Food and Recipes Quick and Easy Dinners Skip Delivery and Try Our Easy Homemade Pizzas and Calzones Instead By Southern Living Editors Updated on November 2, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Anna Hampton Craving a slice of pizza with a crispy, buttery crust covered in cheese and flavorful toppings? Step away from the phone and put down the clipped coupons. With these quick and easy homemade pizza recipes and calzones, ordering delivery is completely unnecessary. Within the 45 minutes that it would take for a delivery pizza to arrive, you can whip up one of these delicious pizza recipes. The best part? You can add as many toppings as you'd like – no charge! From the ultimate homemade cheese pizza recipe to a quick BBQ Chicken Pizza cooked directly on your oven rack, homemade pizza recipe options are unlimited. Get fancy with a savory, smoky grilled pizza or volunteer to take dish duty with one of our sheet pan pizza recipes. Opt for a traditional homemade pizza dough or try whipping up your own crust. Incorporate your favorite pizza ingredients into a steaming and savory calzone, or simply add them to a spaghetti casserole. So preheat the oven or light the grill. You'll be amazed to see how many weeknight dinner favorites you'll invent when you look beyond delivery and into your own pantry. 01 of 17 Quick BBQ Chicken Pizzas Photo: Jason Wallis Recipe: Quick BBQ Chicken Pizzas Baking the pizzas directly on the oven rack gives you a crisp crust in less time. You can substitute shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese for fresh. 02 of 17 Potato-Crusted Pizza Photo: Hector Sanchez Recipe: Potato-Crusted Pizza We used Ore-Ida Crispy Crowns frozen seasoned shredded potatoes to create a fun and kid-friendly crust. 03 of 17 Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza Greg Dupree Recipe: Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza Double the recipe (making two pizzas) to feed four to six people. Make the Arugula Pesto while the dough stands. 04 of 17 Chicken Parmesan Pizza Recipe: Chicken Parmesan Pizza A frozen garlic bread loaf and deli fried chicken strips ensure this five-ingredient pizza will be ready for the oven in only 15 minutes. Serve it with a simple romaine lettuce salad tossed with grated Parmesan cheese, croutons, and your favorite bottled Caesar dressing. 05 of 17 Classic Cast-Iron Pizza Jennifer Causey; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Mary Claire Britton Recipe: Classic Cast-Iron Pizza We love any dish from straight from the cast-iron skillet. Try this old-school pizza recipe with our Sourdough Pizza Dough. 06 of 17 Fig Flatbread Greg DuPree; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Cat Steele Recipe: Fig Flatbread How gorgeous is this flatbread? Lucky for you, it comes together with the help of your trusty sheet pan and only takes 10 minutes of hands-on time. 07 of 17 Mexican Street Corn Pizza Johnny Autry; Prop and Food Styling: Charlotte L. Autry Recipe: Mexican Street Corn Pizza Elote gets a pizza party upgrade with this flavorful pizza recipe that makes the most of fresh corn. 08 of 17 Pizza Pepper Poppers Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Christina Daley Recipe: Pizza Pepper Poppers These pizza-stuffed peppers are an easy, adorable way to get your pizza fix without all the crust carbs. 09 of 17 Supreme Pizza Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Rishon Hanners, Prop Stylist Sarah Elizabeth Cleveland Recipe: Supreme Pizza Have a little of everything with this supreme pizza that piles on the fresh toppings. 10 of 17 White Calzones with Marinara Sauce Photo: Linda Pugliese; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: White Calzones with Marinara Sauce Make pizza night portable with cheesy calzones the kids will love to fill themselves. 11 of 17 Pizza Casserole Greg DuPree Recipe: Pizza Casserole Enjoy all the pizza flavor you love with the one-dish ease of your favorite casserole in this suppertime favorite recipe. 12 of 17 Homemade Pizza Dough Lee Harrelson; Styling: Jan Gautro, Laura Zapalowski Recipe: Homemade Pizza Dough If you really want to do pizza night all the way, start with a batch of dough from scratch with this foolproof recipe. 13 of 17 Pull Apart Pizza Bread Alison Miksch Recipe: Pull Apart Pizza Bread A can of biscuits makes this hearty appetizer (or main dish!) a snap to make, and it's even more fun to eat. 14 of 17 Pizza Spaghetti Casserole Beth Dreiling; Styling: Lisa Powell Bailey Recipe: Pizza Spaghetti Casserole Your boring pasta dinner just turned into a pizza party celebration with this simple casserole that freezes beautifully for your busiest nights. 15 of 17 Cast-Iron Skillet Pizza Southern Living Recipe: Cast-Iron Skillet Pizza Test Kitchen Professional Ivy Odom cooked up this easy skillet pizza for a Christmas movie marathon with her friends—talk about a perfect night! 16 of 17 Roasted Fennel-and-Prosciutto Flatbread Hector Sanchez Recipe: Roasted Fennel-and-Prosciutto Flatbread This elegant flatbread makes a beautiful appetizer or main dish, and it comes together with just a handful of ingredients. 17 of 17 Beef Calzones Recipe: Beef Calzones Ground beef is always a weeknight winner, especially when it's folded into a pizza pocket! 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