How to Build a Meal Around Pizza

Pizza generally stands alone as a meal. Many pie lovers, however, like to add compliments to their entrée with one or more forms of appetizers and, of course, desert. This is particularly common when pizza provides accompaniment to an event such as a ball game or celebration. From salad or hot wings, to pie or cake and the soda to wash it all down, there are options to fit everyone's taste before and after the main course. This is why many people consider having pre-pizza and post-pizza options. They can choose something to start their meal, something to fill their plates, or a chaser at the end. Whatever is chosen and eaten before or after your pie can surely add to your pizza experience.

Before any meal, it's nice start off with healthy choices that will add more fruit or vegetables to the meal. This could be achieved with simple soup or salad options. Then again, if you are having a party or viewing at your home or in a public venue, you will want to have more options for the picky eater and the hearty eater. Most restaurants have a variety of options to accommodate their wide array of clientele. Everyone can agree upon the main event of the meal and the main event of the gathering, but what to eat before, after, or accompany the pizza is a little bit more taste specific. Some people like chicken tenders and some like wings; some people like bread sticks and some like mozzarella sticks; and some like French fries while others prefer onion rings. Whether you started off with the soup or the hot wings, after you've had the crunchy, chewy, saucy, salty, crisp veggie, or meaty pie, you are likely to crave something sweet to polish off the meal.

Pizzas themselves can be sweet or salty depending upon the intension. However, most patrons want the typical salty experience covered in cheese. And when every slice has finally been eaten, you may want to balance the salt with a desert like a cannoli, fruit pie, or variety of ice creams or cheesecakes slices. When it comes to desert after pizza, it is the icing on the cake, so to speak, in a meal of satisfied craving after satisfied craving.