Basically I’m a bartender at a pizza place and I can go in the kitchen to make my staff meal. This is smashed meatball mozzarella pepperoni and red onion popped in the pizza oven for 10 min. I find this extremely delicious but I always wonder what a real chef would do with basic Italian ingredients? I just avoid white flour bc of the insulin spikes >:D curious to hear your creative ideas to improve this. thank you.
by _mountaindove
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It just looks like food of convenience to me.
I’d probably be making fajita bowls with pizza store ingredients though, then crack eggs on it instead of cheese.
What the helly
Oh, you made this for yourself – not this was served to you
Whew
If you like it, it isn’t bad, but I wouldn’t eat it every shift meal.
Okay. You made it for yourself so why would it be bad?
If I was served that as a staff meal I would at least want some greens or cheap ass pasta and sauce or something.
Edit: It was pointed out that maybe you were asking for advice. It looks like you work at a pizza place? Id toss it all in a bowl with good handful of spinach and a splash of sauce before heating and cook it 5-6 min longer.
It doesn’t look healthy or something that would give me energy. But if it works for you.
put some sauce on that thang
It sucks to look at, that’s for sure.
10 minutes in the oven? Is the oven set to sauna temp?
If you find it extremely delicious it’s a great staff meal.
You could add cherry/diced tomato and basil with a sprinkle of oregano. Or you could top it with tomato sauce and the cheese over that.
Idk what toppings your place has but chicken bacon and artichoke with some white sauce would be great too especially if there’s like some penne available.
Or you could make a toasted caprese. Like some bread bites mozzarella tomato basil and some balsamic at the end. Could even top that with some arugula if you guys have it and that would be a lot lighter than what you usually do.
Speaking as a fellow bartender, i would smash this towards the end of my shift lol
Bad Girl Dinner. Carry on.
If it’s food you made for yourself and you enjoy it there’s nothing wrong with it
I would have used the words “shift meal”. “Staff meal” implies the kitchen made this for everyone.
Other than that, you do you. If you like it, who cares?
I’d add some sun dried tomatoes or some red sauce to it myself.
If you like it then it’s good for you.
Simple, fast, and doesn’t force the line to make you something because you can’t be bothered?
That’s a 10/10 my guy. Looks great too. I’d smash it, but I would do the gluten all day.
Everyone is different, but I always recommend eating fiber first for every meal, it will help reduce your glucose spikes. Walking or moving after you eat also helps your muscles burn more energy, which causes them to pull more glucose from your bloodstream, which will prevent you from needing insulin as well.
I mean it looks like crap but probably tastes great, if you have access to the make line for ingredients you can really step this up.
cold antipasto bowl; already most of the way there with this, add some peppers, olives, artichokes, some spinach
expand on this oven baked bowl approach you’ve got going on basically by cooking that cold antipasto, throw in some pesto or marinara, maybe some dough on top aka a chicago pizza pot pie style or dump it into a roll as a sandwich
you’re a step away from an awesome meatball sub, and some lettuce away from a great salad
Id layer the meatball on the bottom, add a little sauce over it, add a cheese layer like a pizza- and top it like im topping a pizza. pop it in the broiler/salamander until the top browns a bit.
Deconstructed pizza. Very fancy!
Love the reactions to “staff meal” lmfao. I was like.. who tf is your chef??
It ultimately looks kind of like a lazy charcuterie before you throw it in the oven – similar to a lazy sandwich. Mack it dude.
I’m sure any dog would love it.
I wouldn’t call that a meal. I would call it meal components tossed in a container.
it looks paleo-friendly and gluten-free? i’d try it. but those are some awkward bites, so i’d chop it up better.
are you a dog and is it your birthday?
Nothing tastes better than free
Just the toppings.
I’m a bartender would totally eat that !
I’m so glad you cooked it. At first glance I thought it was an Eastern European military ration.
this is the kind of dinner I’d make myself when my GF isn’t home and I don’t want to spend any money
That’s a meal?
Needs some sauce since it might be a bit dry, but it looks fine to me for a quick meal you just threw together.
Free good. But why not some wet stuff?
Top it with some lettuce and tomatoes after you take it out of the oven
Hell, man. Most of my F&B meals have been a handful at a time, while turning a corner, on the way to something else that needs doing.
Kitchen staff usually eats like HS kids during shift. I save the pretty stuff for home.
TLDR, if it tastes good and fills the food-shaped hole in your belly, who cares what it looks like?
Made yourself? Fine. Given to you? Absolutely awful
If your staff are dogs then it’s fine.
I was wondering to myself why this is even a question until I read that you made this for yourself. If this was made for you, it’d be an abomination. But by you, it’s whatever you’re craving.
Lol I part time at a pizza place too, and they sell “pizza bowls” that are basically this
If you’re making this for other people, yes. If this is your first meal you’ve had all shift then it’s the best thing ever created. At that point the only thing that matters is if it’s edible.
Is the staff from 1800s indo China?
Needs chives
As long as you ate it cold, standing up and over a garbage can, I approve!
This is right out of the new American Food Pyramid. Real foods, veggies, dairy and meat.
Looks good to me. Very healthy
So basically just toppings and no pizza. 0/10 presentation but i guess i doesnt matter.
I’ve had worse…
Only if you made it for anyone else.
What in the Redneck Raclette is this???
Jk it’s obviously your self made staff meal I just couldn’t resist the pun.
Better than the hotel pan of French fries I get sometimes 🤷🏼♂️
I was so ready to come in here guns blazing because I thought you served this monstrosity to others as family meal
But for yourself, yea that’s fine I’m impressed you did in a tin I usually just use a couple layers of parchment paper