Pizza Wheels

These were a HIT and so good! They weren't really hard to make, and the bonus, you don't have to wait to let your dough rise! :) I am always a bit unsure of making a dough that doesn't need to rise for my pizza, it just never turns out right, the dough seems too heavy. But this stuff was PERFECT!!! I doubled the recipe, but think for next time, I will have to triple it! ;)



You can still make whatever flavors you want! I did a ham and cheese, a ham, cheese and mushroom, and then I did a spinach and cheese, oh, and I did a cheese one by itself. They all were so good!



I think next time I will add a bit of garlic salt to the dough. OR make a garlic butter dipping sauce, that would be soooo good!!! :D



This is a recipe that your kids could totally help you out with! The mixing of the dough, rolling it out, getting all the ingredients on the wheels and then rolling it up.


Oh, one thing to remember, I placed foil down on my pan, easier clean up, but I didn't spray the foil, you WILL want to spray your foil before placing your pizza wheels on it! It didn't stick too bad, but it would be easier to get off if sprayed! ;)


Take a part of your dough, in my case, this was a fourth of it... ;)


Roll it out into a rectangle, again, in my case, as best as you can! ;)


Spread some pizza sauce on it... I used spaghetti sauce, i had it on hand. :)




Lay out some ham
Sprinkle with cheese


Roll it up


And then cut! :)


Place on a foil covered pizza pan


another one i did was ham, mushroom and cheese...


And another that I LOVED was spinach and cheese! ;)


And then I did an all cheese one! :)


Here are all of them on the pan...


Here they are all done! They puffed up a bit and they were PERFECT!!! :) Super yummy if I do say so myself! :)



I ate most of the spinach ones, LOVED them!!! I think I will try and do spinach, mushroom, and cheese one! ;)




Pizza Wheels





2 2/3 cup all purpose flour ( I don't see why you couldn't use whole wheat too! ;)) You will need a little bit extra for rolling out


A dash of salt


1 1/2 teaspoons (heaping) active dry yeast


1 cup warm milk


2 tablespoons olive oil (I used coconut oil)


Spaghetti sauce, or your sauce of choice.. ;)


Ingredients to place inside your pizza wheels, like, ham, cheese, mushrooms (thinly sliced), onions, green pepper, diced small, baby spinach, etc... ;)





Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


Combine milk and yeast, stir just a bit. Let sit for 5 minutes, your yeast mixture should be a bit foamy by now. Add oil and stir.


Add flour, and salt and stir until just combined. This is where the fun starts, you get your hands into the mixture and knead until no longer sticky.


Divide your dough into 2 equal parts. Roll out into a 12x18 rectangle and spread your sauce over the top. Place your pizza toppings of choice on top and then top with cheese. Roll up and cut into 16 slices.


Place on foil covered cookie sheet and bake 25 minutes, or until golden brown and done.



We love pizza around here, and sometimes doing the same old same old gets a little old. Not that I fix it alot, but still, I like to keep things fun and easy around here! This is for sure a hit and will be making it again! :) ENJOY!!!!

Strawberry Lime Sorbet

I just made this tonite, oh yummy!!!! :)

I found out last nite, which I knew, but I forgot, that I am lactose intolerant right about 9 pm and on and then if I have milk too early in the morning! My tummy hurt so bad last nite, I know, you REALLY wanted to know that didn't you? ;)

So, tonite we put the kids to bed, and my hubs and I wanted a snack, but obviously not anything that has milk! We used to eat ice cream almost every nite, but we haven't bought any for about 6-9 months! I've been making it in my Vita Mix, and I forgot about my little problem until last nite... Again, a bit TMI maybe? ;)

So, I was looking through my Vita Mix cookbook and found this recipe... SOOOOO good!!! FOR SURE going to be making this again!!! :D




All ingredients in my Vita Mix




All done, I didn't have quite enough strawberries, I buy them in bulk, so I didn't have exactly 1 pound.. But it still turned out, really good if I do say so myself! This would be GREAT after some supper on the grill, or a late nite snack, like I did! ;)


Strawberry Lime Sorbet

1 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 lime, peeled
1 pound strawberries

Place all ingredients in your Vita mix (you can try this in a regular blender, if you think it will handle it! ;)) in the order listed. Select variable 1, then quickly turn to 10, then turn to high. Use tamper to press ingredients down into the blades. In about 30-60 seconds you will hear the motor change, and four mounds should appear. Turn it off because if you leave it going, it will turn to a sorbet shake and not just sorbet! ;)

Enjoy! REALLY easy and delish!!!
This is from my Vita Mix recipe book, I didn't write down the instructions word for word... ;)

Banana, Apple, Orange Smoothie

Well, it's been another 2 weeks, so yet, here comes another round of new recipes and menus! ;)

I know, I am so far behind...

I'm in the works of putting together a "class" to help you put together your own 2 week menu, to fit your lifestyle and your tastes! ;) I don't have everything put together just yet, but once I figure most of it out, I will post a date or a few dates and we will go from there! :)

Those of you who are out of town, I am working on that problem, so we will be able to include you as well! :)

Here's a SUPER easy and SUPER delish smoothie!
I don't have any pics to go with this, but it is really good!

Banana, Orange and Apple Smoothie

2 banana's
2 apples (cored and cut in half)
2 oranges (peeled and in half)

Place all fruit in a blender or vita mix and blend. You can add ice before blending and it will be thicker.

Pour into glasses and enjoy!!! :)

This makes enough for my 4 kids, not a huge tall glass, but a good size one! ;)

Menu

So I made out my menu again today. It's from tomorrow, Wednesday the 6th to Wednesday the 20th.

If I am honest, sometimes I just hate sitting down and writing it all out and planning it! :\ I want to try and keep things simple, but yet not the same old same old thing week after week. Sure, my lunches are the same quite a bit, but even this menu plan that I just made, has different options for lunch! ;)

I am trying to think how much I spent this time.. I got 35 items at Aldi's for 50 bucks. Then went to BJ's and got some stuff, it was a bit more, but of course, I got bulk items. So let's just say if I broke it down and with how much I need of that item for this menu plan, let's say I spent 40 bucks. So, I'm at $90. I had to hit one more store on the way home and spent another 45 bucks. So... For 2 weeks worth of breakfast, lunch, dinner and one snack per day, I spent $135. Ok, so I didn't get it right at $100, but seriously, I am feeding a family of 6 all 3 meals for 2 weeks, and I spent $135! I just remembered, I do need to get some ground beef, and if I get that at BJ's, that's another $15. But I will only need a small portion, so say I am only using $5, so I am still at $140 for 2 weeks!

Again, I didn't plan a whole lot with meat, only a few recipes. One has ground beef and the other has chicken tenders.

Again, when making a menu, you don't HAVE to fix it that day.. So say what i have down for Thursday nite dinner, I want for Wednesday, go for it!

Also, right after I make my menu I try and shop for everything in one day if possible! Sometimes i do need to go out and get more milk or fresh fruit, but for the majority, I get it all. I may hit the Farmer's Market to get a few fresh items, but you can add about another $50 to that total for the next 2 weeks to get some of that fresh fruit. ;) So all in all, I kept it under $200 for 2 weeks! :D That gets me totally excited! With the way prices are going with gas, and even food, the cheaper I can get, the happier I am! And I am not going to make some nasty bland food, this is some really flavorful food!

I will post the menu tomorrow, and then a recipe or two as well. I have some major catching up to do! Just seems like by the time we get school work done, church, and grocery shopping, I am done in! We have been enjoying the nice weather and playing and working outside!

What's your favorite food to eat?

Enjoy your week!!! :D