LOVE garlic! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

Sounds good. In an effort to cut costs we are eating in a little more too. But I missed pizza. If you have publix around you can usually find pizza dough in their deli section. We make homemade pizzas about once a week. (Usually with the whole grain dough) Its lots of fun and much cheaper than take out. And I think the regular (non-whole grain) dough is even on sale this week.

This is a super easy pizza dough recipe that you can make with ingedients you have in the pantry. This was Sissy's recipe from long ago.

Homemade Pizza
For 3 round pan pizzas – or - 1 round & 1 rectangular cookie sheet:
2 pkgs. yeast
2 c. warm water
2 t. salt
2 t. sugar
4 T. oil
4 ½ cups plain flour
o Dissolve yeast in water
o Add salt, sugar & oil
o Mix well
o Add flour 1 c. at a time
o Spray pizza pans with vegetable spray & sprinkle with a little cornmeal.
o Divide dough equally & pat out on pan ((it is a wet dough, so add enough flour -- maybe 1/4 cup -- to pat out to not stick to your hands)
o Bake 2 min. @ 400
o Remove from oven & spread tomato sauce mixed with spices or “jarred” pizza sauce, choice of meats (sausage, pepperoni, etc.) & vegetables (bell pepper & pineapple – yummy!)
o Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese & any other cheeses of choice
o Bake for 10 minutes & then rotate pizzas from top to bottom racks & vice versa. Check crust for doneness.

Serve with Pringles as a side dish :o) or kernel corn like in grade school :o)

We are also eating at home more -- we made a commitment last week to only eat out when traveling and this has only been a week and I think I feel better and our weight can tell it too! And I know our budget does! Over 30 years ago (pre-children days :o), I made a list of everything we liked and placed it in a favorite cookbook. I got the list out recently & we made a monthly menu with that list, along with other favorites added since then and it surprised me how varied our menu was for the month. I'll share that with you soon. One thing that helps when making new recipes is to cut them in half or fourths & give it a try before making a whole recipe & finding out you don't like it & waste the money & time on it. Then if you like it, add it to your list. I made the mistake with trying an oven-fried chicken recipe recently with when hosting a large group of people. I should have tried it first so I knew how to alter it to make it better. Live & learn :o)

hugs,
granmom

Iliya is getting so big. He is growing up so quickly. I like his longer hair too. What a little cutie he is!

Thanks for sharing your recipe.

We had the salad tonight for dinner and it was wonderful. Since we are dieting it will work good for us. Thanks girl for the recipe. Share some more with us that will help loose the pounds.

Carolyn Nelson