October #4 - just food stuff

Good evening 

I’ve known all week that 3 grands would be spending tonight here.  Pizza is always a good meal for Friday night. 

So I made the dough this morning and kept it in the fridge in an oiled bag.  

This is my go to pizza crust recipe- 

There are lots of good pizza crust recipes.  I like this one because the dough is always so easy to roll out.  

The cornmeal adds a nice chewy texture to the doughy too.  

One son came for lunch so I made some pimento cheese for us to eat.  

I use grated sharp cheddar (but I think most traditional southern variations use mild cheddar or American) diced pimentos, dill pickle relish, yellow mustard and just enough mayo to hold it together,  

And a little salt and pepper 

It’s good as a sandwich filling, on celery or crackers.  

If you like spicy,  it’s delicious in a jalapeño pepper half too 🌶 

When it was time to make the pizzas,  I made one round one that my husband and I ate. 

I rolled out the other half of the dough into 3 individual pizzas and the 3 grands topped them like they wanted.  

The baked at 425 for almost 20 minutes - but my oven bakes a little slow compared to others I’ve used.  

So- that recaps the easy meals I prepared today. 

Hope you are all well 

❤️ Rhonda 

October #3- home things and a little freezer cooking

Hello everyone

 

It was a such a busy summer and I never planted my big zinnia bed but we had a few zinnias come up as volunteers. 

When I cleaned up the flower beds this week,  I pulled the last of them and clipped off the best flowers for an indoor arrangement.  

For a quick lunch, I made grilled cheese sandwiches.  Mine is just cheese and my husband’s also has a ham slice.  

Grilled cheese are so good and convenient.  

I think a lot of people in the fast food drive throughs  would be better off to just go home and have grilled cheese instead of burgers and chicken.  

I did a little bulk, freezer cooking today. 

I put 2 beef roasts in the big crockpot and a tray of Aldi chicken breasts in the other.  

I added a little water and cooked both until they were tender. 

The chicken was done in about 4 hours and the roasts took about 6 hours. 

I shredded the meat and bagged it for the freezer 

This will be used for chicken salad, chicken pot pie, vegetable beef soup, hot roast beef  sandwiches, beef fried rice - 

Lots of yummy and quick meals! 

Speaking of Aldi,  I went there twice this week.  

I found bath towel sets for my daughter when they stage their bathrooms as they ready their home to sell. 

I also bought some yummy and huge strawberries there.  

  

I started this week still feeling poorly mostly from my fall when walking our dog.  

I did a few things but I rested a lot this week and thankfully I am feeling much better! 

Rest can do amazing things 

Hope you all have had a very good week 

❤️Rhonda