Venetian Rolled Pizza

So I decided to make this dish as a snack to bring to my brother and his helpers on his moving day! Venetian Rolled Pizza-- I saw Giada make this and of course it looked amazing! Here is the recipe-- http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/venetian-rolled-pizza-recipe/index.html

This recipe is really simple and surprisingly makes for a hearty snack (a meal would work too). This is what it looked like before being rolled (I was a little apprehensive that the dough would break as I rolled it). It looks good like that-- right?! I bought pizza dough to save time. I usually like to make the dough myself because it makes me feel like I'm Italian and know how to make pizza like I know how to walk! It's really fun-- a pizza party where everyone has their own dough and creates whatever kind of pizza they like would be surprisingly fun too. I had to battle with the whole food's dough I bought because it was not spreading easily. As soon as I would spread it, it would come back to the form it was before. I've taken a cooking class on pizza before so it might have needed to "rest" a bit. Therefore I left it alone for 15 minutes, came back, and started to have no more sympathy for it. I threw it around and stretched it with my hands (thanks for nothing, rolling pin) and finally got it to a shape and thickness I was happy with. The dough was the hardest part. After that you just add the toppings and then roll!

I rolled it successfully-- probably thanks to the store bought dough. And baked it and here is the end result. It makes life easier to use a serrate knife to cut the roll.I heard everyone enjoyed it (I did-- oh yea, and there is something green in there too)! Hope you do too!