A twist on Pizza

I made a layered pizza dip last night for our small group and had left overs, so I decided to warm it back up for lunch today. The dip was a huge success and is basically pizza without the crust. It would be a great thing to make if you have veggies that you need to use up. Take a 9x13 baking dish, or 9x9, whichever you prefer. You will need 1 block of cream cheese for the smaller dish and 2 blocks for the bigger one. Spread the cream cheese over the entire bottom of the pan. Next, spread pizza sauce on top. Mozzarella cheese comes next. Chop up pepperoni's and or sprinkle cooked, ground sausage. Sprinkle the meat on top of the cheese. The rest of the toppings can be any other pizza toppings/veggies you like. After the veggies, sprinkle the top with parmesan cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 min. Eat with crackers or tortilla chips.

Kim

A new day

This week my Mother In Law is visiting.  It doesn't feel right doing the same old scrounge for lunch.  Today as I tried to whip up something that looked like lunch I decided to throw together sweet potato fries.  I sliced one sweet potato into thin slivers, smaller than I would with a regular potato when cooking it the same way.  I let them soak a few minutes in warm water to get the starch rinsed off.  I dried them and coated them with canola oil.  I also oiled a baking sheet and then sprinkled salt and pepper on it.  I laid out the slivers in a single layer on the pan and put them in a 400 degree oven.  I turned them several times baking them about 20 min.  They turned out great.  I must do this for the family for dinner, or maybe save it for a vitamin packed lunch item for myself...he he.

Kelly

Waffle sandwich

I am picky about breakfast.  I like it to include protein if possible.  I can't always do a lot of sweet although I do like to have a doughnut for breakfast if available.  Okay, I'm weird.  I like a "good" breakfast and don't do cereal.  One of my favorite things for Saturday morning is to eat cold pizza with my hot coffee.  I like to order pizza on Friday night for convenience but also so I have breakfast ready.

I will at times toast two waffles and sandwich ham and cheese between them.  I warm it slightly in the microwave so the ham is not cold and the cheese is soft.  It is a one hand, portable breakfast which works great for a stay-at-home mom with a 3 year old. It also goes well with my coffee and cream.

Kelly

A new recipe

I have been wanting to try a new recipe for awhile. Since I was down one babysitting kid today, I decided I had enough time to try it. I wanted to try it first before making it for my family to see if I needed to tweak it or nix it all together. So, I bet you are wondering what I made huh? I made fish tacos. All I can say is YUM! The recipe has three parts. The beer batter, the sauce and the taco. If you want the recipe it is below. I did tweak it a bit from the origional recipe. I took one thing out and swapped a couple things for others that were mostly the same I also added a few things all together. Here is the recipe.

Beer batter

1 c. flour

2 T. cornstarch

1 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

1 egg

1 c. beer

Sauce

1/2 c. mayonaise

1/2 c. sour cream

1 lime

zest from 1 lime

1 t. oregano

1 t. cilantro

1 t. cumin

1/2 t. red pepper flakes

1/2 t. pepper

1 t. curry powder

Other

Flour or corn tortillas

chopped cabbage

Cod or Tilapia

1. Mix all dry ingredients for batter. Mix egg and beer together and add to dry ingredients. Place fish in batter and coat both sides. Fry in oil until brown and crispy.

2. Grate lime zest into a bowl. Add mayo and sour cream and lime juice thoroughly. Add all other dry ingredients.

3. Assemble tacos. Warm up your tortillas in either the oven or microwave. Place fish on tortilla, add some sauce and cabbage. ENJOY!

The origional recipe called for capers (YUCK), cayenne pepper and plain yogurt. As you can see I don't like capers, and I didn't have cayenne pepper, so I used curry powder. I didn't have plain yogurt so I used sour cream. I also took the liberty of adding lime zest and cilantro.

Kim

Wednesday October 19th, 2:20 PM

I have been talking to my sister about doing this for a few weeks.  We are still figuring out how it's going to work. 

Today for lunch I have in the microwave leftover biscuits crumbled and topped with leftover beef gravy.  Nutritious?  No! Delicious?  We'll see....It's after 2:00, I'm starving.  It could be anything.

Kelly