A quick and easy dinner that kids and parents will love, with a fresh salad so tasty it’s sure to get your pickiest eaters eating leafy greens.

My daughter’s eyes lit up when she came in the kitchen and saw what was for dinner. That’s always a nice feeling. 😊

Prep the Bread for Pizza

To make the pizza boats, line a cookie sheet with tin foil. Place French bread sliced length wise on top.

Spread with butter and then sprinkle with garlic salt and pepper. I wanted to simmer the spice and flavor into the spaghetti sauce, but I was too busy making farm house benches 😂 and had to get dinner on the table quick.

Adding the spices to the butter worked great! The butter also helps add flavor and keeps the bread from absorbing too much liquid and getting soggy.

I know you can’t see it in this picture, but it has butter… and spices… Great picture huh?

Special Pizza Boat Sauce

Then add the sauce. Yes I used spaghetti sauce from a can, because I was in a hurry and it still tasted great. 😊My Kids begged for more – if that isn’t a testiment to my cooking choices I don’t know what is.

Add Cheese to Pizza Boats

Sprinkle generously with mozzarella cheese. I used about two cups for both boats.

Decorate Boats with Pepperoni

Dot with pepperoni and cook in the oven for 10-15 minutes, until cheese is melted. You can cook it till it gets bubbly and slightly browned edges, but I didn’t want the French bread to get hard.

This way the bread was perfect and the cheese was melted enough to stay on the bread.

Pepperoni tip:

to keep your pepperoni longer place in the freezer. You can add it to pizzas still frozen. To separate bend the slices gently back and forth until they loosen.

Pair Pizza Boats with the Perfect Side

I paired it with a salad made with lettuce, tomatoes, chopped green onions, toasted tortilla chips and crumbled Queso Oaxaca and a homemade dressing that my husband loves.

Queso Oaxaca is a Mexican cheese that tastes great as a highlight to dishes when it’s crumbled up. It was my first time using it and I was a bit nervous my family wouldn’t eat it, but they actually loved it and ate it even more! So yay for Queso! 😊

Green onion tip :

after you use your green onions from the store, simply place the bulbs in fresh water in the window sill. Replace the water with fresh water every few days.

The onions will grow 3-4 more times giving you fresh onions and saving you a run to the store.

Add chicken to this salad and you’ve got a great meal. I found that my family still really loves it, even when I don’t have time to cook the chicken, which helps when I’m in a pinch.

It needs together quick and everyone loves it. Yay for easy dinner night. Now back to painting 😅

Pizza Boat Recipe

Loaf of French bread – sliced length wise

• 2 TBS butter
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 cup spaghetti sauce
• 2 cups Mozzarella cheese
• 22 pepperoni slices

Tortilla Salad Recipe

Dressing

• 1/4 conola or olive oil
• 2 Tbsp vinegar
• 1 TBS Sugar
• 2 tsps Accent or Salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

Salad

• 1 head Romain lettuce chopped
• 3-4 toasted tortillas (400° 3 min on each side) break up in bite size pieces
• 1 Chicken breast- cooked and chopped
• 1 bunch Green onions chopped
• Optional (pretty much I throw in whatever I want ☺️)
• Cherry tomatoes – sliced
• Queso Oaxaca – crumbled
• Even the chicken can be optional.

This is a great travel salad when going to a function. I keep the tortillas crispy, broken up in a separate bag and the dressing is in a lidded container. Then mix it all together right before people eat.

This salad can be as in depth or easy as you want, if you have the crispy tortilla bites people almost don’t notice the chicken missing. 😂

I hope you like it!

Until next time,

Natalie