All Grown Up

New Placemats

Beauty In My Garden

Pizza Dough

My recipe for pizza dough is very simple and works out fine every time.

You need:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (if you like a softer chewy crust use bread flour)
1 packet of dry yeast (or 1 Tbs of the good stuff from the health food store, which ours sadly no longer carries)
salt
enough warm water to make a soft but not sticky dough.
Knead with electric mixer until ball forms then knead some more with your hands until dough is smooth. Shape into a ball.
Cover and let rise until about double in size (usually I let mine rise for about 2 hours).


PS: Yesterday's muffins were blueberry. :)

Sunday

A Few Cat Pictures

I spent the week gardening, knitting hats and scarves for the homeless shelter, watching the Tour de France on TV and playing with the cats, well, Momma Cat and Brownie are the only ones who let me actually touch them, but they are competing hard for my attention and affection. Scarface is not as shy as he was but he keeps his distance, so does Frankie (and Miss Kitty dislikes them all). ;)

The Joy of Zucchinis - Week 2

Zucchini bread in muffin form (thanks, Serena, for the tip).

Stuffed, baked and served with tomato sauce.

Roasted, with whole wheat pasta and feta cheese.

With mushrooms in curry sauce.

And another tart, this time with a little ham in the mix.

Fresh Produce

The harvest has been good so far this year. The tomatoes are just starting to come in, the peas and the spinach are done but the beans are still producing. The peppers have survived and have tiny fruits, the Japanese eggplant is doing well. The carrots are a bit hard to pull this year but are very nice.

More Garden Things

In the Garden

The Joy of Zucchinis - Week 1

When your garden gives you zucchini in abundance ...

Bake zucchini bread,

serve them with pork chops,

make a zucchini tart,

grill them,

and put the leftovers on a white pizza with fresh tomato and basil.

I hope to find some inspiration for next week in here:

Yesterday's harvest.