growing up i was not often given curry for dinner because my taste buds were weak. i was so extremely weak that up until 5 years ago i had trouble with cracked pepper. clearly i was not a very strong child or teen, i am slightly ashamed.

since my weakened taste buds were … weakening my street cred – i made changes.

pepper here, sriracha there, chili in this, sambal oelek on that. my forehead sweated, my nose ran & my eyes watered. i kept adding heat into my food on occasion until one day … my face wasn’t a total mess as a result of my weak taste buds. only took me a year!

i am not about to try eating a full chili again but i have developed a love for things spicy.

i burnt my pizza. did you not know that black pizza equals winning??!?
this blackened pizza was tasty.

it does not actually look that burnt in these pictures but the truth is that i was incredibly happy to discover that my pizza base did not chip a tooth. the crunchy base was a surprisingly welcomed addition to my dinner plate, i truly did like it.

i dressed my thin naan bread with … tomato puree. capsicum. mushroom. cherry tomatoes. tuna. anchovies. corn. prawns. spring onion. oregano.

i used four prawns that were left over from my incredible dinner the previous night. the undressed fellas that were used on my pizza were not cooked in the oven because i have issues putting already cooked seafood into the oven.

the ingredients made up for the burnt base, luckily the vast variety of wet ingredients that made this pizza the yummiest i have had in yonkers.