Don’t know what was wrong with me today, but I seem to have fixed the problem with pizza.
I spent the afternoon on the couch reading. This book is good, but a bit long:
Made myself this bright mocktail for cocktail hour
A coconut water (found these on sale recently and grabbed a few!) with seltzer and cherries
Something was off about it though because it left me feeling nauseous. Either that or sitting on the couch for 3 hours straight.
When we finally got up to prep dinner, I started to feel better.
You can see why!
Matt’s homemade pizza dough! Plus two fun toppings.
The Girl And The Fig!
Pizza #1 – Grilled Veggie Jack
One pizza had grilled eggplant, shrooms and zucchini plus our homemade tomato sauce from last night and a pile of freshly grated jack cheese. Rarely can I get my pizza to have that gooeyness of a restaurant’s pizza and I think grating your own makes a big difference over finely shredded in a bag.
Pizza #2 – Fig + Brie + Grilled Eggplant + Honey + Sea Salt
We split them 50/50 – it was hard to choose a favorite! But the brie + fig was one of my top 5 pizzas ever 😉
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On the side I had a simple salad that was rather blah compared to the pizza. I forgive it.
After dinner I regained my self and we went for a lovely hour walk all through the UVA grounds. I love walking on college campuses because you’re always in good company of students. No lonely streets. It’s very energetic. We had lots of discussion about education, our academic pasts and the history of our relationship with the computer. Remember when AIM screen names were all the rage!? I was Koopalicious!!
Turning down the sheets with my book. Happy Labor Day!
Tina says
College campuses are the perfect places for walking around. I miss having that option!
And what a creative choice of toppings. You never cease to amaze. 🙂
Ashley @ Nourishing the Soul says
That pizza screams “Fall!” to me and thus I love it!
Kath says
I thought that said “FAIL” lol. I was about to get defensive about my pizzas!
Vivi says
mocktails AND pizza?! best sunday ever! great pics!
Christine says
Hi, fig pizza, please come home with me.
Allie (Live Laugh Eat) says
Oh my gawwwwwwd pizza #2!!!!
Jess says
I have something for you….I should have stopped by tonight and grabbed some pizza 😉 I shall stop by tomorrow instead!
Kath says
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aubrey says
Yay figs and The Girl & the Fig!!
I am doing an externship there right now in the kitchen. I grill figs all day long:) They’re so delicious. I love the fig salad. Have you had it? I know the secret behind why they are so tasty too!
Kath says
I can’t remember what I had the two times I ate there, but they were very very memorable meals!
Kath says
Didn’t have to look very hard to remember 🙂
https://www.katheats.com/the-moment/
aubrey says
the cheese plates always look amazing. I have yet to even try one! How funny, I also noticed you were drinking wine by Mantanzas Creek. I just got a bottle of wine from there yesterday. My oh my what a small world!
Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels says
Mmmmm fig and brie pizza!!! Why didn’t you invite me over for dinner? 😉 I’m seriously drooling, pure deliciousness.
Paige @Running Around Normal says
I totally see the gooey factor – those look ridic:)
Have a great night!
Kristy@ KristyRuns.com says
That fig pizza looks out of control! Y’all are so creative!
Courtney @ Bread & Bokeh says
That fig and brie pizza looks amazing!!! And I love your AIM screen name!!! Too funny! My friends still call my by mine!!!
Steph@stephsbitebybite says
OMG! I am so jealous of your dinner! I would never have thought to put figs and Brie on a pizza, but now seeing it…it makes sense!!!! I think a good pizza makes any one feel better. And you have more than just a good looking pizza!
Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine says
Those pizzas look amazing. Makes me want to whip up some homemade crust right now!!
Oh gosh, AIM. I was thisiscrafty. Don’t even ask.
Hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says
Figs on pizza just sound divine!
evan says
that pizza! shredding your own cheese makes all the difference – most manufacturers cover pre-shreds in potato starch to prevent them from sticking together – that DEFINITELY effects the goo-factor.
oh, AIM. i haven’t been on it in years! now there’s gchat, which i’ve still yet to try. but i’ll get there!
evan says
oops! blog address was wrong. now it’s fixed.
Lisa @bakebikeblog says
oh my – those pizzas look amazing!
Joanna @ landanimal.wordpress.com says
Coconut water with seltzer and cherries sounds amazing! What a great idea!
caronae says
These are brilliant pizza combos — especially the fig and brie! I need to do some homemade pizzas this year. Now you’re making me crave it, lol.
Happy long weekend!
Jessica @ The Process of Healing says
OH wow the fig pizza sounds delicious!!!
Heather says
never thought to do that with coconut water. interesting!
Michelle @ Give Me the Almond Butter says
Yummm! I love homemade pizzas, especially when you play with the toppings 🙂
Bernadine says
I LOVE reading your blog! I just wanted to let you know you are inspiring people all the way around the world…including here at the bottom of the south Pacific in New Zealand 🙂 One thing keeps flitting through my mind in your last few posts with all this nausea…you’re not pregnant are you??? (sorry for being a bit inelegant and putting it out there…)
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Kath says
Very cool how far my words reach 🙂
And I hope I’m not pregnant!
Wei-Wei says
Your words reach to China, too. 😉
Anna Lee says
Every time you say you’re not feeling that well…I hope to hear that you’re having a baby. It’s selfish of me, but I can’t help it!! We all we delight in that news, when you and Matt are ready for it.
Kath says
We won’t be ready until we get the bakery up and running …and it’s successful
Shannon, Tropical Eats says
you two are so creative with your pizzas 🙂 my screen name was mpotato ( mashed potatoes with gravy are my fave!)
Penny Lane says
ooooooo…fig on pizza! I am so excited to try this. Thanks for this addition to my my cookbook! Look forward to perusing your recipe book!
Mary @ Bites and Bliss says
Ohh my goodness! Love that cheesy shot!!!
Wei-Wei says
Oh my gosh! You remind me – I NEED TO GET BRIE. Thank you. 😀
Liza @ Health Nutting says
YUM! Nothing like homemade pizza– those look absolutely beautiful and delicious!
Jessica@tastyandtrim says
Those pizzas look so amazing! Homemade pizza is the best 🙂
Emmalinda says
I agree that grating your own cheese makes for meltier, gooier pizza cheese. Often grated cheese is coated in powder (cellulose, I think) to keep it from clumping together. I’m a total grate-your-own convert!
Nicole says
oh my! figs and brie! I have to tell my dad that combo! When I go to Fresh Market tomorrow i’m totally picking up the figs i’ve been eyeing. I see a yummy pizza in my future!
Camille says
Gorgeous pizzas! The fig one looks incredible!
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
I was just thinking about Matt’s pizza dough recently! I am going to make it for the first time, it’s that time of year when it’s ok to put the oven on super high again. Your pizzas have me droooooooooooling!! 🙂
I still use my AIM screen name, lol. I’ve had several through the years, but my real word elite screen name is the only one I have used for the past 6+ years, lol.
Jenn
holly @ couchpotatoathlete says
The pizzas look lovely! The figs are so adorable!
I agree, you have to grate the cheese by hand — storebought shredded cheese is not the same! ( I think Pioneer Woman comments on that on her blog as well — it must be hand grated cheese!)
I think you definitely need to change the name of your blog to Koopalicious Eats Real Food.
Kath says
Ha!
Kaitlyn (College Girl Runs) says
I can’t tell you how many hours I spent on AIM talking to my “boyfriends” and crushes in middle school! Hilarious!!!
After being home for a few weeks from college, it is so funny how different the atmosphere is when I walk. At home, its peaceful and quiet and I think I walk slower because of that. On a college campus, it seems like everyone is power walking to their next destination and it makes me walk faster!
April @ Crazy Fabulous Life says
I’ve never had fresh figs. I can’t imagine them on a pizza because in my mind they’d be very sweet! Are they?
Kath says
They’re not that sweet…but more sweet than savory
Diana @ frontyardfoodie says
Whoa fig sweet pizza!?!? That is revolutionary. I am so impressed.
Kristen @ Kristen, Sweetly says
Glad you’re feeling better!!! Your pizza looks like it would fix the day no matter what.
Cristina says
I’m going to try your seltzer + coconut water + cherries combination!
Kate G. says
Beautiful fig pizza! I moved to Northern California a year ago, and we’re blessed with beautiful figs 🙂 Have you ever made fig pesto? I highly recommend it…
Jean@RoastedRootsandPumpkinSpice says
fig pizza?!? I just bought alot of fresh figs and been worrying about it going bad before I have a chance to finish it. I think this may be my solution to using it up quickly.
Valerie @ City|Life|Eats says
The pizzas look great. Hope you feel better soon 🙂
Hannah says
Oh holy bucket, that fig and cheese and honey and salt pizza….. I think I just visually died and went to heaven!
Monique@She's Going The Distance says
Passion fruit coconut water is my fav!!!
Also, I made a fig and chicken pizza once and yeah, it was soooo good! 🙂
Mallory@ Untie the Ribbons says
Ooh, fig on pizza. Definitely need to try that.
Ariffa says
eep i had a sandwich for dinner that had brie and fig jam! dinner twinish xo
killer combo though
Jasmine @ Eat Move Write says
Uh oh. Nausea. Is Kath Eats preggers?
Love the fig pizza. My husband wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pole, though. Boo.
Marina says
Figs on a pizza, with brie, just an awesome combo!
They looks amazing
Freya (Brit Chick Runs) says
That 2nd pizza sounds SO good!
Neen @ Broad Bean to Runner Bean says
WOW those pizzas look amazing! your walk sounds lovely too
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Alissa @ Not Just Apples says
pizza #2 looks so delicious! i must try it, it sounds so perfectly italian.
notyet100 says
ur post makes me drool
Lauren at KeepItSweet says
yum those look so good!
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says
Your pizza looks like something from a super-expensive Italian restaurant!! Very impressive!
American Wife– I totally agree! I loved it until the last fifty pages, and then I was like, “Yeah, yeah– get on with it!!!”
Her book Man of My Dreams was one of my favorites, if you’re looking for another.
Heidi - apples under my bed says
Those pizzas look amazing. major dinner envy. mine was great but im now wishing i had pizza! homemade dough is the only way…:)
Heidi xo
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
I had figs w/honey last night too! I made crepes, though. Pizza would have been good too! Have a great day today!
Annie@stronghealthyfit says
Yum yum those pizzas look amazing! My AIM screenname was Sopranogirl. I was really into chorus in middle and high school 🙂
Rachel (Two Healthy Plates) says
The fig pizza looks fantastic – I’m getting a case of figs next week from a contest I won, I’ll have to try that pizza!!!
Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says
I have never tried a fresh fig, but I’ve already decided that this is the way I want to try my first one. 😀 The pizza looks ah-mazing!
I was planning on reading that book next, but I’m not sure I’m up for a slow-paced, long read. Hmm..
Sara @ myfancytuna.blogspot.com says
I’ve been wanting to try fig pizza for forever and a day!! They just don’t make pizzas with slightly unorthodox pizza toppings around here – I think they’re just getting used to tofu! The pizzas look great, though! And I love being on a college campus, too – it’s always picturesque because someone has to keep it looking nice 24/7!
CaSaundra says
Pizza always seems to make everyone feel better–yours look delicious!!
Greg says
Figs on pizza! That sounds delicious. Creative too!
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
spent a few hours last night reading – i love it. are you almost done? curious to hear what you think, since i LOVED the first part and just liked the last. not a HUGE fan of brie, but i’m sure i would’ve loved it. how can i not love fig pizza?!?
Kath says
I also loved the beginning….hated part II, liked part III ok. Just started part IV
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says
I’ve always wanted to try fig on pizza! It looks amazing!
I love walking through my university campus. It’s nice to feel like I’m a part of something. 🙂
Kathleen says
Oh no! I think I screwed up the pizza dough. I added the olive oil and honey to the preferment that is sitting in the bowl covered. Should I throw it out and start it again? I was going to make it for dinner tonight.
Matt says
Nah, you’ll be fine.
Katie @ peacebeme says
I get sick when I sit around too long inside too! Everything thinks I am weird for saying that but its true – nice to know someone else experiences it so I’m not crazy! Love the idea of the mocktail with a cherry in the seltzer, going to try that soon.
Stacie @ Imperfectly Healthy says
I love your glowing mocktail picture!
And pizza — oh how I miss homemade pizza crust! We recently moved into an apartment with a really small oven and the pizza stone doesn’t fit! I’m still really upset about it!
whitney says
wow. Those pizza’s should be on the cover of a magazine. I don’t think either of you ever need to eat out because the food you create is impeccable.
UVA is a beautiful campus and the atmosphere is always wonderful. Enjoy