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Quick advice: Best store bought pizza dough/pizza sauce?
Tonight was going to be a take-out pizza night but I left work early (hurray!) so I'm still in the mood for pizza but could go to Giant and get pizza fixins' instead... hmmm... any suggestions? Going to head out in a few... I've never made pizza at home! 
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Re: Quick advice: Best store bought pizza dough/pizza sauce?
I always get the Giant brand that you find in the case by the fresh pasta, cheese, etc. I never actually have seen any other brand at my Giant....
I usually top with Giant sauce from the same case, mozz, feta, kalamata olives, fresh basil and a drizzle of olive oil. So yummy!
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I usually just use my own sauce, but if I have to buy it, I like Don Pepino. It comes in a can, it's yellow.
For dough, I used to buy Landolfi's i think it's called. It's in the freezer section, it comes with 2 dough balls and it's in a green package. My Safeway stopped carrying it though
Otherwise - Wegman's is second best. I'm not a fan of Trader Joe's pizza dough. I"m not sure what brand Giant carries, never looked.
I'm not good with yeast, so mine never looks like it does in the picture - but this dough is really freaking easy, if you want to make it yourself.
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The "whack-a-tube" dough (Pillsbury, like cinnamon rolls and biscuits) is pretty good. I'm a pizza snob and it's fine with me.
For sauce, I make my own out of pantry staples. So easy!
* 1/2 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
* 1/4 cup warm water
* 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
* 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
* 1 tablespoon honey
* 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
* 1/8 teaspoon dried oregano
* 1/8 teaspoon dried basil
* 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
* salt to taste
In a small bowl, combine tomato paste, water, Parmesan cheese, garlic, honey, onion powder, oregano, basil, ground black pepper, red pepper flakes and salt; mix together, breaking up any clumps of cheese.
Sauce should sit for 30 minutes to blend flavors; spread over pizza dough and prepare pizza as desired.
We use this dough too, but for pepperoni rolls. I highly recommend it! We buy ours at Safeway- not sure if Giant has it, since we've never checked. We also have never made homemade pizza. I would like to try it out sometime, except we like totally different toppings. We'd have to either half the pizza or do our own.
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oooo, I'll have to try that!