Container Gardening

I am so excited! I have tiny tomatoes growing! I am a successful container gardener!!

Homemade Bread

I'm so excited for this!! I'm making my own homemade bread this weekend!!! :D

Here's the recipe I'm going to follow:

1/4 cup milk
5 teaspoons sugar (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
1 teaspoons salt
5 teaspoons butter (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
1 package active dry yeast (you can get yeast near the flour at your local grocery store)
2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups flour (get unbleached white for your first attempt)
Corn starch or nonstick cooking spray (just to prevent the bread from sticking to the bowl or pan)


It's from The Silver Dollar. 


I'll let you know how it goes!

Pizza

I made pizza tonight. Not that ordinary frozen pizza. No, sir. Homemade pizza!! And, though I risk sounding quite full of myself, I must say it was the best homemade pizza I have ever had. No, it still doesn't compare to Domino's, but what could?

So, I'm going to be a doll and share this wonderiferous recipe with you, my dear readers!

You need:
1 package pizza crust mix, I used the Walmart brand
7 oz pizza sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese
pepperoni (or any toppings!)
1/2 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon basil
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon parsley
3/4 cup hot water
flour

This is what you do:
Mix the herbs (oregano, basil, garlic, parsley) with the crust mix and then add the hot water. Mix and then cover for 5 minutes. Then stir again and add about 1/2 cup of flour. Add more if the dough is too sticky to work with. Then, put that dough on the pan! Flatten it out and cover the pan - no need to get picky. Dump your sauce on and spread it out. Put on your layer of cheese and then slap on whatever toppings you'd like. Bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. It's going to smell and taste delicious!!


Everyone, enjoy! Chad, feel free to correct me where I am wrong. Amber, yes, I did steal wonderiferous from you. Ha!

Catch up

Bummer. I missed a day of posting. Oh well. It was worth it. I watched Inception with my husband and baked ginger cookies last night. What a great night! :)

Here's the link to the recipe for the ginger cookies. They are so yummy! We only have half of the cookies left because they are so delicious. 

What did I think about Inception? It was a great movie. Kind of intense, so don't watch it if you feel like sleeping through parts of it. I would definitely recommend it to the thinkers out there. 

Homemade Potato Soup

I love cream of potato soup. It is right up there with my mom's venison stew. And so, I made cream of potato soup tonight. Well, it was mostly homemade. I used canned soup...so does that still count as being homemade? Anyway, it was good, not stellar, but edible. I didn't have bacon on hand...so I'm thinking that was the main missing ingredient. Here's the recipe I used. I got it from cooks.com.

CREAM OF POTATO SOUP

8 slices bacon 1 med. onion, chopped 12 med. potatoes, peeled & diced 2 cans cream of chicken soup 2 cans milk Parsley flakes In large soup pan, fry bacon. When crisp, remove bacon but leave drippings in pan. Add onions and saute until tender. Then add diced potatoes with just enough water to cover potatoes. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer until potatoes are tender. Add cream of chicken soup, milk, crumbled bacon bits and parsley flakes. Heat until it begins to bubble. Enjoy!

I'm going to attempt another batch soon. So...I'm looking for recommendations. Any tried and true recipes for potato soup? If so, send them my way.

Cookies!

Yay for baking! And yay for my lovely husband who bakes (and eats!) with me!! We collectively ate over a dozen cookies tonight. Not very healthy, but very enjoyable. :)

I love baking.