easy french bread bruschetta pizza appetizers for work

We get tired of making the fast food runs at lunch at our office.  We also get tired of the same 'ole thing over and over.

I am so glad that we have our oven (Betsy) here at work.  I also have brought in a crock-pot, griddle and lots of kitchen gadgets throughout the years to use when cooking or baking for my co-worker's.

Brandi (our new admin/front desk) says she isn't much of a cook.  I am trying to find things that I can teach her to make that would be easy for her.   She has a little three year old girl so teaching her to make some great little food items will help them both out.

Today's menu I called French Bread Bruschetta Pizza Appetizers.   These were delicious and didn't take long to make.   I made 21 of these and they were inexpensive to make for our crowd.

I started out with purchasing fresh French Bread from the Walmart Bakery.   They make bread loaves hot and fresh each morning and are only $1.00 a loaf!  This time I added a little mild sausage crumbs and bacon to each one.  If you have been following my recipes and blog you know that I always pre-soak the roma tomatoes in avocado olive oil, garlic pepper, salt & pepper.   While you are slicing the french bread you can let the tomatoes soak.   This makes a big difference and really brings out the flavor.

Here's the Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 Loaves French Bread
2-3 Roma Tomatoes
1/4 cup Wishbone Avocado Olive Oil
Lowry's Garlic Pepper
Salt/Pepper
1 pkg Jimmy Dean Pre-cooked Sausage Crumbles
10-12 slices Oscar Mayer Pre-Cooked Bacon
1/2 cup - 1 cup of Pasta Sauce (I use Bertolli)
Chopped white onion (just about a half cup)
1 cup Kraft Mozzarella Cheese
1 cup Kraft Parmesan Cheese
Margarine 

To Make:

Preheat Oven to 400 Degrees

Spray Large Cookie Sheets with Pam Spray  - (It took 2 large sheets for the 21 pieces I made)

Put 8-10 slices of the Jimmy Dean -Pre cooked Bacon in Microwave for approx. 30 seconds and then pat off grease.  Crumble into bits.

Slice Tomatoes and chop - Put in bowl and put the white onion, a few pinches of the Lowry's Garlic Pepper, salt/pepper (a pinch of each) and 1/4 cup of Wishbone Avocado Olive Oil and let soak.

Slice French Bread into quarter slices (not to thin or not too thick) and lay about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
Spread a little margarine over each slice of bread
Spread a teaspoon of your Pasta Sauce on top of the Butter Bread 
Sprinkle a pinch of Mozzarella Cheese on each slice
Top with a half of Teaspoon of the pre-soak tomatoes on each one 
Top with A Teaspoon of the pre-cooked Sausage Crumbles on each one
Top with a few pinches of the Oscar Mayer Bacon Bits
Add a few more pinches of the Mozzarella Cheese
Add a few pinches of Parmesan Cheese to each

Bake at 400 Degrees until cheese is melted and bread is toasted.   Approximately 10-12 minutes.    

These were delicious and we had them as our lunch meal.   However, these would make great party appetizers for your upcoming Holiday Parties!    I will post this recipe under the Appetizer section of the Blog so it will stay up.

Enjoy!