Hawaiian French Bread Pizza with Ham & Fresh Pineapple / Freaky Friday Winter Edition!
Good morning! 😀 So happy to be a part of the Freaky Friday Winter Event! This is a group of bloggers that get together to do a special event several times a year, where we are all secretly assigned to another blogger in the group!
We all make, photo and review one of our assigned blogger's recipes. Then, on reveal day, we all get to see who had who and what we all made! It's a great way to make new friends and get to try new recipes that we might not otherwise get to experience! So much fun!
For this event, I was secretly assigned to Christie Campbell (are we related??), who owns the blog, A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures! I cracked up over that blog name, which she said originated from her friends who (teasingly) call her that! Too funny! I was surprised to see that her last name is "Campbell"! I wondered if I'm possibly related to her?? (My maiden name was Campbell!) I would not be surprised! 😀 Too cool!
Anyways, Christie is one lucky girl in so many ways! She learned how to bake with her Mom and Grandma, and her love for cooking was taught to her by her Dad! Wonderful to have both skills in the kitchen, as most people prefer one over the other. (I'm more like Christie, though, and also enjoy both very much!) She also got to be on Emeril Live!! BAM!! Yep!! And her recipe that got her on the show that she entered in a contest, is still on foodtv.com! Check it out {here}!!! She's also engaged, and a loving mama to her beloved furbaby!
So what to make? We had been craving pizza for quite a long time, and I was thrilled to see that Christie had several on her blog! The hublet made the final decision, because everything sounded good to me! But, ultimately, he chose for me to make her "Genetic Hot Hawaiian French Bread Pizza"! (What is it with guys and pineapple on their pizzas??) But I was game, so long as it was fresh pineapple and not the canned stuff! I was so glad he chose that one, but others in the running were her Cubano French Bread Pizza, Cheesy Skillet Beef, Greek-Style Burgers, and Cheesy Chicken Pasta Bake! Any of these would be perfect this time of year!
But I was more than happy with this one.
And I already had half of the ingredients!
Always a good thing!
I did take a few liberties with Christie's recipe, though. We are pizza fanatics!! And we hadn't had pizza in AGES. So a "few" extra ingredients "accidentally" flew on top. 😉
*The first day our pizza included pizza sauce, Italian sausage, ham, Canadian bacon, fresh pineapple, roasted red sweet peppers (cubanelles) from my garden,
and ripe, black olives!
Oh.
And GOBS of cheese!
Assembling the pizza was so much fun, and comes together in a snap!
After a short trip into the oven, this pizza came out
absolutely GORGEOUS!!!!
The last piece is up for grabs!
Better call, "Dibs!", quick!! 😉
Since it's just the hublet and myself, I saved the other half of the french bread,
along with what was left of the previous days' goodies,
to make a second round!
I had used up all of my black olives, so,
I switched them out for pimiento-stuffed green ones!
I was also out of fresh mushrooms - - bummer!! - - so I made up for those
by adding paper-thin sliced red onion! VERY good on pizza!
So Day II's pizza consisted of pizza sauce, sausage, pineapple,
ham, Canadian bacon, roasted red sweet peppers (cubanelles) from my garden,
pimiento-stuffed green olives and thinly sliced red onion!
And oh hellz yea.
GOBS of cheese!! 😉
I also kicked up the top a notch,
adding a boost of flavor to the mild mozzarella & provolone blend cheese
by lightly sprinkling with finely crushed oregano and basil!
And also a touch of garlic salt and fresh cracked black pepper!
These pizzas were killer good!!! I don't know which one I liked the best,
as they were BOTH delicious!
I can't thank Christie enough for having this on her blog,
A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures,
because otherwise, we'd still be dreaming of pizzas!!
(Actually, truth be told, we're already craving these again! 😉 )
Thanks so much to our fearless leader,
Michaela, of "An Affair from the Heart", for having me!
Again, I had a blast and I hope that I did her recipe proud.
*Please do take the time to check out all of Christie's recipes!
*Please click {here} to see Christie's original recipe from, "A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures".
Hawaiian French Bread Pizza with Ham & Fresh Pineapple / Freaky Friday Winter Edition!
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YUM! French bread pizza is such an easy dinner and I haven't made it in forever! Thank you for the inspiration...this looks delicious! Definitely want to try it! Christie has lots of great recipes!
We hadn't had french bread pizza in years, so this was a nice surprise and royal treat! Hope you make some soon. too! SO good!! 😀
Wow! These are fabulous! I love Christie's blog too 😀 I can absolutely see myself eating these during the Game tomorrow! and I have no idea what is with husbands and pineapple on their pizza either! My husband is the same 😀 He always wants pizza on his pizza... so I know he will absolutely love this too 🙂
Yep, my hubby always wants pineapple on his, too! I can eat it, so long as it's not the canned stuff, but I'm more of a pepperoni girl! Although, these came out fantastic! We both loved them! 😀
This is such a fun recipe! I love Hawaiian pizza and this is such a great way to prepare it! It sounds really delicious and is a perfect choice for Freaky Friday 🙂
Thanks, Nicole! 😀 Our Super Bowl is tomorrow, and I have a feeling that a lot of people will be making these! 😉 😀
My goodness does this look yummy! Pretty sure my family would flip over this one!
Oh, I hope you make a couple soon, Ashlyn! So much fun! 😀
What a great family meal! My kids could choose their own toppings, just ideal!
Yes! 😀 That's what we did, too! Essentially, 4 pizzas out of one loaf! Doesn't get any more fun than that! 😀
This is some seriously yummy comfort food! Well done, so yummy 🙂
Thank you! 😀 We really enjoyed them!! 😀
Looks PERFECT!! I always recipes are just an idea for you to cater to your tastes with! LOVE the additions you've made and I think I'll have to make your version next time.
I'm so relieved that you like what I did, Christie! We hadn't had pizza in almost 6 MONTHS. (Totally unlike us, I don't know what happened, ha!) So we were binging BIG TIME! Loaded those babies up, and had a blast!! 😀
Looks like a must try recipe for sure!! 🙂 Thanks for being in our group, Kelly! <3
They were each AWESOME! 😀 Thanks for having me, Michaela! 😀 <3
This sounds spectacular! I could eat pizza everyday of the week and I love Hawaiian pizza!
Thanks, Lisa!! I'd share a slice if I could!! 😀
Boy did you pick a great recipe! Love that there is fresh pineapple on this Hawaiian style pizza! Off to check out the video!
Thanks, Sandra! The hubs and I were in pizza heaven!! 😀
I haven't had Hawaiian pizza in ages! This is giving me the biggest craving!
We couldn't resist, either! 😀
This looks incredible! My daughter is a huge Hawaiian pizza fan so I am going to have to make this!
My hubby zoomed in on this one IMMEDIATELY! And I loved it, too!! 😀 You'll have to fight your daughter for a piece!! 😀 😉
Oh my does this look amazing!!! This one would definitely be really great for this weekend! Great recipe!!
Thanks, Angela!! I hadn't had *french bread* pizza in years! BOY was it a welcome TREAT!! 😀 Would be PERFECT for the Super Bowl! 😀