Screw Dominoes: Presenting a DYI Mushroom, Mozzarella and Pesto Thin Crust Pizza that Costs Under Two Bucks

This recipe is a perfect example on how you can cook better, cheaper and more healthy than fast food chains. And this for my American readers, is a step towards not being so fucking fat. This meal takes under 30 minutes from cutting board to mouth, which is around the same time as a delivery.

Go get:

Fleishmann's Pizza Crust Yeast.

Flour (If you don't have any already).

Sugar.

Butter/vegetable spread.

Olive Oil.

A block of Mozzarella.

6 or 7 mushrooms (We used the darker colour variety for presentation's sake).

A bag of spinach.

A jar of Pesto (We used the stuff in a sachet which worked just as well, and was really cheap).

3-4 Cloves of Garlic.

The Action:

1. Follow the directions on the back of the pizza crust packet; combine one cup of flour with 3/4ths of a cup of hot water with a tsp of sugar , 3/4ths of a tsp of salt and the yeast itself and mix. The Consistency of the dough should be slightly sticky to the touch- keep adding flour until the dough sticks to your fingers and is elastic.

2. Pour flour onto your counter top and spread it out. Also cover your hands in flour. Start molesting the hell out of that dough by pulling it and smushing it together again.

3. Get out your rolling pin (What? You don't have one? They cost like $3 from your local supermarket) Roll out the dough until it's even and larger than your baking tray. Keep dusting the top of the dough to stop it sticking to your rolling pin.

4. Smear butter on the baking tray using a paper towel. Don't use to much butter, but just enough that you get an even translucent coating. place your dough on the tray, and roll the edges as if you were rolling a sleeping bag. These will form the crust. Note: It doesn't matter if your baking tray is square. Pizzas in Italy are square for some reason. Square pizzas are still delicious.

5. Cover your dough base with pesto (don't get any on your crusts). Roughly chop the garlic and spread it evenly. Cover with grated mozzarella (we used an entire pre-shredded pack of the stuff)

6. Rip up the mushrooms by hand (sliced 'shrooms look a tad synthetic). Add to the pizza. Take a handful of spinach and do the same. For extra deliciousness, drizzle with pesto. If using the jar stuff, mix with olive oil to make it liquidy). Here's me drizzilin':

7. Season with salt and pepper and stick it in a pre-heated oven at 450 for 15 mins. This is what it should look like before baking, and after.

And guess what? The total cost per serving (it serves two) is $1.82. This obviously isn't the total cost of all the ingredients, but only the ingredients used. You would have the majority of a bag of spinach left over that could be uses in sandwiches or salads.

Until next time......