new recipe...

Pizza night tonight - as usual - and we tried some new ones...
We had a BBQ chicken, onion, and pineapple pizza (MMMmmm)
& Loaded Baked Potato Pizza - I was so full from the previous pizzas to try this one, but it was made and will be eaten - I felt it was something that must be shared :)

Cutest Dog Competition

How does one screw up rice krispie treats???

I don't know...
I can honestly say I haven't made them since I was a kid, and back then, I didn't make them I "helped".
So I was given this amazing recipe for Carmel Rice Krispie Treats... I have been salivating over this recipe for weeks now.
Last night, I broke down and made them...
1 can condensed milk
1 stick of butter
1 8oz bag of caramels
1 bag of big marshmallows
and 5 cups of rice krispies....

Lets just say they are much stickier than regular rice krispies... and I added 6 cups of rice krispies.... I don't even think that's enough! But delicious anyway... I have no idea how we are going to eat them all they are so sweet... but i had one for breakfast :)

Pizza!

Who doesn't love pizza?
It is so versatile!!!!
Saturday nights are PIZZA NIGHT!
I just realized I have never posted the pizza dough recipe... So I thought I would now before I get started on pizza for this evening (on my brand new pampered chef stone! I wonder how different it will be)

The Recipe:
1 envelope active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (+ more for handling)
1 teaspoon salt
oil

Put warm water in a cup; sprinkle yeast over water and stir in sugar.  Let yeast stand for about 10 minutes or until it begins to bubble.
Sift flour and salt into a mixing bowl; pour yeast mixture and mix with a dough hook until a stiff dough is formed.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface; knead for about 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic.  Add extra flour as needed to keep from sticking to hands and surface.
Place in a large bowl greased with oil (olive oil, mmmm) turn dough over to coat the other side. Cover with a dish towl; let rise in a warm place for about 30 minutes.  Dough will double in bulk; punch down and divide in half.  Stretch dough into two separate pizzas.
After topped with all the goodies, bake at 425 for 12-18 minutes :)
ENJOY!
(I'll be topping one of them with Mike's favorite toppings - Diced Tomatoes & Fresh Garlic)
mmmm I'm getting really hungry....

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...

I actually posted things on here...
Lack of inspiration I guess...
Any who, maybe next month will be better, I'll start anew.
Till then mac and cheese and pasta here I come!

Oh yeah... I went grocery shopping for August... one whole month at only one store (Meijer)... pretty good could have done better if I had made the extra trip to one other store (Caputo's) but I won't complain about $80 for a month of food!!

September, the plan is to build my pantry! I'm excited to go stock up on stuff so I can have more variety in the thing I make!

Oh ooo ooo ooo... One last thing to mention... the Pioneer Woman just launched tastykitchen.com
If you join, search for me and add me as a friend dianahadley (yes very un-original!)
But some really awesome recipes are there... I'd say even better than allrecipes.com... but that's just me =)
Enjoy!!