Sunday, August 30, 2009

Mamma Mia it's Sonia's Pizza!

Matt has a lot more free time at work than I do. (Yes I'm jealous) So he often comes home with a lot of random information on various subject or new ideas he wants to pursue.
This past week he stumbled upon wood-fired brick ovens in his spare time and after a few days of researching nothing but this, he decided that this would be his first project as soon as we get a house next year.
In preparation for this backyard pizza oven we will one day be having, Matt decided we needed to start trying out new pizza recipes so that we could master one that we could cook in this oven one day.
It seemed like fate when we opened up my friend Sonia's blog "La Dolce Vita" and saw her "New and Improved Pizza Recipe".
Matt wanted to document this experience, so below are our pictures.
Letting the dough rise under a tea towel.
Matt getting ready to toss the pizza in the air.
A perfectly rolled crust!
Matt insisted he make this face for a picture, lol. Okay, so I know Sonia is thinking, uh that does not look like my pizza, and everyone else is probably thinking, that looks sick. BUT, you've got to take into consideration my husbands love for cheese and olives and my allergy for cheese.
One half is mine: sauce and fresh tomatoes only.
The other half is Matt's: fresh mozzarella (which really does make all the difference) and some special olives he got at the deli.
MMM!

Matt said this was the best pizza he had ever had!

Hey Good Lookin'... Whatcha got Cookin'?

Delicious Fresh Strawberry Lemonade
S'mores Cupcakes
The insides are filled with hot fudge.
Dark Chocolate Ganache Iced Cupcakes
Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes
I forgot to take a picture, so I got this one here

Although I only got to taste the lemonade, I still had a lot of fun trying some new recipes. Baking is truly my stress reliever.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Ringling Brothers- The Saddest Show on Earth

It's circus time again and I'm even more disgusted this year than the others.
I can't understand why anyone would take their kids to see such a terrible thing.
Here's just a reminder of what people are funding by attending the circus.