Make Some Tasty Pizza Dough!

Making pizza dough is super quick, and you probably already have everything you need. You could be eating gourmet pizza in less than 2 hours! Use the dough to make pizzas, calzones, flatbreads, pizza pot pies, all kinds of stuff!

Ingredients:

2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
1 1/2 cup lukewarm water (careful not to use hot water or you'll kill your yeast!)
1 teaspoon sugar
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil OR Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper flakes


Mix together the yeast, sugar and 1/4 cup of the water. Let sit for 5-10 minutes. While you're waiting, mix your flour, salt, and seasonings in a large bowl. Now lets check on the yeast again! If it's bubbly, you're ready to go! If not... get some new yeast. Sorry. Now assuming your yeast is active, mix your yeast/sugar mix back in with the rest of the water. Form a well in your flour, the pour in the water mixture. Go ahead and mix it with a wooden spoon until it starts to hurt your wrist. Now knead the dough for another 5 or so minutes. It should be much less sticky at the point, but it's okay if it's still a little sticky. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough set for about an hour. It should double in size.

You're ready to go! Grease the pan and flour your hands. Time to make a pizza!

Super Fast Pizza Sauce

Make your own pizza sauce! It's way tastier, cheaper, and more delicious! Did I mention it's yummier? Not to mention quick!

Ingredients:
28oz Can Crushed Tomatoes
14.5oz can Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes
1 packet Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning

Mix it all together, bring to a boil, then drop to a simmer for a few minutes. All done!

Makes about 4 1/2 cups, or enough for 3 pizzas. Freeze the extra sauce in 1 1/2 cup portions so it's ready to go next time you want to make a pizza!

Now make a delicious pizza!

Pizza #1 - Spinach Sausage White

Mmmm... I made a tasty pizza! Sure looks pretty, doesn't it? For the crust I used an instant pizza crust mix by Betty Crocker. It came out pretty flat. Good thing it was only ten cents! Don't buy it!

Toppings:
Jarred Alfredo Sauce
Mozzarella cheese
Baby Spinach
3 Cloves Fresh Minced Garlic
1/2 lb Spicy Italian Sausage
Fresh Basil on top after it came out of the oven

Pretty tasty!

Look at all those cupcakes!

My friend and I made 45 cupcakes for her daughter to take to preschool for her birthday. And we put them all on the stacking rack! Yeah! Sadly, no picture of them frosted. :(

Quick and easy low fat (possibly lot sugar) cupcakes:
1 box cake mix
1 12 oz can soda (use diet for no added sugar!)

Mix together. Bake as normal!

Quick Comfort Dinner

Maybe not fancy or made from scratch, but sure yummy! And a pretty picture :)

Fish Sticks
Instant mashed potatoes
Birds Eye citrus veggies and noodle mix
Tartar sauce

Quick Tartar sauce recipe: Mayonnaise, dill or kosher pickle juice, black pepper. Mix it up. Chow it down.

Tasty Indian Curry! Yummy!

I made this delicious spicy curry last week. So god. Very spicy, though.

2 cans coconut milk
1 lb beef, sliced thin
4-5 green onions, cut in 1-2 inch long pieces
1/2 can baby corn, cut into thirds
1 -2 cups of snow peas
3 1/2 tablespoons of spicy Indian curry powder
all the bean sprouts you want!
cilantro to taste
1 box of couscous

Simmer everything except the cilantro, bean sprouts and the couscous until the meat is thoroughly cooked. Cook the couscous in a separate pan. Put your couscous in a bowl, top with bean sprouts, curry and cilantro. Eat it! Makes a LOT.