Generally speaking, we don’t use a lot of salad dressing around here, despite the fact that summer finds us consuming an awful lot of salad. Growing up, my family always had several varieties of salad dressing available, but once I married Brian we switched to making our own vinaigrette on a nightly basis to top [...]
One of my favorite things about HLS is the people. The sessions are always good, but I think most of the attendees would be happy to just socialize for 48 hours. Granted, I almost lost my voice as a result, but that’s not the point. This year, I really lucked out in the roommate department. [...]
Pizza is a frequent meal in our home and I’ve made some pretty good ones since I started seriously cooking almost 3 years ago (including this one). It’s also no secret that I love eggs. This pizza is the best of both worlds and, as a result, one of my new favorites. I was inspired [...]
Suddenly I’m remembering why I don’t post everything I eat, or even every day. I’m boring! I’m still going strong on the vegan challenge; its almost hard to believe that its more than half over. If you missed the recap of the first couple days, check it out. I haven’t posted since because I really [...]
Last night for dinner I made this kielbasa and onion pizza, inspired by a recipe from Everyday with Rachael Ray. I made the following changes to the original recipe: made my own pizza dough (we’re looking for a better recipe though–anyone have one?) used a mix of provolone and swiss cheese (the gruyère was really [...]
In my search for pizza recipes, I found many crusts which required kneading, waiting for the dough to rise and letting the dough rest. This recipe needs none of the above. You’ll need: Dough: 1 package active dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons warm water 1 and 1/2 cups plus 2 [...]
