I was told I can try Ham & Onion, so maybe I’ll give that a go??
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Potato would also be good in that mix – thinly sliced, soak in water or par cook before putting on the pizza.
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I’ve never made a potato pizza before, but yes that does sound good!!
I love potato on pizza. Usually goes well with white or pesto as the sauce base. Here and here with no sauce, here’s pesto, no pic with white sauce but I’ve done that too.
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That pesto one looks so good!! I’ve never tried pesto on a pizza – but I’m going to!!
Thanks for the idea!!
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I like the Italian-style white potato pizza, too
pierogi pizza is a bit of a thing in some parts of Canada, with cheddar, slices of potato, green onions, bacon, and sometimes dollops of sour cream added before serving.
I’ve also seen an aloo gobi pizza offered at one neat pizza spot in Toronto.
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Aren’t “Indian” pizzas one of the current trends in pizza-world
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This Aloo Gobi Pizza was at a pizzeria that makes a Standard Pepperoni pizza, Croque Monsieur pizza, and a Dill Pickle pizza.
There are other pizzerias aimed at a South Asian Client Base, but this particular pizzeria, Beast Pizza, where I saw it, isn’t one of them.
current pizzas include
Butter Chicken pizza is common enough now that even the cheapest Cdn pizza chains, such as Pizza Pizza, sell it. (no potatoes, of course)
My early morning bicycle ride netted six beautiful pork chops. There was an unadvertised “Manager’s Special” 97 cents/pound. I got six pork chops for $4.04 + tax. That works out to about $.70 a serving.
With that purchase, I’ll be able to make 3 meals for us, which allowed me to stretch the budget a bit and pick up Today’s “Pasta Special”. Five one pound boxes of Barilla Pasta for $5. These will go into “the box” for our local food pantry.
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GREAT GREAT price on those chops!
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YES!! I told Sunshine - “Shake & Bake” pork chops tonight, she is happy.
We both like the Kroger brand of “Shake & Bake”.
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You got a really good bargain and those pork chops look lovely! Not much fat on them at all.
And it’s nice of you to donate to the food pantry. I joined a church last December and they have a hamper for food bank donations when you enter the church. I scan the flyers each week and I look for one thing I can bring to church each Sunday to toss in the hamper. I’m really discouraged at how few people are bringing in donations. I figure if each person brings in only one thing we could fill up the hamper each week. What bothers me is that this church is in downtown Ottawa where we have a high number of homeless people and that church has a soup kitchen so the parishioners should know how in need people are. I’ll get off my soap box now…
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You are 100% correct. Thank you and your church for your efforts.
One store has these $5 Friday specials. So I’m trying to see if I can do one or two of those specials each week for our donation box. Then we make a monthly trip to Walmart for canned vegetables, etc. Sunshine has been really supportive and wants to continue a monthly donation.
There are so many people are losing their SNAP benefits – its been all over the News here. Our goal is to donate enough food to feed at least feed one person for 30 days. And like you said, if everyone did that – no one will go hungry.
Please continue on your soap box, I’m very happy to hear about your efforts and contributions.
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Is it possible people prefer to donate cash? The food banks/pantries around here encourage cash donations above all as they are able to stretch those dollars much farther than a retail shopper can, even when buying on a deep discount.
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The food banks and other charities here in Ontario want people to promise a set amount of money each month, partly so they are receiving funds like clockwork year-round, rather that mostly at Thanksgiving and Xmas. The food banks and other food charities have become pretty pushy with the emails. Some send out emails every single week.
I am happy to give lump sums, when I feel like it. I don’t want to have automatic withdrawals.
When I have specific pantry goods or produce I don’t need, I tend to leave them in my local community fridge, where anyone can give or take what they like.
The food bank used to accept home grown veg at the farmers’ market when I was growing up. They stopped doing this. I don’t know why.
I leave extra homegrown veg in the community fridge, as well, if I have run out of friends who want them.
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The food banks here also prefer cash since they can make the money go farther. I believe the food bank can get their food at cost. But all their donations have been going way down even cash donations. I’m in a few freecycle type groups and they’ve been getting a steady amount of requests for food. The food bank customers have been reporting nearly bare shelves and people are doing what they can to get food. I think that’s what upsets me the most with the church I go to - a lot of the parishoners come from middle class families and I’m sure they can afford to buy one extra thing each week for the food bank. I know times are tough for all of us but there are a lot of people out there that need our help.
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I see posts of the community fridges being empty. Haven’t seen that before.
There’s a community fridge near my place and there’s rarely food in it.
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The parishioners might be contributing more than you know! 
I found out my retired neighbour is volunteering 40 hours a week at this local charity called Harvest Hands that distributes food.
I know it’s possible to buy a bag of groceries at the grocery store for the food bank, at various price points. I think quite a few ppl do that.
A funny thing about philanthropy is that the people who give the most or give the most frequently, are often people you would not expect.
I spent a lot of time canvassing voluntarily, door knocking, for various charities in my 20s.
I’ve done quite a few charity runs and collections for various health related charities and poverty alleviation charities over the past 10 years. I’m always pleasantly surprised by the generosity of some people, and sometimes a little surprised how some people who could give, don’t. I have one favourite charity event this month which involves a local snack exchange and a $100 or more donation to a local poverty alleviation charity.
You may want to volunteer with the church group that’s handling the donations to better understand what’s actually happening. One such group here empties the box/bin frequently (e.g., mid-service) both to visually emphasize the need and also to pre-pack the boxes/bags they’ll carry to the food shelf so the volunteers can depart right after the service.
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