So, this week I made DELICIOUS pesto for the first time. I got 2 recipes out of the pesto.
Go to this web address for the entire pesto recipe + great pics:
http://www.pickyourown.org/pesto.php
Tomato, Cheese & Pesto Pizza
- 2 ripe vine tomatoes
- 1 bag pre-shredded mozzarella cheese
- basil leaves (enough for 2 cups)
- fresh grated Parmesan cheese (a cheaper sub of Parmesan-Reggiano)
- EXTRA virgin olive oil
- pine nuts
- Fresh garlic cloves (to taste)
- Pizza Crust (pre-made or homemade)
1. If you are making your own pizza crust, look up recipe and prep the dough to rise 1st. Lots of recipes available online, depending on your taste. I used one with honey and whole wheat flour.
2. While dough rises, prepare pesto. Put in fridge to chill. (See website! This one is great.)
3. Rest while dough finishes rising after pesto is prepped.
4. Roll-out dough or prep your pre-made crust.
5. Spread chilled pesto onto pizza crust as base/sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over pesto. Place tomatoes on top.
Bake at 350 until cheese is melted and slightly brown/crust is cooked through.
ENJOY~ I didn't include all the specific details of times/amounts because you can really tweak the recipe depending on ingredients/preference. I'm a really flexible 'chef' so I constantly make adaptations. For example, when making this recipe I also took leftover dough and spread spaghetti sauce on top then added cheese. These were lunch the next day. Also, the leftover pesto went on quickly boiled pasta (simple pasta and pesto) the next night. Even though this was an evening of cooking, it resulted in 3 awesome meals.
Your recipes? Thoughts? Ideas? I was surprised at how easy it is to make my own bread, wheat tortillas, crust. It does take several hours of open time to hang out around the house, but money wise---a GREAT deal. Also, even though it takes time, when you think about how much other's pay for access to simple flour and how much CHEAPER it is to make our own bread . . . . Well, that's food for thought.
If we see where our food comes from, does that change our decisions?
Recipes to follow:
- homemade salsa with home grown cilantro
- homemade enchiladas, the easy way
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2 comments:
i just made pesto last week!! its delicious!! homemade pizza is awesome too!! try pizza crust, pesto, topped with fresh broccoli, tomatoes, and mozarella. yum...
you should check out the art of simple food by alice waters. its half cooking techniques and half simple, basic, awesome recipes!!
mike and i are trying to do all organic and since its soooo expensive im having to resort to old school and make everything myself. i make about 7 loaves of bread a week, every meal, every cookie or cake...its rewarding but very time consuming! i am seriously always in the kitchen!!!
i'm excited for your herb garden! mike and i have started a small garden in our back yard. for everything i want to plant it needs to be about 10 times bigger though! =)
i just finished reading the memory keepers daughter. it was good, but i was very upset with the books plot...i just wanted to smash all the characters but midway through they started to grow, change, evolve and the story got much better for me then.
have a great day miss liz!!
YIPPEE dawn. Sounds awesome.
I want your bread making tips. :-)
Have you noticed that once you start eating homemade, hearty, non-processed food...even semi-processed food tastes like CRUD. I feel like you cross the threshold far enough and it's hard to go back.
YOU ROCK MRS Dawn!
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