Hello Fall

If you know me, you know my two bad qualities:

1. Tendency to bouts of bitchiness due to low blood sugar.

2. The inability to adapt to change.

Luckily those are my only two faults …

But bottom line, I’m not good with change.

Even the transition into fall leaves me dieting on tomatoes and ice cream alone, while I should be embracing pumpkins, apples, and squash. Instead, I’m craving my grill, glasses of sauvignon blanc, and finding myself teary eyed every time I leave the shore. I’m not kidding, I’m a drama queen, over-reactor, and and full on change-a-phobe.

So in these last weeks of summer, while I nurse my tan and continue to eat every ear of corn in sight, I’ve embraced one of my favorite summer time meals full-on: the grilled pizza.

If you’ve never had grilled pizza you’re missing out. A grilled pizza has an almost raw-dough taste contrasting from the crispness a oven brings. Sounds bad, but I assure you this revelation will change your life. Boys, save your steaks for another day and grab some dough, this is the summer meal.

Here’s my version of roasted red pepper, tomato, fresh ricotta, and basil grilled pizza (I also topped with one with arugula). Any substitutions can be made, but this is my favorite classic. I like to dice all the toppings in the same manner to provide a good mouth feel.

Grease the grill and place dough down. Flip over and top with olive oil and toppings. Close the lid and let the cheese melt. The pizza’s cheese will not fully melt, but that’s the point. Then sprinkle with fleur de sel and basil.

It’s not fall yet ladies and gents, but don’t worry (when I no longer have choice) I’ll be into fall full-swing.