I love living on a budget. And perhaps if I keep telling myself that, one day I might even believe it. Being on a tight budget for the last six months (living alone is really not as cheap as it sounds) has taught me how to keep things simple, and look for ways to stretch…
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{pizza week part two} Living w/out Gluten & Cheese
Tired of Pizza Week Yet? Well, I’m here to wrap it up with a dough that’s a little different and some cheese-free suggestions for those individuals and families that can’t have cheese on their pizza. As we all know Miles is gluten-free along with a host of other foods due to severe life-threatening food allergies….
{pizza week} Feast for a Family, Pizza 4 Ways
Summertime seems to find us hosting family, visiting family or meeting family at some intermediate location. Our extended family is large and we are close… we are lucky! Family gatherings generally mean food, and LOTS of it. One of my favorite meals to share, whether at home or otherwise, is pizza. When it comes to…
{pizza week} My First CSA Pizza
Editor’s Note: Let’s welcome back Erica G as a contributor! Erica & her 3 year old son Dominic are enjoying their first season as a CSA Member. This pizza post was written back in late June during the first weeks of their Denison Farm CSA Share. Erica will continue exploring her first CSA season in…
{pizza week} Checking our Inventory
Pizza is one of my most favorite foods. It’s something that I enjoy in all its various transformations from Chicago deep dish, to New York hand tossed, to super duper thin crust. At home I often make thin crust but have sometimes made one with a slightly thicker crust that actually bakes up in my…
{pizza week} CSA Pizza w/ Good Intentions
I love making pizza at home. It’s easy, I can put a lot of vegetables on it, and it always tastes good. A perfect one-dish meal. Today I made pizza using the ingredients from my CSA box and from my garden. Oh my! I have a lot of produce to use up at this time…
{pizza week} Feeding Teenagers w/ Doughboys
We have three sons, now all in their twenties. For thirteen years, we had teenage boys at home. Our house was filled with roving hordes of adolescent boys; boys with skateboards, boys with guitars and drums, boys with spray cans and paint brushes, boys with movie cameras, boys with paint ball guns and nerf guns,…
{theme week} get your pizza on.
Pizza. Its quick, can be a healthy “one pot” meal and the options are endless. Grill it. Bake it. Pizza for one. Pizza for many. Dessert Pizza. Focaccia. CSA Veg Pizza or Meat Explosion Pizza. With the bounty of the summer comes endless flavor combos and ways to prepare it. Pizza becomes an essential “comfort”…
{use it or lose it} My CSA Share Pizza
I don’t know how everyone else feels about their CSA shares, but I often feel overwhelmed. When it all comes in, I’m so excited but that excitement quickly turns to panic as I try to determine how I am going to use all of the glorious veggies before they go bad!This is especially challenging as…
Caramelized Fennel Pizza
I made this for dinner tonight, and it was soooo good. Turns out I like fennel after all! 🙂 Dinner tonight used all the fennel, almost all of what was left of the scallions, and our whole bunch of kale. Sorry for linking ot my blog, it seems like shameless self-promotion, but it’s easiest for…
