Sooo you guys love Larabars as much as I do! Who knew?! 
PS can I tell you how much it warms my heart to read things like:
"I voted! (and have been doing so every day)"
"I vote for your Breakstone’s giveaway daily!! Yours is definitely the best! Great job! #1 please!"
"I voted for ya! And not just because I want those yummy larabars"
I know that getting bombarded by "vote for me please!" pleas can sometimes get annoying, so I am beyond thankful that you are not annoyed, rather, that you are TOTALLY rocking the vote. Only a couple more weeks to go!!
PPS it seems as though Breakstone fixed the timing glitch associated with voting, and you no longer have to wait a full 24 hours to vote again. Phew! My Mom made a joke that she was going to have to start setting an alarm for the middle of the night because she voted a little bit later everyday.
Can you imagine? My poor little Mom getting up at 1am to log onto her computer and cast her faithful vote? Classic. 
Aaanyways!
I am so full. Stuffed to the gills with the most decadent, buttery, chewy homemade pizza ever – Chicken & Artichoke Pesto Pizza!!!
FYI - I am no longer scared to work with yeast since I made those fluffy, pillowy, sweet Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls for Thanksgiving however, I just don’t feel the need to make homemade pizza dough because Trader Joes’ is so. dang. good!
It’s super easy to spread out but…CONFFESION…I tried to spin it on my knuckles like a real pizza pie maker tonight!!! Haaaaaanooo. It did not work, and I almost dropped the dough on the floor. Gave new meaning to the phrase "do not try this at home!"
I spread some Trader Joe’s Pesto on top of my pizza dough for the "sauce."
This pesto is CRAZY good!!! The ingredients list contains: basil, canola oil, parmesan cheese, walnuts, olive oil, garlic, salt & pepper. Fab!
Next went some shredded chicken breast tossed with a bit of pesto,
some torn baby spinach,
chopped artichoke hearts,
crumbled bacon,
and mozzarella cheese!
That is one rocking pizza pie!
Heavy too – it took twice as long to cook – MUWAHAHAHA!!!
omdg.
This was a MEAL, I’m telling you!
The pesto was deliciously garlicky and the bacon was so necessary. It cut through the richness of the other ingredients.
Don’t leave it off!
Also, I think the spinach in there made this healthy, so…we’re good.
Life’s short. Eat pizza. Good. Homemade. Pizza!
In other news, last night I foolishly denounced sweets on Twitter…
I’m officially un-denouncing them, because I am undertaking a heavenly baking project tonight! I’ll share in the a.m., don’t you worry!
*You have a little less then 24 hours to enter the Larabar giveaway.*
Goodnight!
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What’s the last deliriously indulgent thing you had?
Spin me a tale!
I absolutely love homemade pizza! You can put anything you possibly want on it!
I love making homemade pizza! The Husband and I were actually just talking about making it possible for dinner tomorrow!
Umm… I had something so delicious today that I’m way too excited to share it tomorrow. It’s coming tomorrow morning!
Schwan’s Peppermint Stick Ice Cream! I will eat the entire container every night until it’s gone!
Wow. This looks amazing!
Ha, Amen! This pizza looks amazing!
I have frozen pizza dough stashed in my freezer at all times just waiting on inspiration for a new homemade concoction. I never would have thought to put bacon on a pizza, but then again, I never was very bright. You, on the other hand, seem to be a culinary genius!
Haagen Dazs Cookies & Cream Ice Cream. And last night, it was creme brulee. I should probably take a break from indulting for a bit.
I have pumpkin quick bread left over from this last weekend. So I’ve been having some slices of that. That pizza looks delicious!
My last indulgence was the pumpkin chocolate tiramisu I had at my birthday party last month. I need to cut back on indulging for a little while…Right after my company’s holiday party tomorrow night!
I love TJs pizza dough and its so cheap!
I make homemade pizza all the time, at least once a week. My favorite vegetable toppings are sweet onions, zucchini, broccoli and spinach (not all at the same time, lol) along with some fresh herbs. I make pizza dough in the bread machine-one batch of dough mixes up in under 2 hours and provides enough dough for 4 small pizzas or 2 large ones. I put one small or large dough in the refrigerator and freeze the other ones until I am ready. The cost is for the dough is probably around $.50 for all the ingredients to make two large pizzas.
As for indulgance, last night, I made a cup of homemade cocoa. I use Hershey’s Unsweetened Cocoa and make the recipe on the container. It was really delicious and hit the spot! It’s even better with fresh whipped cream on the top and chocolate shavings but I had it without last night.
I think you make the best homemade pizza. Yep. I’m sure of it.
I love to see all your TJ pizza creations! We live by that dough, and yes it is the easiest thing ever!!
PS: Super cute about your mom!! Your are soo lucky to have her!
Homemade pizza is a regular menu item at my place. Love it! And pesto on pizza is a very good thing indeed. That looks truly delicious!
Kristin, I’m totally like you when it comes to sweets: out of control! That’s why I often try to give away my baked goodies ASAP after I pull them out of the oven or else disaster is in my near future.
The last seriously indulgent thing I had was a big serving of warm apple crisp with two scoops of vanilla bean ice cream…this afternoon! So good!
the homemade pizza i make for myself is almost identical to yours! only difference is i add bell peppers (i know you loathe) and sundried tomatoes and pine nuts if i have them. indulgent thing: ate almost an entire large pizza hut pan pizza last night…at 10:30…by myself. SHAME!!!! hahaha
Your dinner… wow! Amazing- I love anything with pesto.
Indulgence… the cookie dough batter from s’mores cookies I just made. Insanely delicious and easily THE best in raw form.
Oh, girl, I so feel your pain. I NEEDED to bake a batch of cookies today, but my stomach didn’t need the multiple cookies I actually ate.
I insisted on dough-flipping when I made my last pizza and erm…it got VERY close to my ceiling and my floor on multiple occasions! That’s half the fun, though!
I had the most simple and delicious fudge on the face of the planet tonight. I just love Christmas.
Oh my god, that pizza looks delicious! I am definitely making this. The last indulgent thing I had was cookie dough & cookies tonight! When you’re baking, you HAVE to taste everything to make sure it’s okay, right??
Thankfully I’m having a party on Saturday (which is why I baked the cookies) so I have reason not to eat them and they will hopefully be gone soon. I am like you, no willpower with sweets!
Indulgent? Tonight? Yes — today’s my birthday and let’s just say my dessert selection included this:
-pumpkie cheesecake
-Blue Bell’s Spiced Pumpkin ice cream (according to the label: delightful spiced pumpkin ice cream combined with tasty sugar-coated pecans and a rich cinnamon-honey-praline sauce)
-Pepperidge Farms Coconut Cake
I ate all THREE
My husband couldn’t decide what he thought I’d like best… so, he went ahead and bought all 3 — and of course, we had to sample them all.
I am completely shocked about the taste of the PF cake — I mean, can a low-cost/frozen cake be that good? Apparently, YES!, it can!!
What a man!
that pizza sounds so good! i was craving pizza today but made a baked potato instead, with tj’s queso and corn salsa! MMMMM.
Eton Mess- which is fresh strawberries and crushed meringues, dunked in cool whipped cream
Does it get any more blissful?
LOVE homemade pizza and yours looks yummy!!!!
Last indulgence – Hmmm….Does an entire package of snowman Peeps count? I ate that last week
Also, I am a somewhat new reader to your blog and have been trying some of your treadmill workouts. Today I did the 45 minute one and it.kicked.my.butt. But in a good way! So thank you!
I want that pizza RIGHT NOW. Like NOW. NOW! Seriously… I’m making that soon, only my love for parsley will be having me make my homemade parsley pine nut pesto for mine because it is DELISH!
I am making this tooonight!!!
Oh and 2 nights ago I was picking up a few things at HyVee and stumbled upon Australian Style Gourmet Red Liquorice and I’m ashamed to say they are almost gone! – Not good!
Oh…that would have been the wonderful flakey Cream Horn from the Highland Bakery! One of those foods where it’s best to stand over the sink to eat it! YUM!