Pick a Pizza
Bake the crust in advance, then add the toppings when friends arrive.

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Photo By: David Malosh
Photo By: David Malosh
Photo By: David Malosh
Photo By: David Malosh
Photo By: David Malosh
Easy Homemade Pizza
With a prebaked pizza crust, you can top your pizzas to order. Try Food Network Magazine's easy dough recipe and choose your toppings. Read through Food Network Magazine's make-ahead pizza tips before you get started.
Prebaked Pizza Crust
Get the Recipe: Prebaked Pizza Crust
Roasted Red Pepper Pizza
This may look like an ordinary red sauce pizza, but the vibrant red topping is actually a spicy red pepper spread. Buffalo mozzarella is the preferable cheese for this one.
Get Ahead! You can make the pepper spread up to 4 days ahead; cover and refrigerate.
Get the Recipe: Roasted Red Pepper Pizza
Potato-Fennel Pizza with Taleggio
Skip the sauce and cover your pie with creamy, garlicky mashed potatoes instead. Thinly sliced fennel balances the creaminess from the Taleggio and potatoes.
Get Ahead! You can make the mashed potato mixture up to 2 days ahead; cover and refrigerate.
Get the Recipe: Potato-Fennel Pizza with Taleggio
Arugula Pesto Pizza with Zucchini
Toasted hazelnuts, baby arugula and capers make a different and delicious pesto you'll want to spread on everything — not just pizza.
Get Ahead! You can make the pesto up to 1 week ahead; cover and refrigerate.
Get the Recipe: Arugula Pesto Pizza with Zucchini