PW Pizza Crust and Roasted Corn Salad

I love homemade pizza. Even tho it can be a lot of work, it is so worth the effort. PW has a GREAT, super easy pizza crust recipe - it has 4 ingredients - flour, yeast, EVOO, and Kosher salt, oh and water, so I guess that makes 5 ingredients. :) Simple, DELICIOUS.
I've never cooked anything at 500 before! didn't even know my oven went that high!!!
So the toppings were not a PW recipe, just our favorite s- Pesto, cheese, pizza sauce and pepperoni. But the crust delivered! thin and just the right texture. As usual, fabulous :)

Ok so the PW Roasted Corn Salad is SUPER YUMMMMMMMMY. It is filled with FRESH, delicious ingredients - red onion, red bell pepper, lots and lots of corn (8 ears!),  yellow squash, and fresh basil.

 You drizzle the veggies in EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and grill them till they are nice and brown w/o any burn. Yum. Chuck was busy with the kids so I actually did the grilling inside in my Pampered Chef grill pan - it worked quite well!
 Simple yummy dressing - evoo, balsamic vinegar, salt, garlic and basil.
Ok, do you see how much it made????????????? Seriously, what was I thinking??? It made enough for a party...speaking of which, this salad would be PERFECT for a summer 4th of July party, or any such occasion. 
I have made yet another discovery about myself ... I am not a lover of chopping, and chopping, and chopping, and chopping veggies up....maybe its b/c I'm really pregnant and I just wanted to be done...but it was a GOOD thing it was worth all the chopping. As I'm mentioning to Chuck that I'm not a fan of chopping up all the veggies, he says, "Why didn't you use the handy chop?" Brilliant. So simple. Why didn't I say something to him 20 minutes before?? :) Next time, simplify! 
We served it with tortilla chips and on top of the yummy BBQ chicken we grilled. It was a smashing success - both kids loved it and Chuck took it for his over-night dinner! Anytime he wants to take what we had for dinner to work the same night - that's a good sign :)

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