Song: "Ninja Rap (Go Ninja Go)" by Vanilla Ice
I'm proud to say that I was born in the early 90's. I had a great childhood then, and I feel like a lot of great stuff happened during that decade. Things also occurred that I still laugh about today. My friends and I lived for the Backstreet Boys, the Spice Girls, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears. And then there was the overall craze.
There were also amazing cartoons that my friends and I still remember. There was CatDog, Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, and more. And then there was my brother's fascination with The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
My brother (Chris) is still a fan of the Ninja Turtles today, and I have to admit, so am I. A lot of us still are. They're funny, and the cartoons were well-animated with an entertaining story line. I was even April O'Neil for Halloween last year (of course no one could tell who I was but oh, well).
Anyway, when I baked my very first pizza without a recipe last Friday, I figured that I would pair Vanilla Ice's "Ninja Rap" with my pizza. The Ninja Turtles LOVE pizza. And they also seem to like dancing in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze." This movie came out in 1991, and there's a scene where Vanilla Ice performs the "Ninja Rap," and the turtles dance to it. Funny, right? Below is the recipe that goes with this song.
Pizza With Broccoli
What You'll Need:
Your favorite pizza crust
1 14.5oz can diced tomatoes-preferably ones that are seasoned with garlic, oregano, and basil
8 cloves garlic, chopped
1 1/4 c shredded whole-milk mozzarella cheese
A little bit of oregano
Cooked Broccoli, cut-up into small pieces
Directions:
1. Prepare the pizza crust according to its instructions. Make sure you preheat the oven to the appropriate temperature first!
2. Heat up the diced tomatoes and garlic cloves in a saucepan until most of the liquid is evaporated.
3. Once the pizza crust is ready in the pizza pan and the diced tomatoes are done, spread the diced tomato mixture out evenly on the pizza crust.
4. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly on top of the sauce.
5. Distribute broccoli evenly around the pizza.
6. Sprinkle just a little bit of oregano around the pizza-not too much because it's very strong!
7. Bake the pizza according to the pizza dough instructions (mine had to bake for 20 minutes).
8. Cut-up the pizza into 6 pieces and enjoy!
This recipe can obviously be made with pizza sauce but diced tomatoes taste just as good! I was going to make it with pizza sauce originally, but my mom forgot to pick it up from the store. Here is another prime example of great things you can make while improvising with what you have in your house!
*All the rights to "Ninja Rap" go to Vanilla Ice. The lyrics to the song can be found here. All credit for the movie clip goes to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze."
