the single girl's guide to grilling sans grill.

hoo-dee-hoo, homies.

i've mentioned before that i have a lengthy list of fears.  

spiders

snakes

blood

sliced achilles tendons

paper cuts 

public nudity

ripped ear lobes

...

and grilling.

and that last one puts me in a real pickle because i love grilled pizza.  so how's a girl supposed to get homemade grilled pizza when she doesn't even own a grill?  she macgyvers herself a solution because NOBODY comes between me and my pizza.

so here's what you'll need:

pizza crust (why re-invent the wheel?  frozen is fine), pizza sauce, cheese (i had smoked gouda and goat cheese on hand), olive oil, and any other toppings of your choice.

another key player in this game...

my celebrity BFF since college: george foreman. 

to make a single serving, tear off a a hunk of dough roughly the size of a lime.  you can get about four pizzas out of one package of dough.

flour your counter or cutting board so the dough won't stick when you roll it out.

now roll that bee-otch out.  you'll want to make it roughly the size and thickness of a pita.  and don't be jealous that my rolling pin is cuter than yours.

now drizzle a little bit of olive oil.  the george foreman is supposed to be non-stick, but i like the crispy thing the oil does to the crust.

throw that bad boy on the "grill" oil side down.  don't close the top.  if you close it, the steam gets trapped and doesn't allow the crust to get nice and crispy.  i'm guessing.

while one side is cooking, brush a little more oil on the top side.

after a few minutes (4ish?), the crust will start to bubble.  that's a good thing because that means the crust is mainly made of air and everyone knows that air has no calories.  so this is basically a good-for-you food.  i'm guessing.

now take a page out of missy elliott's book.  put your thing down, flip it and reverse it.

once the other side has had a few minutes to cook, move the crust to a pizza sheet and sauce her up.

add toppings.  duh.

now you're going to pop her under the broiler for a few minutes until everything is nice and melty.  make sure to keep your eye on her because it's a rather quick process.

you guys.  the crust makes this pizza so good.  it's crispy but incredibly chewy. 

sit back, grab some hard, in-depth reading and enjoy.  after all, there are zero calories in this pizza.  you saw that on the internet, so it must be true.  i'm guessing.