Mini Pizzas!

So, I said there wouldn't be any pizza nights, but I accidentally lied. For the record, though, the pizzas Sarah & I have made are much better than these. That's not to say the English muffin mini cheese pizzas aren't good though. They're super quick & extremely easy, which is the best! Plus they hit that pizza craving spot so that's great. Paired with a side salad and strawberries for dessert & you have a super easy, fresh dinner!

Easiest how to ever: English muffins (halves), tomato or marinara sauce, & cheese. (You can add toppings too, if you want). Bake at 350 until you can smell them & the cheese is melted.

-Amanda

It's been a while

Since I haven't updated in so long, I have 3 different meals to add on today.

Salad

Super delicious & healthy! I added almonds, craisens, shredded cheese, sliced ham, and boiled eggs.

Burrito

I'd been craving Qdoba for a while so I made a giant Qdobs inspired burrito. Super delish! It had refried beans, spanish rice, ground turkey, corn, green peppers, and onion. I was super full afterwards.

Pizza

We hadn't made anything in a while so Sarah & I made a pizza tonight. We loaded the sucker with veggies & it was wonderful! Our toppings this time were tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and spinach. Très good! Yum.


-Amanda

Calzone & Ed Byrne, what a lovely way to spend the evening

I believe its been about two weeks since we last made a pizza (and began this blog) so Sarah & I decided it was due time to try our hand at pizza once again. This time we wanted to be more creative than last so we made a calzone! Since I have about 3 weeks experience working at a pizza joint (Cheezies, gotta love it) I mustered up my memory on how to make these bad boys.

We wanted something different than just regular pizza & were inspired by the chicken, bacon, ranch flavor combination. We substituted marinara sauce for good ole Kraft ranch salad dressing (on sale at Target even!) and also added tomato, onion & green pepper to the meats. I almost forgot to put in the cheese but luckily Sarah reminded me before we put it in the oven.

We were much better at multi-tasking this time around. Here's all the prep work we did while the dough finished rising. Go us, right?

Despite what you may think by looking at this photo, the calzone didn't fall off the counter.

And the finished product. We brushed the crust with melted butter & garlic salt to keep it soft.

And we finished off our lovely evening by watching Ed Byrne, one of our favorite Irish comedians. Admittedly, he's one of the few Irish comedians I know, but still. Watch this, you'll laugh.

-Amanda

Pizza Night

For the past week or so, we've both been craving pizza & as that we couldn't decide on a good place to order from, we figured we'd try our luck making our own. After a successful trip to Jewel-once we figured out what makes a good green pepper, we came back & made the dough in the bread machine (a miracle invention, really). Instead of preparing the ingredients while the dough was rising, we thought it would be a great idea to lolly gag & do homework. Not the best plan. But in the end the pizza turned out great, which is all that really matters anyway.

This is our Green Peper, Onion and Bacon Pizza in the oven

And here is the finished product-deliciouso!

How we made it:

Pizza dough from the bread machine, we used this recipe

Four cheese spaghetti sauce, with extra Italian seasoning & garlic powder

Toppings: green peppers, onion, and bacon

Sargento Italian pasta cheese: mozzarella, provolone & parmesan

And we brushed the crust with melted butter & garlic