Springtime in (Sometimes) Sunny San Diego

We've been getting quite a bit of rain and dreariness this winter, so the little pockets of sunshine that come by have been quite a blessing. I guess that's just me being a sissy: winters here are nowhere close to how cold they were in Colorado Springs at 7,258 feet above sea level. After moving to San Diego, it's difficult to NOT get acclimated to San Diego's version of cold. The very thought of surfing in San Francisco, where I first learned how to surf, makes me want to cry.

Unfortunately, our baby boy had been battling a cold for a few days, so he spent a few of the sunny days indoors. Thank goodness for this Craigslist score, quite possibly one of the coolest Christmas gifts we could ever buy for a mere $25:



Cold, rainy winters in San Diego often make us long for warmer winters... like Hawaiian winters... and this longing led to us mustering the motivation to make a Hawaiian pizza that was more Hawaiian than, say, the Hawaiian pizzas offered at most pizzarias. Why limit yourself to Canadian Bacon when you can have Spam and Portuguese Sausage instead? We finally decided to make our own personalized version of a Hawaiian pizza using on pizza sauce and crust from Trader Joes... and tossed in some sweet maui onions, just for an additional topping.



Don't the Portuguese sausage and Spam look delicious? ;)



My husband decided to toss all the ingredients on top of the sauce...



...so we ended up with the cheesy goodness you see below:



Mmmmm.... talk about some sweet-and-savory goodness! Next time we make it, we hope we find some slightly spicier Linguica... just to add a little more pizazz to the mix. :)