Homemade Pizza and Sauce

Homemade Pizza and Sauce



Dough:

1 1/2 c water
1 Tbsp yeast
1/8 c olive oil
1/2 Tbsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder

• Let rest for about 5 minutes:

Add 3 c flour (any flour)
my favorite way is: 2 c wheat flour
                               1 c white flour
1 Tbsp flax seed (ground)
1 Tbsp wheat germ
approximately 1/2 c finely cut kale

• Let Rise

I used my friend Ms. Debbie's pizza dough recipe as a base recipe and have tweaked it to meet my family needs.

Pizza Sauce:

1 ~ 15oz can tomato sauce (pizza flavor is perfect but not necessary)
1 ~ 6oz can tomato paste
1 ~ 6oz can water (add to tomato paste can) then put in pan
1 1/2 Tbsp garlic (minced)
1 small diced onion
2 Tbsp oregano
1 Tbsp ground flax seed
1 Tbsp wheat germ
approximately 1/8 c finely cut kale
1 tsp salt

Directions:

Saute onion and garlic until onions are transparent. Add tomato sauce, paste and water. Add remaining ingredients and heat on low setting while waiting on dough to rise.

This will make more sauce than what you will need. Store remaining ingredients in refrigerator for future pizzas.

Toppings of my Choice:

green peppers
tomatos
pepperoni
ham
mushrooms
kale (mine, but not my husbands)
onions
bacon bits

Preheat oven to 390 degrees. Once pizza dough has risen, place on a greased pan of your choice and add your favorite toppings. I find that if I place my dough on a bed of flax seed it prevents it from sticking.

Bake at 390 degrees for our 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Friday Night Supper Plans; Calzone’s for us. How about you?

I have supper completed for my family which is a huge burden lifted from my day.
Are there any of you who struggle with the time and energy on a busy school day to get supper done at the end of the day?  I know for us, Friday seems to be the busiest day of the week. I am not sure why because we have activities Tuesday – Friday, but Friday is my hardest meal preparing day of the whole week.  I have been experimenting with a trick this past month that I have found is working for me and so I'm going to share it with you as well.
I have found that if I make our supper in the morning then I am free from the prep time at the end of the day for our supper meal. We often eat home made from scratch pizza on Fridays. I make the pizza in the morning and then all I have to do at the end of the day is warm it back up in the oven when I get home. No mess, no prep time for cooking, and little clean up as well. You can’t beat that for a quick Friday night supper if you just plan in advance.  I have also found that if I have a busy weekend and know I will be too tired to cook then I can make those meals in advance as well and just eat those as left overs. No prep time or clean up for them either.
I hope this helps to encourage you that not every busy night needs to be a peanut butter sandwich or eatting out. It just takes the forthought to prepare in advance.

Recipe for Calzone’s:
Home-made ~ My Kitchen!  ~ follow this link for Ms. Debbie’s super easy pizza dough recipe.
Pizza sauce ~ this is forgiving and you can adjust to your taste

• 15 oz. can tomato sauce
• 6 oz. can tomato paste
• 1 tsp. chopped garlic
• 1 1/2 Tbs oregano 
• 2 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. salt

Toppings we use:

• pepperoni
• tomato
• pepper
• onion

Duck's Favorite Shepard's Pie Recipe



Shepard's Pie

Ingredients:

• potatoes ~ diced up into smaller chunks for mashing (enough for your family)
• you can leave the skins on or peel them
• onion ~ enough for taste
• green onion ~ used one stalk
• dash ~  salt
• dash ~ pepper
• 1 lb ~ ground turkey
• bag ~ frozen corn
• optional ~ beef gravy

Directions:

Mashed Potatoes: Boil potatoes until soft. Drain potatoes and add about 2 tbsp butter and enough milk to make the potatoes stick. Add salt and mix well.


Meat: In a frying pan saute' the onions and green onions. Then add ground turkey and cook until done. (I use a cast iron frying pan, but if you don't;  add meat to a casserole dish).  Add the frozen corn layer and top with the mashed potatoes.  I bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about 30 mins. Your potatoes should have a hint of golden brown to the crust. Serve hot with brown gravy on top (my husbands favorite way).

Gravy:  In a sauce pan boil water with 3 to 4 beef bullion cubes, add flour with water mixture to the boiling water until it gets thick. Stir constantly and when thick turn down heat to a simmer. Season with salt to taste.