Freezer pizza

[Jalapeñomel]

If you make freezer pizza, do you make one and then salad and that satisfies your family?

I’ve spent years thinking about how freezer pizza is just a large single serving pizza. Lol

[TR]

lol no. It's only me and H and we always cook two frozen pizzas. Some are bigger than others so we might have a couple of slices left over, but not always and definitely not with the smaller-medium sized ones.

[wildrice]

It's just me and my H, so yes!

[af1212]

What is freezer pizza? Are you talking about like digiorno and the like? I am a family of 5. We make 3 digiorno-type pizzas on pizza night. We cut the slices small-ish. I have 3 kids.

When we order pizza from a place we get two extra large and usually have a bit left over.

[Deleted]

There are 6 of us. I don’t have enough oven space to cook enough frozen pizzas for us LOL

[cleo29]

H and I can share one. To make the meal more substantial, I do like serving it with a salad. Freschetta is one of my top choices, the large square one.

[Nonny]

When we make a Totino's Pizza Cracker™ we make two in different flavors and split them, and then usually have something else too. But we are also fat and can really pack away actual pizza.

[turkletsmom]

We buy the Members Mark ones from Sams Club. It's maybe 12"? My boys 8 & 4 can usually eat a whole one or maybe have a slice leftover. I can definitely put away at least half of one by myself. They are thin crust.

[brooke77]

My DH doesn’t really like frozen pizza, but I love it. I usually share with DS. He will eat one piece (1/4) and a veggie. Or, I will eat half and save half. I usually only buy the Whole Foods brand thin crust ones to give you an idea of sizing.

[cereal K]

We keep Kirkland (Costco) frozen pizzas on hand. We buy cheese and pepperoni pizzas, and usually cook one of each for our family of four.

If we’re having frozen pizza for dinner, it’s an indication that I don’t have the enegry or desire to make anything else to eat with it, so we cook two. lol

[Patsy Baloney]

This is one of those meals where I tell myself, “it’ll be enough,” and then we put the kids to bed and order another pizza.

[circa1978]

It depends on the pizza. In general, we'll make two with three of us eating (including one tween boy) and have some left over but in the past few months I realized he can eat an entire frozen pizza on his own. DH and I do normally have a salad.

[TR]

Also, if I’m at the dinner energy level of making a frozen pizza there’s no way I want to put together a salad to go with it.

[isabel]

Even before kids we would make two. But generally, if I’m making frozen pizza, it’s because I decided not to cook and am therefore probably eating on my own and leaving DH to fend for himself. I don’t typically plan frozen pizza as a meal.

[Jalapeñomel]

Y’all are my people. Phew.

[sweetchix]

There are 3 of us. I usually make 2 because neither DD likes mushrooms. They split a plain pepperoni and cheese one and I get the 2nd but I add a LOT of mushrooms to it.

[penguingrrl]

No, one would never do for 5 of us! We need several lol! I’m not certain one would be enough just for H and me.

[imojoebunny]

Dh and I eat one pizza together, no salad. We usually have a couple of glasses of wine, so that is some extra calories. We usually get Newman's frozen pizza, and keep it around for nights when we home late, sick, or for the kids, if DH and I are going out, which we hopefully will again soon, now that we are vaccinated.

[notsopicky]

DiGiorno's or self-made (we buy the crusts at Costco, then do sauce/cheese/toppings)--those 2 are the same size, 12". We make 1 (fam of 3). H & I each have 2-3 slices, E has 2, and that's the whole thing (there might be up to 2 pieces left over if H or I only has 2). I make salad as well. It's enough for us.

[expectantsteelerfan]

It took me several responses to understand that by 'freezer pizza' you meant a frozen pizza lol. I've seriously never heard it called freezer pizza, and I was thinking it referred to some type of pizza you make by hand and then freeze for some reason?

But to answer your question, we are a family of 4, but my ds does not like any type of frozen pizza. And I don't eat carbs usually. Pizza is my downfall. So when we have frozen pizza, I make it for dh and dd, and I cut myself a tiny sliver and try not to eat anymore. Dh eats 3/4 of what is left, and dd eats 1/4 of what is left. Dd will eat a fruit and veggie with it, and dh just eats the pizza, and would probably eat the whole thing if no one else wanted any. And in case anyone is wondering, if we're so busy/stressed/out of food that we're eating frozen pizza for dinner, ds eats frozen taquitos as his dinner.

[NewGirlNic]

We haven't had a frozen pizza in ages. DS doesn't really like it... he's picky about pizza.

Prior to DS, H and I would split one and then I'd make a salad or cut up veggies with ranch or blue cheese. I like the Wegmans Italian Classic Wood Fired pizzas. They have a bunch of good varieties and a thinner crust.

Now I want a frozen pizza. I'll have to grab a couple next time I go to Wegmans.

[cmeon]

I make the vast majority of our pizzas, but I usually do a 14-16" pizza for H, 13yoDS and me, and a small white sauce pizza for 11yoDD.

We also do upside down pizzas in 6" individual "pans"- those are really filling because they can hold a lot of toppings. And sometimes we make individual pizzas and grill them.

So yeah, I don't think a single 12" frozen pizza would get us very far in this house!

[steamboat185]

We’ve made 2 since my kids started eating solid food. We can maybe get by with one if someone only has a slice, but that rarely happens.

[wildrice]

You all are making me feel better, lol.

I usually buy the rising crust kind, like DiGiorno but often the store brand. 1 pizza is enough for 2 of us but I've always assumed we were being gluttons by eating half of one.

If I bought thin crust we'd probably still eat 1, but I'd definitely have to do a salad or something with it.

[RoxMonster]

It’s just H and me. Depending which brand it is and how big it is, we can sometimes do a frozen pizza and side salads for dinner. Sometimes it is not enough.

[icedcoffee]

LOL. No.

We make 2. One GF for my H and one rising crust big one for me and the kids. It’s just barely enough.

[Deleted]

I.. usually eat one myself.

Sometimes I'll do pizza and salad for MH and I to share. If we add in the kid no way is it enough.

[CloudBee]

If I serve a frozen pizza, I usually serve a combination of these items alongside it:

- carrots
- cucumbers
- hummus
- sliced apple
- orange slices
- grapes
- mango
- melon
- sugar snap peas

^ Everything is served on a big plate in the middle of the table. I do the same on taco night, when we have sandwiches, quesadillas, or any other "finger food" type of lunch or dinner.

If I'm serving a frozen pizza, I probably don't have a salad in the fridge. I might have a head of lettuce, but I find slicing an apple, chopping up a carrot, etc., easier than fixing a salad.

[mcppalmbeach]

We’ve been doing frozen pizza pretty much every Friday since the pandemic started because I can no longer deal with the prep, clean up, etc. by the end of the week and take out isn’t in the budget. Anyway, my family of five needs two of the normal sized pizzas (freshcetta, cpk, Red Baron, home run). I feel like those have about six decent sized pieces or 8 smaller ones. H, our oldest ds and I usually have 3 pieces, ds2 has 2 and ds3 has 1 and then we have a few pieces left over.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Our family of 4 definitely needs 2 frozen pizzas. My kids (7 and 11) have eaten half a frozen pizza each for years.

Years ago a friend and her 3 kids came over to my house so the friend and I could work on something while the kids played. She walked in with 1 frozen cheese pizza and said she thought the kids could have that for dinner. So, apparently there are families out there where 1 frozen pizza feeds 5 (small) people. But not in my house!

Also, I am definitely not making sides for a frozen pizza night. I might try to get my kids to eat some fruit or possibly veggies and dip, but that's it.