This weekend was not a weekend for cooking or blogging! So, this evening I am posting my own personal recipe for sanity; adjust ingredients to your liking.
Dinner Recipe for Sanity:
Description - AHHHHHH!!!!!!
Ingredients -
1 jug gas station hormone pumped milk
1 bag Cheetos (for mom!)
1 box cereal
Directions -
Shove Cheetos in mouth to keep from screaming your brains out while listening to children whine about dying of hunger on hour long ride home. Promptly upon arrival home, feed children cereal for dinner and send them off to bed. Enjoy the silence and lack of dinner dishes.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Cookbook Craziness!
After a 3 bag trip to the library yesterday I settled into the comfy corner of our enormous man-couch (yep, Chris picked it!) to read my stack of cookbooks. I love reading cookbooks and finding easier ways to accomplish the same delicious dish, learn new ingredients and their uses, or just zone out in the words mix, fold, julienne...
Today's recipe is one that I plan to make in my own Arden Circle test kitchen. I am always looking for a way to make inexpensive pizza from home while maintaining my sanity (kneading! resting! punching! kneading again! resting! ugh!). I'll let you know how it goes and if you get to the recipe before me please let me know how it goes.
Recipe of the Day: Quick Pizza Crust (The $7 A Meal Cookbook, Linda Larsen)
Ingredients:
1 T cornmeal
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup solid shortening (I know! But anything for an easy pizza crust! Put extra veggies on to silence your conscience!)
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup milk
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease a 12 inch pizza pan with solid shortening and sprinkle with cornmeal. In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt and mix well. Cut in shortening until particles are fine. Add water and milk and stir until a dough forms. Press into a prepared pizza pan and bake for 10 minutes.
2. Remove crust from oven and top as desired. Bake at 425 degrees for 15-25 minutes or until crust is crisp and cheese is melted and beginning to brown. Let cool for 5 minutes and slice to serve.
Today's recipe is one that I plan to make in my own Arden Circle test kitchen. I am always looking for a way to make inexpensive pizza from home while maintaining my sanity (kneading! resting! punching! kneading again! resting! ugh!). I'll let you know how it goes and if you get to the recipe before me please let me know how it goes.
Recipe of the Day: Quick Pizza Crust (The $7 A Meal Cookbook, Linda Larsen)
Ingredients:
1 T cornmeal
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup solid shortening (I know! But anything for an easy pizza crust! Put extra veggies on to silence your conscience!)
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup milk
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease a 12 inch pizza pan with solid shortening and sprinkle with cornmeal. In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt and mix well. Cut in shortening until particles are fine. Add water and milk and stir until a dough forms. Press into a prepared pizza pan and bake for 10 minutes.
2. Remove crust from oven and top as desired. Bake at 425 degrees for 15-25 minutes or until crust is crisp and cheese is melted and beginning to brown. Let cool for 5 minutes and slice to serve.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Recipe of the Day
I have had quite a few requests for recipes and thought my neglected blog would be an effective place to post them for all to utilize and hopefully, enjoy. At times, I will probably ramble on about other things but will make an effort to regularly post the details of what is cooking in the Ferry house.
Food is one of my passions. Any time I feel stressed or like my head is spinning and I am unable to truly accomplish anything that stays accomplished, I head to the kitchen for some good cooking. So, join me in my journey of trying to find inexpensive, healthy, man and kid-friendly meals. Enjoy!
Recipe of the Day -
Kitchen Sink Popsicles -
Background - I am always trying to find a way to pump health fruits and veggies into my kids while utilizing the items left in my refrigerator or found in the discount section of the grocery store. Several recipes lend themselves to this strategy (Kitchen Sink Fritatta, Quiche, Stews/Soups, Blender Lasagna, etc!) but today we will focus on Popsicles.
Recipe -
Fruit - canned, frozen, fresh, wilted, bruised...whatever!
Sweetener (if necessary to your taste) - agave (my favorite), honey, coffee syrups (vanilla, raspberry etc), vanilla extract etc!
Thinner - (if necessary) water, juice, leftover juice from canned fruits, pedialite if the kids are sick etc.
Instructions - Blend the heck out of it and pour it into Popsicle molds (my favorites are those found at Goodwill!) and freeze. I have also frozen Popsicles in ice cube trays with Popsicle sticks for handles; popped them out when frozen and put the Popsicles in gallon size bag for long-term storage in freezer.
Enjoy!
Food is one of my passions. Any time I feel stressed or like my head is spinning and I am unable to truly accomplish anything that stays accomplished, I head to the kitchen for some good cooking. So, join me in my journey of trying to find inexpensive, healthy, man and kid-friendly meals. Enjoy!
Recipe of the Day -
Kitchen Sink Popsicles -
Background - I am always trying to find a way to pump health fruits and veggies into my kids while utilizing the items left in my refrigerator or found in the discount section of the grocery store. Several recipes lend themselves to this strategy (Kitchen Sink Fritatta, Quiche, Stews/Soups, Blender Lasagna, etc!) but today we will focus on Popsicles.
Recipe -
Fruit - canned, frozen, fresh, wilted, bruised...whatever!
Sweetener (if necessary to your taste) - agave (my favorite), honey, coffee syrups (vanilla, raspberry etc), vanilla extract etc!
Thinner - (if necessary) water, juice, leftover juice from canned fruits, pedialite if the kids are sick etc.
Instructions - Blend the heck out of it and pour it into Popsicle molds (my favorites are those found at Goodwill!) and freeze. I have also frozen Popsicles in ice cube trays with Popsicle sticks for handles; popped them out when frozen and put the Popsicles in gallon size bag for long-term storage in freezer.
Enjoy!
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