It's fresh mozzerella, tomato, garlic, and basil pizza for us, what is dinner for you?

[denbot]

Homemade and yummie. We have been making our own pizza for a while, and have learned to make a pretty good pie. Especially since the local non chain pizzeria's are charging around 25 bucks a pie.

[Auggie]

1. I love that combo

Can't get any better than that. Do you make your own crust?

[denbot]

15. I do.

My wife says mine is a little "breadie", so sometimes we get the pre-made Trader Joe's dough. Personally I prefer mine.

[Auggie]

19. If you're really into it...

may I suggest American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza by Peter Reinhart?

Reinhart is a bread guru. I met him a few years ago and have been making his Napoletana dough since. It's super easy. And I've never had better a better crust since. Not from any homemade recipe. Not from any restaurant.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580084222/1n9867a-20

[denbot]

24. Cool thanks.

Alley has been suggesting that I do the Alton Brown method and make my crust dough the day before. For some reason I don't want to "plan" to make a pie. I hope that is not what this guy suggests..

[Auggie]

36. You can freeze this dough

The reason for making it ahead is to allow for a prolonged, chilled fermentation in the refrigerator. That is where the yeast flavors really develop. I have a batch in the fridge right now that I made yesterday morning. In a few minutes I'll divide it up into ZipLock bags and put in the freezer. When were ready for pizza I'll let it defrost for about 4 to 5 hours.

You can also make and cook it the same day without freezing. Works just as well. Just allow ample time -- about three hours -- for the chilled fermentation. And then allow it to "rest" and return to room temperature.

Good luck.

[nickinSTL]

2. sounds good - we had curried vegetables and rice

good, but not too exciting.

[Ohio Joe]

3. I made a meatloaf tonight

Beef, veal and pork with chopped onion, celery, a little cholula sauce, oregano and cream of mushroom soup. White corn and tater tots on the side. It was yummy!

[Xipe Totec]

4. Lentil soup with andalouie sausage, and rosemary bread

[rurallib]

5. Made some Pizza Soup 2 weeks ago. Talk about good!

And last week it was the hit of our soup supper fundraiser.

[Ohio Joe]

6. Sounds interesting...

How do you make it?

[rurallib]

33. Well essentially we put the toppings in a crock pot with sauce

and my wife put in some beef stock and voila - pizza soup.
I believe there are actually recipes on the net. Add water if you want to make it soupier.
I just wanted to get away from the bread.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear denbot!

Ooh, good for you!

I made some bread crumb-encrusted pan-fried filets of petrale sole, with side veggies...

I have to say that my good husband pronounced it yummy too!

[Auggie]

9. Petrale is one of my great weaknesses...

I usually dust in a light flour/cornmeal combination and saute in butter and olive oil.

[Broken_Hero]

8. chicken taco's and kool-aid nt

[El Supremo]

10. Fish

:puke:

[femmocrat]

11. Some kind of breaded haddock (frozen), shells, and salad.

I make that pizza in the summer with fresh tomatoes and basil from my garden. Heavenly! :)

[Lucy Goosey]

12. Lebanese takeout

Chicken shawarma, rice, hummus, fatoush.

Washed down with a couple of beers - Canadian beers only, because there's an Olympic hockey game tonight, and "no foreign beers on game day" is one of my few international hockey superstitions.

[Kali]

13. fresh pot of pinto beans and

corn tortillas with cheese baked (in my WORKING oven) until crispy, home made salsa - good cheap comfort food.

[martymar64]

14. Hot Wings, Sol Cervezas and Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream

Yummy.

[kentauros]

16. leftover Black Bean and Fire Roasted Tomato Soup

http://delicioustv.com/2007/06/black-bean-and-fire-roasted-tomato-soup

That recipe makes it spicier than I like, so I added more beans, some corn and veggie "crumbled meat" to the whole. Still tasty more than a week later (I froze half of it.)

The same site has a pizza recipe I'd like to try sometime, too: Potato Sage Pizza :)

[old mark]

17. Marinated chicken breast and broccoli with cheese sauce,

fresh blueberries in cream.

mark

[tango-tee]

27. Coming right over!

Will be there in a flash... Save me some, willya?

:hi:

[old mark]

32. Lots of leftovers - only the 2 of us.

Chicken was marinated in cheap Italian salad dressing-it's just great for that.

mark

[old mark]

35. Sadly - for you - we ate them all this morning.

You have to be quick around here....


mark

[tango-tee]

38. Deeply disappointed.... Didn't Mom tell you to share????

Sending hugs anyway. :hug:

[old mark]

40. Thanks, TT....

I never listened to mom.
That's why I turned out the way I did.
mark

[MrsBrady]

18. I decided to splurge and bought salmon steaks....

Wine. Made broiled yellow squash.
And red rice cooked in the pheasant stock I made at Christmas from the leftover birds.
I pan seared the salmon with fresh garlic and olive oil. Finished off in the oven with a chilipowdered base
homemade spice mix I use.

Quite yum. As my husband says.

[proteus_lives]

20. Baloney sandwich.

[Gabi Hayes]

21. health food for me, too:

meijer's grape soda and thick cut tatochips

cabot's habanero cheddar

yum mo!

E V O O!!

[proteus_lives]

22. That sounds good.....

But I'm distracted by something else in your post.....It's like I can't look away......

[Gabi Hayes]

23. tastes great...

less filling!

[MiddleFingerMom]

37. Those door/drawer handles are DWARFED, aren't they? n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. To me, making my own pie means making my own crust and sauce.

What do you consider making your own pizza?

[denbot]

29. Unless Alley steps in and demands Trader Joe's herb crust dough.

I make it all. Usually I put aside a little spaghetti sauce for pizza, it's kind of a leftover thing. I like to make my dough the same day but my wife says that I am supposed to let the dough sit over night.

Do you make your dough the day before?

[tango-tee]

26. Mmmmm... Calabrese!

If you want the lightest, best pizza crust ever, add a small, freshly boiled potato, pushed through a sieve, to the dough after it has risen. Knead again. First time I tried it I was thinking... well, hummmmmm, I'll give it a shot but don't know what this is gonna do. It's great! Once you've tried it, you will be the king or queen of pizza crust. Trust me. It's great!

Just got back from a short trip concerning work. Let's not even talk about tonight's dinner. Arrgh. Envying my cat who is licking his bowl with obvious enjoyment.

[denbot]

30. Interesting..

Is that what Calabrese means?

[tango-tee]

31. Actually, I meant to say "Caprese".

I apologize. To keep from making a total idiot of myself, all I can say is that it was very, very early in the morning over here when my fingers hit the keyboard.

Calabria is a region in southern Italy. The native, stick-to-your-ribs-cooking there = alla calabrese. I lived in Southern Italy and believe me, the food does stick to your ribs. Delicious....

Caprese (alluding to the isle of Capri) on the other hand means a salad consisting of white, red and green, which represents the Italian flag: sliced white mozzarella, sliced red tomatoes and green basil leaves. All with a bit of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Oh, and if you want a real treat, try buffalo mozzarella instead of the regular cow's milk kind. Or smoked mozzarella.

Please forgive me for unintentionally misleading you. Man, I can be such a ditz at times. I really wanted to set this straight.


:dunce: :dunce: :dunce:

[MiddleFingerMom]

39. LOVE Caprese salad...

.
... but for me, it's WOEFULLY incomplete without a splash or two
of balsamic vinegar. Thinking of having that as an appetizer
tonight (I splurged on some fresh mozzarella on sale).
.

[tango-tee]

41. Yes. Mmmm. Drooling.

Over here, there are various balsamic vinegars on sale in tiny bottles so the cost isn't overwhelming. Same for wonderful oils. Hazelnut, pumpkin seed, walnut... I've started buying these tiny bottles as the need (desire!!!) arises for them. Thanks to the small size of the bottles they can be used so quickly, meaning they won't turn rancid by sitting in the kitchen cupboard for months, becoming a waste of money.

MiddleFingerMom, it is ALL YOUR FAULT that I will be on my way to the fridge with a growling stomach only seconds after I've hit "Post Message". Deep sigh.



:spank:

[MiddleFingerMom]

43. I think this "chain" of upscale gourmet SUPERmarkets...

.
... may just have two or three sites in Arizona (I seem to think there's
a couple in NM or CA), but AJ's Fine Foods is a small "Mom & Pop" gourmet
grocery on a GRAND scale.
.
GREAT place to go just to windowshop... and my friends and I used to boast
about how LITTLE we spent when we went there ("I got outta there only spendin'
$35." "Get outta town!!!!".
.
The single most expensive thing I saw there (most things are surprisingly
affordable) was about a 2-3 oz bottle of Italian Balsamic Vinegar (maybe
aged 60 years or something like that). $240!!! I had to go get one of the
clerks to show her and she took it from my hand and, without missing a beat,
stuck it down her cleavage. She just grinned at me, but after about a
two-count took it back out laughing.
.
I've HEARD that really good aged Balsamic vinegar thickens like maple syrup
and is EXCEPTIONAL on vanilla ice cream.
.
I've always wanted to test that.
.

[tango-tee]

45. Holy cow.

There are *some* items that are so chi-chi, that their mere chi-chi-ness causes me to avoid them like the plague.

A company I worked for hosted its annual X-mas party at one of these upscale restaurants which serves a couple of see-through slices of beef alongside three pedigreed, basil-foam crowned carrot sticks on giant plates. Result: Once this entire nightmare of a party was done and over with we all rushed, starved as we were, to the nearest pub for some decent bratwurst, mashed potatoes and beer.

[Petrushka]

28. Crabcakes (oven "fried") --- Spinach Risotto --- Tomato & Cucumber Salad w/Dill Dressing

The crabcakess were my own homemade concoction using Louis Kemp "crab"
(sold for 99-cents per 8 oz. package this week at Meijer, $2.00 off) and,
for $3.96, I made sixteen crabcakes . . . enough for two meals for four
people.

To oven "fry" the crabcakes, I lightly coated a baking sheet with olive oil spray and
covered them with a sheet of aluminum foil that was also coated with the spray.
I, then, topped 'em with a baking sheet to hold the foil down so they'd brown
on both sides at once.

[hobbit709]

34. Buffalo burger with pepper jack cheese on bakery whole wheat kaiser roll.

[KamaAina]

42. I only get one topping

the regional chain near me finally got on board with the pizza price wars; you get a large one-topping for ten bucks.

[DFW]

44. I made my own Italian tonight

My wife is with her mom this weekend, so I made Coda di Rospo (monkfish) in red pesto,
olive oil, sautéed garlic cloves, sun-dried tomatoes and green olives with a dash of
white wine added at the end.

Cold-pressed apple juice to drink, and Belgian dark hot chocolate for an after-dinner
finish.

It may not be fast food, but I can do slow and be happy.