French Loaf Pizza

I am always looking for fun and creative ways to make my kids most favorite meal...PIZZA! Well maybe I should add my biggest kid as well. My entire family loves pizza and honestly it is not the healthiest meal around. Well last night I made a version for momma! That's right. I actually became a short order cook for an hour or so. I love making what my family loves to eat but sometimes that doesn't always satisfy me. So I decided to make my own little pizza out of a french loaf. I do believe Anthony might have enjoyed it as well.

Ingredients:

1	loaf (1 lb) French bread
1/4	cup plus 1 tsp olive oil, divided
4	garlic cloves, pressed, divided
1	small onion
1	small green bell pepper
1	can (14.5 oz) Italian-seasoned petite diced tomatoes, drained
1	cup (4 oz) grated Provolone cheese
2	oz grated fresh Parmesan cheese (about 1/2 cup packed)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 450°F.  Cut off ends of bread to fit onto a large cookie sheet/bar pan. Slice bread in half horizontally; place cut side up on bar pan. Combine 1/4 cup of the oil and two cloves of the garlic. Brush oil mixture over cut sides of bread.
2. Chop onion and dice bell pepper. Add remaining 1 tsp oil to a saute pan; heat over medium-high heat 1-3 minutes or until shimmering. Add onion and bell pepper. Cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until onion is tender. Press remaining garlic into pan; cook 1-2 minutes or until fragrant. Combine onion mixture and drained tomatoes in bowl and combine well.
3. Grate Provolone cheese. To assemble, grate half of the Parmesan cheese evenly over bread using. Divide tomato mixture evenly over cheese. Sprinkle with Provolone cheese. Grate remaining Parmesan cheese over pizzas. Bake 15-17 minutes or until cheese is golden brown. Remove from oven. Using a sawing motion, cut pizzas into a total of 24 slices with Utility Knife.

Yield: 12 servings

It was amazing and it made this momma so happy!!! I will be making this for myself when my family tells me they want pizza for dinner. 

Oh and for those that keep asking for pictures/posts on my latest sewing project, I promise I will have updates on those next week. Have a blessed day!!!