Had I had yeast, I would have made the simple pizza dough recipe in Bittman's How to Cook Everything. But I realised too late that we have no yeast, so I ended up looking for fresh dough at the grocery store.
Long story short, it was good. Very sweet. The kids loved it and for ease of use it gets an A+.
They don't actually come over and turn on the stove for you but they do pretty much everything else. Not natural enough to use regularly but am ok to buy it for the kids and it's great as a last-minute solution. It's not health food but the user can add healthy toppings, so it's not too terrible.
We all make & dress our own pizzas. It's easy to find quick gourmet toppings that are healthy. I usually pop in the grocery store on the way home and buy sliced olives & mushrooms, mini boccocini (cuts down on the amount of cheese you use but ups the deliciousness). We get filtered tomatoes, fresh basil, oregeno, rosemary... whatever's growing. The we add sliced ham or pepperoni. I often pick up a pack of previously-frozen smoked chum - tastes like Indian Candy and adds tons of umami to the pizza (and is crazy cheap - five bucks' worth is enough for about five adults). Sometimes we have canned pineapple chunks or cooked chicken; tofu, spinach... whatever's in the fridge.
Making our own pizzas allows the kids to participate, even when they're little. They get a sense of ownership over their food - an important sense to have - and it gives a chance to discuss nutrition. My kids now proudly show off their nutritionally-balanced meals; I'm so proud of them!
But the very best reason these are great friday night dinners is thing is that you're practically guaranteed to have something in the fridge or pantry, so it doesn't require much planning. If you make of buy several doughs and freeze them, it's even more guaranteed.
One person experimented with mini-pizzas - like pizza sliders. They were fun to make and tasted great.
