French Bread Pizza

This delicious French Bread recipe is affordable, versatile, and super easy! You can keep it simple or turn it into a fancy culinary creation. Great for weeknight dinners when you are in a rush but want something homecooked. I made this french bread pizza for less than $20, I will have a cost breakdown as I go through the recipe!

You will need:

• French bread

• shredded cheese of your choice

• pizza sauce/white sauce

• toppings of your choosing ( I used mushrooms and onions and extra cheese)

• butter

• garlic salt

• italian seasoning

When I decided to make these for dinner, we knew that we wanted a cheese pizza and a white pizza. I already had some ingredients on hand so we decided to just keep the pizzas simple. We wanted to make the white pizza with mushroom and onion. I already had onions, butter, garlic salt and italian seasoning at home.

I went to the store and picked up:

• French Bread (two pack) $2.49

• Fat Free Mozzarella Shredded Cheese- 2 bags @ $2.99 each

• Bertolli Aged Parmesan & Italian Herbs Pizza Sauce - $3.29

• Classico Traditional Pizza sauce- $2.99

• Baby Bella Mushrooms- $2.29

To start, you want to preheat your oven to 400°. Next slice your french bread loaves in half. Then you want to take a stick of butter per loaf and melt it in the microwave. When it is finished, spread onto your bread and season with garlic salt and italian seasoning. I pre-baked the bread for 10 minutes.

You don't have to prebake them but I have heard that they can get soggy if you don't. Once they are pre-baked, you can add your sauces. Then your cheese and toppings. For our white pizza, I placed our toppings on top of the cheese and it turned out good. However, when I make this again, I will be putting the sauce then toppings then cheese. I believe like it will bake better.

Bake at 400° for 10-15 minutes, until the cheese is melted. Our cheese didn't melt well but the bottoms of the bread was starting to burn so I took it out around 12 minutes. I think the fact it was pre-shredded cheese and low fat caused this.

Next time you are looking for an inexpensive, delicious meal, raid your pantry and fridge! Get creative and customize your own French Bread Pizza masterpiece! Let us know what you create!