Quick 15 minute Homemade mini Pizza and "Horrible Bosses"

You've had a terrible day at work, we've all had them and we're all bound to have them again. Some are fortunate to enjoy what they do and who they work for but that's a rarity today. Working for a horrible boss is sure to ruin a day that otherwise wouldn't have been so horrible. Trust me, I worked for one and he ruined more days than I care to admit. Sometimes the last thing you want to do when you get home after a terrible day is make yourself dinner so that inspired to come up with a homemade pizza that you can make in under 15 minutes. We'll take a little help by using a store bought pizza crust (Or flat bread like Naan works great) today but when pair it with freshly made sauce that's done in 5 minutes, a delicious blend of Italian cheeses, and finished off with some great toppings - you won't know the difference. Pizza to me is the ultimate cheer up kind of food and a lot of laughter never hurt either. This week I'm pairing my quick pizza recipe with my very favorite comedy, the 2011 film Horrible Bosses. The perfect combo to end a horrible.


Store bought Pizza crusts
2 to 3 Roma tomatoes
a pinch of Red pepper flakes
¼ Teaspoon of dried Italian Spices 
½ Teaspoon of sugar
About ½lb of Cheese - I used a combo of Asiago and Provolone
8 fresh Basil leaves
4 Fresh oregano leaves
Pickled sweet peppers (for topping)
Fresh Arugula (for topping)
Fresh Parmesan Cheese

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees

As thinly as possible, slice the tomatoes and season them with some salt and pepper. Next sprinkle the dried Italian spices over top. In a small saute pan, add a drizzle of olive oil and heat the pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the tomatoes to the pan and cook them for about 3 minutes. Give the fresh oregano leaves a rough chop and add them to the tomatoes as well as the sugar. Add just a small pinch of red pepper flakes and stir together. Cook for another 2 minutes and our pizza sauce for the night is done! Told you this would be easy.

Shred the cheese you selected for your pizza. Mozzarella is probably the most recognized cheese used for pizza making but for this recipe I wanted to use a cheese with just a little bit of sharpness to it. Stop by your cheese counter at the grocery store and just ask them for a small chunk of asiago and a good sharp provolone cheese so you can shred them at home. It's always best to shred your own cheese, I haven't found a good pre-shredded cheese in a bag that I like yet. Remember though, this is your horrible day pizza so use whatever kind of cheese you like!!

Place your pizza crusts on a baking sheet. Evenly distribute our warm and freshly made pizza sauce over the crusts. Next, sprinkle the shredded cheese over top of the sauce. The heat from the sauce will start melting the cheese from underneath. Chiffonade (Click here for how to) your basil leaves and evenly distribute them over top your pizza. Nothing takes the place of fresh basil on pizza if you ask me. Now it's time to add any additional toppings you might want to have. For these pizzas I used a few pickled sweet peppers and I added some arugula to the one pizza as an experiment and I really liked the flavor combo.

Drizzle a bit of olive oil over top and place your pizza's in the oven and bake just until they are warmed through and the rest of the cheese is melted to perfection. As soon as the pizzas come out of the oven, top them off with a fresh shaving of fresh parmesan cheese and dinner is served! Time to kick back and laugh to the hilariously funny and star filled, Horrible Bosses.

Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) all  have three of the worsts bosses imaginable. Nick has to deal with the ruthless corporate "A" hole David Harken (Kevin Spacey), Dale is being sexual harassed by his beautiful but completely inappropriate boss Dr. Julia Harris (Jennifer Ainston), and Kurt has to take orders from a complete tool and drug addict Bobby Pellit (Colin Farrell).

After Harken gives himself the promotion that he's hinted that Nick would receive, Julia threatens to tell Dale's fiance that they've had sex, even though they haven't, unless he does have sex with her, and Kurt just can't take another day working for Bobby - the three decide they can't work for their bosses any longer. Quitting is not an option for any of them and after a few beers they decide they only have two choices. Work for their horrible bosses and be miserable all their lives, or murder the their three bosses. They devise a plan that would allow each of  them to get rid of their bosses with no trace of it leading back to them.So begins the hilarious turn of events for the three friends that at first seems foolproof. Like most ideas, not everything goes as planned and the three friends soon find themselves way over their heads.

The chemistry shared by leading actors Bateman, Day, and Sudeikis, wonderful supporting performances by Ainston, Spacey, and Farrell, and a hilariously funny script all come together to make this movie my all time favorite comedy. A black comedy for sure and one for a mature audience, I have never laughed more at a movie than I did when I saw this film in theaters. It still remains my "go to" movie when I need a good laugh at the end of a really horrible day. Here is the trailer for Horrible Bosses.