Eating on the Run
Gotta make tonight’s dinner post quick! Mal and I are meeting friends for drinks in about 45 minutes, so I’m eating on the run! Good thing pizza is easy to eat while standing! 
I LOVE pizza! It’s probably the only meal that I could eat multiple days in a row and not get sick of it.
Sausage, Spinach, and Provolone Pizza
Recipe inspired by Real Simple’s Sausage, Spinach, and Provolone Pizza recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 store-bought (or homemade) pizza crust
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces ground Italian sausage
- 1 small bunch spinach, thick stems removed (about 3 cups)
- 4 ounces (approx. 5 slices) of thinly sliced sharp provolone
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Heat oven to 425º F. Spray baking sheet with cooking spray and place pizza dough on top.
Meanwhile, heat the olive in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until no longer pink, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the spinach and salt and pepper to taste, tossing, until spinach is semi wilted.
Top the pizza dough with the slices of cheese and then sausage-spinach mixture.
Bake until the crust is crisp and the cheese has melted, 12 to 15 minutes.
Amazing pizza combo! I loved the bold flavor of the provolone! It totally made the pizza! 
And we’re off! 
Oh wait, here’s a cute video of Murphy from earlier tonight! He’s so smart! 
Katie — November 4, 2009 @ 7:10 pm
Pizza is great because you can eat it on the run and it can taste different each time you make it. It’s like an amped up sammie!
Angie — November 4, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
That pizza looks so awesome!! Simple and perfect- can’t wait to try it!
Food Makes Fun Fuel — November 4, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
That’s not pizza, that’s like a masterpiece. I love the way the sausage looks, i could only imagine how it tastes!
Estela @ Weekly Bite — November 4, 2009 @ 7:20 pm
Have a great time at the concert!!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is — November 4, 2009 @ 7:20 pm
Love your make pizza! Yum.
Joelle (The Pancake Girl) — November 4, 2009 @ 7:21 pm
I can never get sick of pizza either!!
MelissaNibbles — November 4, 2009 @ 7:23 pm
Awww…Murphy is a good little pup!
Anne P — November 4, 2009 @ 7:26 pm
Wow that is one well-trained pug! nice work
Diana — November 4, 2009 @ 7:27 pm
That pizza looks amazing!
And omg, Murphy’s sooo cute
Alyssa — November 4, 2009 @ 7:29 pm
Murphy is so adorable! And the pizza looks good too
Lizzy — November 4, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
homemade pizza looks wonderful!
Tamara — November 4, 2009 @ 7:48 pm
Ahh cute puppy! I love how dogs get all shifty when you ask them to stay.
That pizza looks delish!
Katie (Sweet Tater) — November 4, 2009 @ 7:50 pm
oh.my.god. that dog. so cute.
Mary — November 4, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
Murphy is ADORABLE! What a little smarty
Lauren @ Let Them Eat Lentils — November 4, 2009 @ 7:59 pm
That dog is so frekin’ cute. I was never a pug fan before but he is really converting me.
dorothy — November 4, 2009 @ 8:00 pm
that pizza combo looks amazing!!
Lindsay Perrone — November 4, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
Hey Tina,
I could eat Murphy up! Just wanted to fill you in on Pug meet-ups in Boston. They have them once a month. I have a one year old bulldog and we try to attend bully meet-ups too. Ours are held in the South End at Peter’s park. It’s totally hysterical. I googled pug meet-ups and there is one this Saturday. You should definitely check it out if you haven’t been yet.
Love your blog and check it daily!
Lindsay
Amanda (modernation) — November 4, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
You look so cute eating your pizza standing up all ready to go out! And Murphy is the cutest. I have the same love affair with pizza. Sausage, spinach and peppers is on of my favorite combos!
Mellissa — November 4, 2009 @ 8:10 pm
Murphy is so cute! I am working on staying with our dog, however, he isn’t quite getting the concept
Lindsey @ Sound Eats — November 4, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
Aw too cute, I love how excited he gets when he charges at the good.
Have fun tonight!
Arlene — November 4, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
That looks delicious! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Marisa (Trim The Fat) — November 4, 2009 @ 8:38 pm
Oh my, that pizza looks amazing!
Laurie — November 4, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
mmmm that pizza looks soooooooooo good! i may have to try that with some turkey sausage when i’m off my vegetarian kick. and i swear, murphy is just too cute! i finally started doing that my pug, mr. teddy, a few years ago at meal time, but he looks tortured the whole time! ha!
i only discovered your blog a few weeks ago, and i love reading it, not only for the content about food and healthy eating but i love when you’re little puggy makes an appearance.
Madeline @ Greens and Jeans — November 4, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
your pizza looks delicious! have a blast at the concert!
Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers — November 4, 2009 @ 8:56 pm
aw i love the murphy video! he’s super well-behaved to wait for his dinner like that. i’m impressed. enjoy your concert tonight!
Courtney — November 4, 2009 @ 9:11 pm
Haha he’s so cute! I have a pug also and when it’s time for dinner, he literally eats his food like he hasn’t eaten for days. I don’t even know how it’s possible to eat so fast.
ellen eats beets — November 4, 2009 @ 9:16 pm
pizza looks delish and the pup gets cuter everyday
Kelly — November 4, 2009 @ 9:20 pm
aw murphy is adorable! And the pizza looks great too!
Lynn (The Actors Diet) — November 4, 2009 @ 9:22 pm
pizza’s definitely one of my never-get-sick-of-it meals.
Cuts and Curves — November 4, 2009 @ 9:31 pm
That looks awesome! Pizza is one of my favorites too.
Laura @ Backstage Pass to Health & Happiness — November 4, 2009 @ 9:33 pm
What a good puppy!
Here’s a super cute pug photo that one of my friends took – thug pug! Too cute!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjfoeckler/4058428087/in/photostream/
Trish (GirlatGym) — November 4, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
Oh Murphy!!! So cute!
I felt his pain – seeing that big bowl of food and having to wait. Ahhhh!!!! He is so well-trained. 
Amanda — November 4, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
That pizza looks super yummy. I made homemade pizza tonight also. Mine had mozzarella (usually use goat cheese, but we were out), spinach, red onion and baby bella mushrooms. It was so good! I definitely want to give yours a try soon though.
Melissa (Melissa Likes To Eat) — November 4, 2009 @ 9:40 pm
Pizza is probably my favorite food. It always makes me happy. Yours looks especially good…..I’d make it but the hubbie doesn’t like sausage of any kind. He doesn’t eat pork but won’t eat anything with the word “sausage” in it no matter what kind of meat it is.
Allison — November 4, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
Yummm that’s an awesome idea for a quick, easy pizza… have to try that one sometime. Murphy’s TOO CUTE!
Niki — November 4, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
That pizza looks great!! I love the idea there isnt any sauce, just cheese, bread and oil. Perfect. Have a good night
Kel — November 4, 2009 @ 9:58 pm
You rock!! Thanks so much for the pizza recipe!!
Light Delight with TouTou — November 4, 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Yeah ! I have all the ingredients for that pizza at home! thanks for the recipe! they look really delish!
Chelsea (Chelsea's Chew and Run Fun) — November 4, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
That pizza looks amazingly simple to bake and delicious!
That pug is the cutest thing I’ve seen since Otis, of “Milo and Otis!”
Julie — November 4, 2009 @ 10:10 pm
Oh my gosh, too cute!! Who trained him?!
Carrie @ I See Monsters — November 4, 2009 @ 10:12 pm
Murphy is so darn cute!! I love the little butt wiggle when he food is first set down.
Marissa — November 4, 2009 @ 10:13 pm
Wow! Cute and smart! That’s a tough combo to find!
Kat (Kat's Daily Plate) — November 4, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
Yum! That pizza combination looks awesome! Thanks for the quick and easy recipe!
ashleigh — November 4, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
i have got to check out some of these real simple recipes! hope you had a good night with mal
Whitney @ Lettuce Love — November 4, 2009 @ 10:55 pm
Murphy is so cute and smart!
Anne Marie@ New Weigh of Life — November 4, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Murphy is so adorable!
Deva (Voracious Vorilee) — November 4, 2009 @ 11:20 pm
I love eating pizza while standing at the kitchen counter – super yum!
Danielle — November 4, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
That pizza looks amazing! And I don’t even like sausages, haha. Have fun tonight and if you ever need a pet-sitter, I will drive over to Boston and personally take care of that tiny pug-o-love
Dori — November 4, 2009 @ 11:35 pm
Murphy is such a good boy!!!
Leah — November 4, 2009 @ 11:36 pm
Aaah my heart is melting! Murphy is so cute – and well trained! You must be proud.
maria — November 4, 2009 @ 11:38 pm
That pizza looks killer. And has 2 of my favorite foods, provolone and spinach. I’m going to give it a try if I can find some provolone here in Japan… Cross your fingers.
Wow! Murphy’s a champ!
Nicole — November 5, 2009 @ 12:04 am
Murphy is too cute, I want a puppy!
BroccoliHut — November 5, 2009 @ 12:19 am
This reminds me of a pizza I once made with soy sausage. I bet the provolone made it fabulous!
Jenna — November 5, 2009 @ 12:44 am
great lookin pizza! you can never go wrong with pizza!
jenna
SweetiePotato — November 5, 2009 @ 1:07 am
awww little murphy is soo freakin’ cute… and listens well!!
Dynamics — November 5, 2009 @ 1:28 am
Nice job training the puppy. Now you have to play with his toes and pet him while he is eating. Nothing worse than an aggressive dog over his food.
Susan (All Things In Moderation) — November 5, 2009 @ 4:03 am
I love provolone ….. pizza looks so good !
Lauren — November 5, 2009 @ 7:28 am
Murphy is so good! Keep the videos comin’
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I like how you layered the cheese underneath the other toppings on the pizza… looks yummy!
jenn. — November 5, 2009 @ 7:49 am
pizza looks delish..i’m a die hard pizza fan too~ and murphy he has my heart! =)
Denise — November 5, 2009 @ 9:57 am
First Concert: *NSYNC – March 19, 1999 – MCI Center, DC
I was quite the teeny bopper. I was only 5/6 when NKOTB came out and my mom didn’t like their pelvic thrusts, so I had to wait a while for my first concert.
Sarah — November 5, 2009 @ 3:13 pm
Oh, Murphy is such a good boy! My silly girl pushes me out of the way to get to her food. I really need to work on that
Julia — November 5, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
OMG murphy is the cutest thing ever! Thanks for bringing a smile to my face
cookeaze — November 12, 2009 @ 7:49 am
Good heavens. that’s some powerfully rich stuff, and it is one of the best recipe in my collection..
MegaNerd — November 14, 2009 @ 12:09 am
I made this pizza tonight, it was great! Thanks for sharing the recipe