Born Again Pizza Piety

Yesterday I redid the Greek yogurt pizza recipe. This is an interesting recipe that originated on Pinterest and has been circulating the web. The crust recipe is easy enough to find and easier to make: self rising flour + plan Greek yogurt. That's all you need. I didn't have self rising flour so I did mine with regular flour, baking powder, and salt for the crust.

Last time I made this with my friend Karen and we screwed it up royally. It's like, the easiest crust recipe on earth but we made it too sticky and we didn't take time I knead it :-/

This time, I made my own sauce using tomato paste, and topped the pizza with black beans, mexican and parmesan cheeses, and cherry tomato halves. O so good! Definitely deserves a repeat. Next time I'll make it with my gluten intolerant friend and rice flour. Mmm.

xo, Kristin

One Skillet Wonder

A few months ago I started subscribing to Bon Appetit in the hope that somehow their cooking knowledge would somehow osmosis into my brain just by salivating over the wonderfully arranged food photography. Unfortunately that's not how things worked.

This month Bon Appetit actually had a few recipes for food ne sais pas people like me: one skillet wonders. Basically you throw all the ingredients into one skillet and cook it. That's what I like to hear!!

And it turned out well. Can't believe it.

xo, Kristin

Pumpkin Bread & Muffins

Since we had a snow day Wednesday, I didn't have to go into the high school to teach. To celebrate I made pumpkin pancakes, and then on Thursday decided to use the left over canned pumpkin to make pumpkin bread!

For a few months I've been meaning to make pumpkin bread. I used this recipe for both the bread and the mini-muffins. They turned out great! I devoured the bread yesterday with my family and we've been steadily working on the muffins. This is definitely a repeat recipe.

xo, Kristin

Pizza Piety

My two friends from undergrad, Inky and Karen were over this week for New Year's. We had a nice Baldwin House reunion and were finally able to hang out without the stress of schoolwork hanging over our heads, which meant that we had time to experiment a little in the kitchen.

So was birthed this pizza. We used whatever I had in the fridge and pantry. The dough is made from 3 ingredients: flour, baking powder, and plain greek yogurt (using a take on this recipe). On top is grated cheese, pasta sauce, corn, mixed greens, leftover ham, and some sliced up hard boiled eggs for the vegetarian half of the pizza. 

Once it was cooked, it was tasty but the dough wasn't very crispy. Next time we need to actually knead the pizza dough, and maybe spread it a little thinner for a crispier crust. This definitely calls for a repeat!

We finished off the meal by whipping together some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

xo, Kristin