I love cooking in the fall. The dishes leave you feeling comforted and warm on the inside… and probably because it tends to involve a lot of baking. Or maybe because it’s the season of butternut squash and pumpkin, two of my favorite ingredients to cook with. I love the natural sweetness they bring to any dish (butternut squash salad recipe) and almost always opt for dishes that contain them when dining out. Which is why this past weekend I chose the butternut squash pizza when we visited Urth Cafe. It was everything I had hoped for and more. Gooey from the cheese (yes, I went with regular cheese here… although my stomach wasn’t too happy about it later on), sweet (and I like to think healthy because squash is a vegetable) from the butternut, and soft from the perfectly cooked dough. I pretty much decided, on the spot, that I would be recreating the dish at home. And recreate I did. Monday evening I cooked up the pizza to have as lunch for the next few days… and let me tell you, I’m on day 2 and could continue eating it for the rest of the week. Which I would do, if TJ hadn’t eaten my other slices 🙂 Either way, it’s a perfect fall pizza and will leave you wanting more.

On an unrelated note. I have reformatted the recipes for this site. From now on, you will find a printable recipe card at the end of each post. My hope is that it will make it easier to recreate dishes and then add them to your recipe box (if you still keep one :)). Hope you enjoy!

{Cooking Equipment Needed || Pizza Pan | Pizza Slicer | Basting Brush | Breville Toaster Oven (I can’t tell you how much I absolutely LOVE mine!)}