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Pizza Dough the Minimalist's Way
I never have success making homemade pizza. It’s always doughy on the bottom despite any pan or cookie sheet I choose to use. Is it because I’m making it with whole wheat pastry flour?? I have pretty much given up on attempting it, it’s just too frustrating. The tops always look beautiful but then we’ve got the problem of it being (say it with me) “doughy.” However, I was given a recipe by my niece for an easy pizza dough that they said worked with whole wheat flour, was easy to make and tasted good. Sounds like a winner. After having the recipe in my collection and avoiding it for several…
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The Week in Review – 6/20 – 7/6/10
We’re home safe and sound after traveling 4200 miles to Ohio and back. What a wonderful time we had; I could have stayed gone longer. The church camp services were wonderful and of course, seeing old friends is always a treat. Notice the big smiles. This is the BEFORE picture – the afternoon we left Arizona and headed for Ohio. We drove 24 hours and then got a hotel room the next night. Camp was a time for cousins to be reunited… There were so many activities that the kids could be involved in. Chess & checker games… These girls are from the Ukraine and they were playing checkers the Ukrainian way…
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Ohio, Here We Come
We’re off to Ohio for a youth camp. We’re looking forward to seeing old friends, meeting some new ones and having a wonderful time in the Lord! Last year’s chronicles of our time on the road and at camp can be found at: Trip to Ohio Had a Few Hitches (we will not be taking the little brown truck with us this year!) Somewhere Between Oklahoma & Ohio The Final Post on our Ohio Trip – Camp Activities I hope you enjoy! 🙂
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Using Basil from the Garden in Pesto Sauce
When you think of pesto, do you think gourmet? I guess I think it’s rather unique but in actuality it’s one of the easiest things to make. We have basil growing in our garden. It was getting overgrown and needed to be harvested. If you never use the leaves it will quit producing and start to flower. At that point your harvest time is pretty much over. Would you like me to show you how I made this delicious pesto sauce? First thing you need is some basil leaves which you rinse/wash. I didn’t worry too much about the brown on the leaves but if you don’t like the looks of it, just tear…
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The Week in Review – 6/13/10
Zachary is now a licensed driver. He’s 18, so if any of you have children that do not have their license and think they’re the only one not to have it at this great age, you can tell them about my son. 🙂 Zachary was good about it and never complained but we just waited since insurance is so high and funds weren’t. Seth arrived home without all the hoopla I was wanting. As a matter-of-fact we were 30 minutes late picking him up from the airport. His plane was supposed to be later but than they arrived sooner than they had announced. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be late. Not us.…
