Making Babies (and making dinner when possible)

Pizza in a Bowl
This is not an especially healthy meal, but it is easy and made in one pot and it's really satisfying comfort food. My only suggestion is to save this one for a colder day. It gets hot in the kitchen. I like to use the Hot Jimmy Dean Sausage, but you can substitute any meat topping, or any "topping" in this dish for that matter. Once you get the basic concept, you can treat it as you would any pizza. Get a large deep dish skillet smokin' hot and add the sausage. Start breaking it up into larger chunks and let brown. Remove from pot and set aside to drain. In the same pot, add 1 package of pre-chopped mushrooms, or chop about 10 large mushrooms. Brown the mushrooms and then add them to the top of the sausage that is draining off to the side. Turn the heat of the pan down to medium. Cube up one loaf of day old bakery bread. I like to use the Potato Rosemary, but you can use ciabatta or even sourdough, but it should be a little stale because you don't want the bread to break down too much, you also don't want croutons. Once cubed into bite size chunks, add to the pan and try to keep it at one layer so it all starts cooking evenly. Season with salt and pepper, and drizzle some more olive oil on top. Dice 4 cloves of garlic and add this to the pot. Stir to incorporate the garlic and to start to brown the other sides of the bread. This will take about 5 minutes total. Now chop 4 medium size tomatoes and add to pan. Let this break down for another few minutes. Add 1 can of diced tomatoes, juice and all. Now add the sausage and mushrooms back to the pan. Chop up a handful of Italian parsley and a large bunch of basil. Add this to the pan and mix well. Turn the heat down to low. Cut (lengthwise) some fresh mozzarella and add to the pan, layer on top. Put a lid on the pan and turn off the heat. Let sit for about 10 minutes, until the cheese melts. You can also add some Parmesan cheese or you can substitute any "pizza" style cheese you want. You could probably make this a lot healthier by using veggies instead of sausage too. See what I mean about it being versatile?