Quick Pizza Dough

I mentioned on Monday that my Saturday was filled with made from scratch food.

Continuing on with that I have another recipe I would like to share...Quick Pizza Dough.

When I say quick I mean you don't have to give the dough time to proof/rise.

Amen for shortcuts!

My husband, an omnivore, has been wanting stromboli for weeks...but by the time we remember he wants it there is no time to allow the dough we use to rise.

So enter the quick dough (perfect for pizza, stromboli, flat bread, you get the idea):

3 C all purpose flour
1 pack of active yeast
2 Tbsp oil (I used vegetable)
1 tsp sea salt
1 Tbsp sugar
1 C warm water

Put all of your dry ingredients together and stir up.

Add your oil and water to form a dough.

Put your dough out on a floured surface and roll out for pizza/stromboli.

I spread a marinara sauce on the dough and then topped with:

ham
mushrooms
salami
tomatoes
onion
mozzarella cheese

I brushed the top of the dough with almond milk and then sprinkled garlic salt and Essence of Emeril on top.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes (so that dough is cooked through and the crust is crispy):

This was large enough that it could be cut into 6 healthy portions.

My husband said it was good, although he prefers the dough when it is given time to rise (if he could have his pick between the two).

Do you have a dough preference?  Have you ever made a no rise dough?

What toppings do you like to put on your pizza or stuff in your stromboli?

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Annie's Homegrown Pizza Giveaway

As a part of Moms Meet, a program sponsored by Kiwi Magazine, I get to try products from time to time and then tell you lovely people (my wonderful and fantastic readers) all about them.

Most recently I was given a chance to try Annie's Homegrown Organic Rising Crust pizza.

The same Annie's that brings you the delicious cheddar bunnies and mac & cheese (at least to my house)

So who would say no to an opportunity for a pizza dinner for your family?

Not me that's for sure.

My children love pizza and making sure that the pie has quality ingredients is always at the forefront of my mind.

Annie's takes the guess work out of it for you by making their pizzas:

• Certified organic
• naturally rising crust, 8g whole grains per serving
• 100% real cheese, no cows were treated with rBST growth hormone
• features meat with no nitrates or nitrites (except those naturally occuring in sea salt and celery juice powder)
• available in four flavors (uncured pepperoni, four cheese, supreme, and spinach & mushroom)

We selected spinach & mushroom as those are two favorite toppings for my children (sorry to say that cheddar bunnies wasn't a choice...but maybe a future flavor for Annie's).

As I am going vegan for the month of March I did not eat the pizza, but the rest of my family had no qualms about wolfing down enjoying this Friday night treat.

So what is the verdict?  THEY LOVED IT

Would we recommend it to friends?  Absolutely

I think Annie's is right up there with other name brand rising crust pizzas.

Currently these are being sold at Whole Foods.  But instead of buying one would you like the chance to win one?

I thought you might.

To win leave me a comment and let me know what flavor of pizza you would try if you win. 

The giveaway will be open until Wednesday March 21st.  I will announce the winners (yes you heard me right plural) on Thursday.

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29 Ways to Leap into Jarlsberg plus Giveaway

I have been selected along with 28 other lucky bloggers to write a post for you about Jarlsberg's Original Cheese Dip through Kitchen Play.

I decided that the way I wanted to use my spread was on a flat bread pizza.

I love things that are simple, easy, and fresh.

Take your favorite brand of flatbread.

Spread a layer of Jarlsberg dip on (in place of the tomato sauce).

Then top with your favorite veggies.

For me it is tomatoes, spinach, and mushrooms.

Toast it in the over at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes and you are good to go.

The people at Jarlsberg are offering up a wonderful prize pack, a tailgate tote stocked:

·         Jarlsberg Lite Cheese

·         new Jarlsberg Cheese Dip

·         Snofrisk (a Norwegian style cream cheese)

·         crispbreads

·         honey crèmes

·         honey vinegar.

The giveaway is hosted on Jarlsberg's Facebook page here.

Would you like to know what the other bloggers have put together with their Jarlsberg cheese?

Of course you do, so head over to Kitchen-Play, here, and check it out.  Each day a new post will be listed.

I do want to disclose that I have been compensated for my time, groceries, and recipe development.

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Happy Monday To One and All

Well today I planned to share with you what a great weekend I had.

To share how productive I had been.

To wow you with homemade almond and rice milk, using my brand new cheesecloth the hubby was kind enough to find for me.

But guess what?

Life happened and I wasn't able to do any of those things because my beautiful little girl is sick.

I had this scene with me from Friday through Sunday. 

The poor little punk girl has croup and just wanted to relax in her recliner "just like daddy" and watch her beloved cartoons (namely Dora...man I am a little sick of that character).

Anyway I did want to share that I had some help in the kitchen. 

My four year old, Andrew, is becoming my little sous chef. 

He helped me prepare individual pizzas for dinner and did a bang up job with them.

With his small rolling pin he was able to knock out four individual pizzas in no time flat.

He loved the process of:

• making the dough 
• learning why you use flour on the counter to keep things from sticking
• what corn meal is and why it is used on the pizza split
• what a pizza split is

I love that he is learning how to use the kitchen, hopefully this will make him confident in the kitchen as an adult.

Do you like to make cookies during the holiday? How would you like to participate in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap of 2011? Click the link above and sign up by November 15th if you would like to join me and about 450 other bloggers in spreading a little Christmas cheer.

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