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Make Minions Pizza For A Fun Family Movie Night

I had no idea just how closely the kids in our family were watching their favorite characters, the minions. Kenzie (age 10) has been talking like a minion for weeks and I didn’t know it. As soon as I saw the movie trailer, I realized that she “speaks minion!” She sounds just like them. One talented girl:) I wonder if she knows what she’s saying?

Ever since I saw Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me 2 I, too, have loved those little yellow guys with their big-eyed goggles and blue overalls. It was only right that they’d get a movie all to themselves: Minions © 2015 Universal Studios. All rights reserved. When I heard about their new movie, I should have been faster. I wanted to take Kenzie to see it in the theater but her kid-at-heart Uncle Bob beat me to the punch. OK, I can adjust. I decided that I would buy the movie for all of us to see together as soon as it came out. This time I would not lose the race!

I made a note to buy the Minions movie Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack and that it would be available as of December 8, 2015. Easy to remember, that happens to be my birthday. But where would I buy one? I went to the Minions movie website to formulate my plan. On their website, I easily found a retail location by me. Soon as school let out that day, I hightailed it straight to the store. Thank goodness, they had a copy and I bought it. OK, I went a little crazy and got some cute stuffed minions, too. Happy birthday to me!

So just how could we really do up a family movie night with the Minions movie? It should be especially fun. Sure, we could make Minions desserts but I wanted to try something different. How about pizza? A minions pizza! Check it out. Does it look like a minion to you? Can you see his little pepperoni slice smile? Please say “yes.”

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Homemade pizza that looks like a cute Minion!

Here is how I made this special edition pizza for a fun Minions Movie Night!

Minion Pizza Recipe

PARTS NEEDED
Pizza dough* (recipe below)
Pizza sauce
Mozzarella, shredded
Mozzarella, slices
Black olive slices
Pepperoni

Prepare your pizza dough first.

Pizza Dough Ingredients

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Mixing Up The Dough

Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. active dry yeast

1 tsp. granulated white sugar

1 cup warm water

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 T. olive oil

1 tsp. salt

Directions – Pizza Dough

Preheat oven to 450°

Using a room temperature or slightly warm mixing bowl* combine warm water, sugar and yeast. Mix. Let stand for about 10 minutes until yeast is frothy.

*Tip: A warm bowl helps to maintain the temperature of the water, increasing the effectiveness of the yeast.

Stir in remaining ingredients.

Beat until smooth.

Allow the dough to rest for 5 minutes

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.

Pat it with your fingertips it into a “minion” shape, about 1/2″ thick.

Spoon on sauce to the edges.

Arrange other toppings (instructions below) and bake at 450° for about 20-25 minutes.

Tip: Keep an eye on your pizza. Remove when it is golden brown.

Minions Pizza Toppings

Directions – Toppings

Cover pizza dough with 2/3 cup jarred pizza sauce up to the edge.

Spread shredded mozzarella evenly over the sauce

Use pepperoni slices to create his overalls.

Sliced black olives form the goggles.
Reserve 2 sliced black olives for the pupils of his eyes.

Using a circular cookie cutter* cut out two rounds from sliced mozzarella. They will be the eyeballs.

Use a sliver cut from pepperoni for his little mouth.

Cutting Mozzarella Slices For Minion Eyes

Tip: if you don’t have a circular cookie cutter, use the end of a clean drinking glass or clean empty can. I used the black olives can!

Unbaked pizza.

Tip: For this picture, I put the cheese eyeballs and black olive pupils in place. I wanted you to see what it looks like. For baking, I waited until the pizza had baked for 15 minutes and then I put them on. This way, the cheese eyeballs won’t melt much and it keeps the look.

Bake at 450° for 15 minutes.

Add the mozzarella eyeballs and black olive pupils.

Return to oven and bake until golden brown

Take a picture of your work of art.
Let’s party!

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Round Cookie Cutters!

Enjoy!

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The Man From U.N.C.L.E The Show That Started My Writing Career!

It was September of 1964 and I was 11 years old…

That was the year that my favorite TV show, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., debuted…and my writing career began.

Already “boy crazy,” I fell head-over-heals for Napoleon Solo the moment I saw him. It was infatuation at first sight! He was the hero of this exciting new secret agent series.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was one of those shows that you never missed. If you missed it, you had just one more time to see that episode when it was repeated during the summer. There was no syndication; no video recordings. You and your television set had a date that could not be broken – same time, same station – each week. If you missed it, you REALLY missed it!

My best friend, Elaine, had a thing for Napoleon’s partner, Illya Kuryachin*. It was perfect. She and I could dream about them, talk about them, drool over their pictures in Tiger Beat and other teenie bopper magazines with no conflict. We each had our guy.

Truly my FIRST crack at writing came when I wrote my own Man From U.N.C.L.E. stories. Elaine helped me hone them. The characters we “played” in our imaginations had fictitious names but we knew they were us! What fun we had, typing it all up on Elaine’s antique manual typewriter that looked a lot like the one pictured below.

Vintage typewriter just like the one we used when writing our Man From UNCLE episodes

Little did anyone know in those days that a passion to write would come alive in me through that show. Oh, I have never written a screenplay that has actually been used. However, I have written many stories and articles as a hobby, and then career, ever since.

So, the Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie comes out on August 14, 2015. I don’t know. I think I may find it a little bit disappointing. Not because it won’t be well done. I am sure it is a great movie. But when I loved that show, though, I was a goofy preteenager. As a grownup? It probably won’t be the same. But I sure am going to give it a try.

For those of you who are way too young to remember the original, here is a little vignette for you to see. It was what we loved way back in 1964.

*Napoleon Solo in the original TV series was played by Robert Vaughn and Illya Kuryachin was portrayed by David McCallum (He is well known today as Ducky on NCIS.)

And now, let’s view the trailer of the exciting NEW Man From U.N.C.L.E.!

Enjoy!

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