of the butter sauce because it was so darn good!

bring outside and throw on a grill heated to medium high.  cook for about 5 minutes until crust is crispy.

this was my first helping.  yummmm!

this was my hubby’s plate.  he loved this and ate the entire pizza other than my three pieces.  mmm…

I am on vacation this week.  We are up at a cottage on Campbell Lake near Hesperia enjoying the sun, water and sand.  The cottage is great and we are having tons of fun!  Unfortunately, there is no internet or phone service.  I’m handling it pretty well, considering I live on my computer and can’t stand to be disconnected from the internet.  But I promise when I get back to civilization, my blog posts will continue daily.  Until then, here is a quick post while I sit at McDonald’s in Fremont using their free wi-fi about annual photo shoots.

Every year on New Year’s Day, I set up a neutral backdrop right in my house and take new pics of the boys.  I normally take their shirts off and just have them in jeans, but I realize this will soon come to an end as my oldest is getting embarrassed by this.  I love the simple setup of a black backdrop in front of our big picture window at about 11am.  The lighting is great and most people can do this right at home.  A few years ago I used a dark brown blanket and loved that too.  Here are a few shots from our 2011 session.