homeade pizza

I made the homemade pizza tonight: 1 1/2 C flour, 2 1/4 T yeast, 1 C warm water and mix well. Add 2 T olive oil, 1 T salt, another cup or two of flour (until the dough is pulling away from the bowl in the Kitchenaid, but not when it's rubbery either!)  Spread out on a floured surface, knead and let rest for an hour.  After resting, cut in half and place each in an oiled bowl in a non-drafty place for another 1/2 hour.  Heat oven to 500 F degrees.  Spread each pizza on a pan and then add your sauce, cheese and toppings.

After I had made the dough, I realized that I forgot to buy pizza sauce.  I've always bought pizza sauce because its so cheap and I can always get a good deal on a can of that stuff.

What's a pregnant uncomfortable, stain-on-the-tank-top girl supposed to do with three boys in the middle of an insane dance off?

I found a can of tomato paste and went online to www.hillbillyhousewife.com and found a recipe for pizza sauce using, you guessed it, a can of tomato paste.  The boys raved about it.  Said it was the best sauce ever.  Now, I can get a can of tomato paste for about $.40 a can.  A can of pizza sauce is $.99 at the cheapest.  And even though I used salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and oregano, I still think it couldn't have been more than $.50 a recipe (and I made three pizzas with leftover sauce for one more pizza at least!)  The $.99 can would have given me enough for two pizzas, no leftovers.  So I'm thinking that approx. $.125 per pizza, my tomato paste is a steal!

No more store bought pizza sauce for me again, ever.  I'll make my own TYVM and that just satisfies the frugal gal inside of me.