My goals I did not accomplish was blog every night. I had the Blogger opened, camera plugged in and within seconds, I was asleep. Reading? Same thing.
The goal that I focused on mainly was cooking everyday. This time it seemed harder. Not sure why, but I had an horrible time thinking of a proper menu. I also had to shop like a true expat, which means no trips to the commissary. I shop on the German market more these days anyway, so that's not much of big deal.
Anyway I did get better. Thursday was Chicken Lime Fajitas. I forgot that I bought chipotle chili pepper so it was spicier than normal. Sooooo I washed the kiddos chicken and served haha. They ate it all, so I am happy. But will learn from that simple, but costly mistake. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though. But I love spicy food. My kids not so much!
Friday we had a classic. Homemade pizza. I love making pizza, and even better when you have a food processor! Will make a separate post for this recipe soon. Jamie Oliver has definitely inspired my pizza crusts! I also make my own sauce and use buffalo mozzarella. It's so worth using the best ingredients and it's not even costly!
Friday night I was going through Twitter looking for inspiration and found "The Naptime Chef". She had a recipe for Artichoke Lasagna. I LOVE artichokes and this lasagna has a cream sauce, so it's a winner in my tomato sauce hating 4 year-old's eyes! I am eager to make this when I find the ingredients. Until then I made a Chicken-Broccoli Lasagna. I poached chicken for the first time, using whole peppercorns, herbs, bay leaf, and garlic and it tasted amazing. I was always afraid to poach in fear if losing the taste of the chicken, but if you add some flavor to the water, the chicken is then flavored. Alternatively I could have roasted the chicken, but I am happy I didn't. I also used broccoli instead of spinach because my kids will not come near it if spinach was added! They watch me cook and know every ingredient by looking at it. My son can spot one dice of an onion in a haystack! The lasagna turned out amazing and tastes even better leftover.
If anyone would like recipes, please comment and let me know. I will be more than happy to send some your way!
Can you please give me the pizza recipe that you used? I love pizza but have yet to find a good homemade recipe.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I both like spicy food, too! I am hoping that when Nya gets older, she will too!
-Jessica a.k.a Nya's mom
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
ReplyDelete1 cup warm water
2 cups bread flour
1/2 cup semolina flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons raw cane sugar
Directions
In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine bread flour and semolina flours, olive oil, salt, and sugar and the yeast mixture; stir well to combine. Beat well until a stiff dough has formed. Cover and rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes. Or refrigerate overnight or at least 6 hours for best dough flavor. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Turn dough out onto a well floured surface. Form dough into a round and roll out into a pizza crust shape. Cover with your favorite sauce and toppings and bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
Hey thanks for that info!
ReplyDeleteI wnat to learn to cook well, because with my boyfriend we're looking short term apartments so we can live toghether... and I want to cook nice things for him
so thanks for this info, very usefull for me