Eat // The Ultimate Throwback Childhood Pizza Toast

The last Eat post was way back in November and I can't believe it has been 8 months since! Eat is one of Jia's and my favourite blog categories as we have many easy and delicious food recipes to share. Cooking can be real simple and I believe that everyone can cook. Just be sure to get the necessary ingredients beforehand and plan your steps to avoid overcooking or burning your food. Remember that safety in the kitchen is important!

Pizza toast is our childhood favourite meal/snack and our go-to comfort food. It is extremely easy to put together and the whole family can get involved. For me, creating a pizza toast meant that I get to assemble my own meal and I get to put as much ingredients as I want on my pizza. This made meal times more interesting and it was fun for the entire family. Strangely enough, my parents' pizza toasts always ends up tasting much better than mine. 

Mmm, writing this post is making me hungry...

The Ultimate Throwback Childhood Pizza Toast
Recipe by our mothers
Serves 1
Prep time: 5 mins | Cooking Time: 15 - 20 minutes
Ingredients: 
A slice of white bread
1tbs tomato paste
1 slice of honey baked ham
1 slice of canned pineapple, cut into chunks (optional)
2 medium-sized button mushrooms (fresh or canned), julienned
A whole lot of cheese (a mixture of Mozzarella, Cheddar and Parmesan)

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​Almost Meat Lover's Special Pizza Toast
Recipe by Jia
Serves 1
Prep time: 5 mins | Cooking Time: 15 - 20 minutes
Ingredients: 
A slice of junior fine grain wholemeal bread
1tbs tomato paste
Half a chorizo sausage, cut into chunks
Half slice of roasted turkey ham, roughly torn apart
2 medium-sized button mushrooms (fresh or canned), julienned
A lot of cheese (a mixture of Mozzarella, Cheddar and Parmesan)

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Last Night's Leftovers Pizza Toast
Recipe by Min
Serves 1
Prep time: 5 mins | Cooking Time: 15 - 20 minutes
Ingredients: 
A slice of junior fine grain wholemeal bread
1tbs tomato paste
Leftover meat (roast chicken, beef, and/or pork), shredded
1tbs corn (fresh or canned)
Fresh basil 
A lot of cheese (a mixture of Mozzarella, Cheddar and Parmesan)

Instructions:
All you need to do is to spread an even layer of tomato paste onto the bread, layer on the ingredients, top it off with a lot of cheese and pop the pizza toast into a hot oven or toaster oven. If you are using an oven, preheat the oven to 200 degree celcius before placing the pizza toast in. 

Min’s tip no. 1: Use a toaster oven instead of a conventional oven
I personally think the pizza toast taste better when cooked in a toaster oven! The bread is crisp and cheese is well toasted and oozy. A toaster oven heats up faster than a conventional oven so that means your lunch will be ready in no time!

Min’s tip no. 2: Anything goes
Jia loves her pizza toast with chorizo, salami or pepperoni and tons of cheese, while I like mine with a 20:80 meat and veggie ratio. I usually top mine with chicken breast, red onion, corn, spinach, arugula or avocado slices, and a heap of cheese. I would love to have an egg on my pizza toast but bread slices are pretty small these days. Basically, the sky is your limit when it comes to this recipe. You only add what you love as pizza toppings - nothing else. 

Min’s tip no. 3: Choose your bread wisely
I find that this recipe works better with a thicker slice of bread because it holds the ingredients much better than a thin slice. If you are not a fan of bread, feel free to change it up. Tortillas, pitas or breakfast muffins should work really well here!

Min’s tip no. 4: Sauce base
I like a well toasted pizza toast, so I tend to choose tomato paste over pasta sauce as the sauce base. A pizza toast needs to be crisp and never soggy! Unlike me, Jia likes her pizza toast to be flavoured with the mushrooms, onions, garlic, and herbs found in pasta sauces. Well, it really depends on your eating preferences!

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What is your favourite food item from your childhood? Does pizza toast bring back childhood memories for you too? Share your recipes with me!

Eat well and have fun in the kitchen!

x Min