Product Review - Freschetta Natural Rising Pizza

Until now, pizza just wasn't pizza if it came from the grocery store. But now, Freschetta brand pizza makes a pizza you can really sink your teeth into! Forget Round Table, you can get a large Freschetta Natural Rising Frozen Pizza for as little as $4.00 on sale! And with all the Italian flavor, gooey cheese and yummy crust you've come to demand on pizza night.

I admit it. I love pizza. Sure, my 15 year old son does, too. In fact, if motherhood didn't demand I provide him with healthful meals, complete with a protein, a starch and plenty of fresh, vitamin-rich vegetables, my growing boy would be more than happy to have pizza, pizza, pizza, seven nights a week - and cold pizza for breakfast, too!

Once a week is probably enough, though. Pizza night is always fun. We usually eat on the couch, rather than at the dinner table, and watch a movie; pizza box in between us, sodas beside us, paper towels at the ready. Sometimes we save our pizza event for when he has friends over. I've yet to meet a teen who didn't like pizza. And it's nice for me. After putting in eight to ten hours at work, I'm more than happy to skip the cooking and the dishes and enjoy one of my favorite foods.

But, doggone it, good pizza has gotten good and expensive! Chicago Style pizza, Garlex, Primo's, Mountain Mike's, Z-Pizza, even Round Table ... Around here, I can easily spend $20 to $25 on a large pizza. It's outrageous! And for my son and me, it's no longer practical. As a single mom struggling to make ends meet, I simply can't afford to invest a huge percentage of my grocery budget on one meal!

So, as of almost five years ago now, restaurant pizza was out for us. Boy, did we miss our Round Table. We tried some of the cheaper places - Dominoes, Pizza Hut - Still too much money for my tiny budget and, well, not worth it anyway.

There are the Take and Bakes - Papa Murphy's, Papa John's, New York Take and Bake - Better price but still not very satisfying. Costco is a pretty decent alternative, but often greasy and somewhat inconsistent in taste. Pizza night just wasn't the fun it once was when money was not an object.