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I have always wanted to try making pizza on the barbecue. I heard it could be done, but had awful images floating through my mind of the dough slipping between the bars of the grill, resulting in disaster. But at last, I gave it a try - and boy am I glad that I did!

Pizza is the ideal food to create for a family - each person can customize his or her own toppings, resulting in a peaceful meal time, with no complaints. Pizza made on the grill is no different.

Before putting the shaped dough on the grill, I brushed it with some oil from the sun-dried tomato jar. In the kitchen, I tossed some whole scallions and asparagus with a bit of the same oil, some salt and a little pepper. I put those on the grill at the same time as I started to cook the pizza dough.

After about 6 minutes, everything was ready to come off the grill and go back to the kitchen for a bit more work. I flipped the pizza crusts over, so the grill marks faced up. I topped them with some ricotta cheese, slivered sun dried tomatoes and sliced up grilled asparagus and scallions. For the kids, they wanted me to skip the greens (of course), but add some grated cheese over the top of the ricotta. Then, back out to the grill, to cook the bottom of the pizza crust and melt the cheese on top.

Sigh. Some things are worth waiting for - but my apprehension was not warranted in this case. I’ll be making this again, especially during the summer when I hate to heat the kitchen with a hot oven! I’ll let my imagination run wild with new toppings and flavors…and maybe the kids will eventually add something green to theirs.