Celebrate life’s small moments with pizza and this no-recipe greek tossed salad. Whether it’s a stay-cation, a hockey game, or just because it’s a sunny day, a pizza is bound to bring back happy memories!
Last year when I met Jacques Pepin, he spoke in length about food and memories. How you could eat something and be brought back in time to the last time you experienced that taste.
I was going through a box of old photos and was surprised to see how many times I have celebrated life’s moments with pizza.
No 18th birthday part is complete without pizza, right?
Surprising a friend at work on her birthday? Pizza.
New Year’s Eve? Pizza.
Now that Mr. B and I don’t go out as much (hey, we got old) our celebrations are much smaller and for silly things (like hockey games instead of birthdays.)
But we still break out the pizza, usually paired with salads now.
If you are looking to enjoy life’s small moments like we do, Red Baron pizzas are a great place to start. The crust bakes to a delicious golden brown, the sauce contains just the right medley of herbs and spices. And cheese! Oh the cheese!
Visit the Red Baron to travel through time and enjoy the Timeless tradition of pizza nights, as showcased with traditions, fads and trends from the four decades that Red Baron has been around. Help Red Baron celebrate 40 years by enjoying a family pizza night!
No Recipe Greek Tossed Salad
No date night is complete at our house without a salad. I wanted to pizza to be the standout part of our meal so I threw together this no-recipe tossed Greek salad. Instead of salad dressing, we just tossed on a little olive oil and flavored vinegar (a present from a neighbor.)
Let me tell you, best salad ever for pizza. I often can’t decide on a pizza flavor… so we make two!
No-Recipe Greek Tossed Salad
This recipe is a non-recipe in that you just throw all of the ingredients in a bowl and eat it. You literally put as much of each veggie as you want in the bowl and eat!
Ingredients
- leafy green lettuce
- fresh arugula
- cherry tomato
- green onion
- kalamata olives
- feta cheese
- olive oil
- vinegar
Instructions
Combine the lettuce, arugula, tomato and green onion in a bowl. Top with kalamata olives and feta cheese. Sprinkle olive oil and vinegar on the top.
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Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:
| Calories | 2000 | |
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| Total Fat | Less than | 65g |
| Sat Fat | Less than | 25g |
| Cholesterol | Less than | 300mg |
| Sodium | Less than | 2,400mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 300g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 25g | |
claudia moreno says
Yum I love pizza!
Nikolina says
The Baron made his debut on the package in 1978. He’s been a recognizable part of the logo ever since.
Natalie says
My best pizza memory was when we had a pizza party after going to the state skiing meet in high school!
Julie Wood says
We love Red Baron pizza! It is our favorite pizza. When my son was 4 years old we had to move to a new town and house and everything was a mess. We had not unpacked and we only had a big cardboard box set out with a couple of chairs and I decided to make it a pizza night. We made Red Baron pizza and sat on our chairs and I put a tablecloth over the cardboard box and had a wonderful fun dinner in our new house.
Jenny says
What a fun memory Julie!!
Michele says
Sitting around the kitchen table on a rainy night waiting for the delivery van with the hot spicey pie!
Janet W. says
A pizza memory I have was when I had pizza for the very first time. I was 17 years old in high school and on my first date. He took me out for pizza. I’ve loved pizza ever since!
Jenny says
I think pizza is the perfect first date food!!
Char says
My sister and I make pizza every Friday since my parents passed. Thank you!
Mami2jcn says
Favorite pizza memory: having pizza at sleepovers when I was a kid.
Steve Weber says
I remember the first time we made our own pizza crust.. it really made me appreciate the hard work it is to make a pizza from scratch
Ireon Williams says
Pizza party for good grades
Ashley M says
I remember the first time I got to order Gluten-Free Pizza with the rest of my family when they went out to eat. Simple, but still made me happy.
Melissa R says
I remember eating pizza in Japan – it had corn and dried bonito fish flakes on it!
Jenny says
That sounds very unique!!
Betsy Rubendall Barnes says
One of my favorite memories, every sleepover I would have, my mom would have pizza. It was a great way to have fun with all my friends 🙂
Jermisha says
My favorite pizza memories are of my sister, niece and I would rent movies every Friday night. Once we had chosen and rented our movies when would always stop by the local supermarket and purchase two frozen Red Baron Pepperoni and Cheese pizzas. We would watch movies and eat pizza the entire night!
Donna L says
I remember my daughter’s birthday, pool, pizza party.
Melissa says
I live alone from a year ago, and my father came to visit me!! I missed him a lot, we ate a delicious pizza, her favorite food.
Lynda Del says
We usually have an Italian-style dinner on Sundays. We typically have pizza on Sundays.
Judy Thomas says
Pizza has to be one of my all time fave foods. It is a real comfort food and a big standby in our house
Erin Will says
My favorite memory is every year on Christmas eve, eating pizza with my family and playing board games!
Richard Brandt says
We used to play poker at Paul’s Bar in Colroado Springs on Sunday nights and the pizza parlor on the corner would give us all their leftover pizza when they closed!
Jennifer says
I lived in Italy for a year and a half and I got pizza al taglio every day when I was on the run–best 18 months of my life.
Jennifer says
Lived in Italy for a year and a half and I got pizza al taglio every day when I was on the run–best 18 months of my life.
Jennifer says
(I tried to post this about 5 times before it actually let me so there may be duplicates)
Holly Thomas says
When I was a kid someone left the pizza box open and our poodle was sitting in it finishing it off.
sherry butcher says
When my grand daughters were young we’d have them over and make pizza, each her own kind.
Jeffrey says
A pizza memory…I worked at a pizza place in my late teen years, best 3 years of my life, really! We had so much fun.
Sherly says
Kind of different style pizz preparation apart from our hometown.. Thanks for sharing the great ideas????????????
Debbie Welchert says
My best pizza memory is when my husband surprised us (grandchildren and daughter) with a pizza party on Valentine’s Day a few years back. It was the best Valentine’s Day I have every had. Everyone had such a good time.
shelly peterson says
We love cooking up pizza for game nights.
Sarah Hayes says
my favorite pizza memory from the awesome parties we had in school and wed order a ginormous pizza for everyone
Annie E says
Yum I love pizza!
Aubrey Rabino says
My happy pizza memory was being with my family. We enjoyed eating pizza while fellowshipping!!
And oh, also with my friends! Pizza is fun to eat together with someone you know and close to your heart!! ????
We even make fun of the pizza like putting it on someone’s face, because we’re already full!! ????????
Cathy French says
I think one of my favorite pizza memories was when I was a teen I worked with my dad at a real estate office and for halloween the boss got pizzas my dad would never get at home. I discovered so many different toppings because dad was pepperoni only and would never let me get what we wanted.
Terri Irvin says
Best Pizza memory: Eating a hot steaming slice of pizza walking down the streets on NYC, as a kid.
Jessica says
i only eat pizza. anything else is inferior.
Jenny says
YES.
Morgan @ Morgan Manages Mommyhood says
LOVE easy salads like that – as a kid we had homemade pizza Fridays and a big salad and always had so much fun.
Jess Mary says
My favourite pizza memory is when I cooked a large pizza for the first time at home with my mom! It turned out delicious and I remember everyone in my family loved it and it was gone in minutes!
clojo9372 says
When I think of pizza I always think of sleepovers with my friends when I was young. Yeah it’s kind of girly but we had fun. Ate pizza did our nails and makeup and talked about BOYS. Hey, that’s childhood for ya! 🙂
Abby Gate says
I’ll try it in Home..Maybe my Kids will love it
Kim says
Yum! This is my favorite kind of salad with vinegar and oil just like my mom makes! Thanks for sharing!
Dina | Savvyinthekitchen says
After my nieces wedding, we were so hungry, so at 2 am we ordered Pizza, and at it while in our fancy gowns! That was a great night with a lot of Pizza!
Maria says
Red Barron was a staple in my house when I was growing up. My mom was a working single mom, so every Friday she’d pop these in the oven and we’d enjoy our “take out” night. When I got to college and eventually lived on my own, I carried that tradition with me, and like you paired it “grown up” things like salad or (when we could afford it during our college years) beer, then wine (when we got a bit older). So, this post is nostalgic for me. I love the salad you share, but also the milestones that pizza is a part of. Thanks so much for sharing this with us on #SHINEbloghop this week. We’re so glad you could join us, Jenny!
Sandi T. says
Pizza Fridays with my family. 🙂
Daniel M says
pizza is always a fav around here!
Heather Manu says
My best memory was having pizza with root beer when I was a kid.
s w says
I remember when we started pizza night on friday’s with our family
Frugal Hausfrau says
When I was a younger teenager we didn’t really have any pizza in our town – but for slumber parties we’d get a box of pizza mix and make our own! Now most kids probably can’t imagine not having a pizza place!
Thanks for sharing on our Throwback Thursday link party last week and I can’t wait to see what you have for us this Thursday!
Mollie
doug gerard says
after the pizza guy delivered the pizza, we discovered one slice missing–guess he couldn’t resist!
Candy says
Great!