About six months ago, I found out my cholesterol was slightly high. That was the wake-up call that I needed to lose the last fifteen pounds of pregnancy weight. Coming off Thanksgiving weekend (okay, week if I’m being honest), I’m back to eating big salads and righting myself again. But the week sure was fun [...]
Entries Tagged as 'pizza'
Wayne’s Pizza
November 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Chicago, Italian, appetizers, cheese, food, fun, junkfood, mozzarella, mushrooms, pizza, restaurants, sauces, sides, spinach
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Pizza Stone and Pizza on the Grill
September 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · BBQ, Italian, basil, breads, cheese, food, grill, mozzarella, mushrooms, pizza, quick, sauces, sausage, value
Lookie my new toys!
I’ve been messing with this all summer. I bought a pizza peel (the big paddle), and a large rectangular pizza stone on Amazon.com. I went by the ones with a high rating. I have been buying the whole wheat pizza dough from Trader Joe’s, and I’ve had a lot of success with [...]
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BBQ Chicken Pizza and Twice-Baked Potatoes
February 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · BBQ, Blogroll, Crockpot, David, Los Angeles, bacon, cheese, chicken, food, leftovers, pizza, pork, potatoes, sauces, sides, soul food, vegetables
I know I’ve shared my recipe for BBQ chicken in the crockpot before, but oh lord, I’m getting good at this.
It’s finally got that dark mahogany color and smoky flavor that I want it to have. Here’s the new and improved recipe:
two cups of ketchup
one cup of mustard, any kind
two capfuls of liquid smoke
about a [...]
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Sliced Veggie Pizza
September 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Italian, cheese, eggplant, food, mozzarella, pizza, potatoes, quick, vegetables, vegetarian
One of my experimental pizzas recently turned out very well, and if I’m not mistaken, it has the added benefit of being quite good for you.
I sliced up yellow squash, potatoes, zucchini, and eggplant. I used the grill pan for all of the veggies, but you could use a regular grill. If I ever do [...]
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Marinara Sauce from Scratch
July 5th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Chicago, Dad, David, Italian, Ma, basil, cheese, food, leftovers, mozzarella, mushrooms, pasta, pizza, sauces, vegetables, vegetarian
I have some friends who, since the advent in recent years of competitive cooking shows, have flattered me by saying that I should try out for one of those shows. The truth is, I am really just someone who likes to eat, and experiment at home. I have no clue as to certain types of [...]
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Smoked Cheese and Broccoli Pizza
December 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Italian, appetizers, breads, cheese, food, mozzarella, pizza, quick, vegetables, vegetarian
Things have been pretty stressful around here lately… We have been house-hunting, and trying to figure out how to balance what we want in a house (Chris wants a basement, and I want either a nice kitchen, or a house cheap enough to renovate the kitchen) with the area that we want to live in [...]
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Pasta Regina Margherita
December 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Italian, basil, cheese, florentine, food, leftovers, mozzarella, nuts, parties, pasta, pizza, quick, salads, sides, vegetables, vegetarian
A lot of you are probably familiar with the basic pizza margherita, named after Queen Margherita of Italy. The colors of the neopolitan pizza are in honor of the Italian flag: the green of the basil, the white of the mozzarella, and the red of the tomato sauce. This cold pasta salad is my version [...]
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Brooke's Artichoke Dip
October 30th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Italian, appetizers, breads, cheese, dips, florentine, food, leftovers, mozzarella, mushrooms, parties, pizza, quick, sandwiches, sides, spinach, turkey, vegetables, vegetarian
Now that I’ve posted about baking something from scratch (even if I didn’t do the cooking), I have to post about something simple to make, or I may end up with a rash. And, eyw, no one wants that.
When I was a freshman in college (age 19, I think), my friend Brooke would also be [...]
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Yuki's Sushi, and the Bachelor Fare Back Home
October 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Latino, Portland, appetizers, asian, breads, burgers, drinks, fish, food, leftovers, pizza, quick, restaurants, rice, sauces, seafood, soups, sushi, tofu, tuna, turkey
Katie, Kaci, Jen and I had an evening in Portland that I haven’t documented, at a restaurant called Ten01 downtown… But unfortunately, none of my pictures turned out (left the good camera at home, again.) Still, not much of a loss there… I didn’t think the food was that noteworthy. My foie gras and my [...]
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Smoky Portobello Pizza
August 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · BBQ, cheese, food, mozzarella, mushrooms, pizza, quick, sauces, vegetables, vegetarian
A recent trip to Trader Joe’s yielded a veggie assortment, and some lovely smoked Jack cheese. The cheese was milder than some of the smoked cheeses I’ve bought in recent years (some of the goudas out there will make you feel that you need treatment for smoke inhalation), and I really liked it. We decided [...]
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