Thursday, May 26, 2011

Its Grilled Pizza tonight!

I have a really great and easy pizza recipe that I think you should try.  It only takes an hour and you are ready grill.

This dough make two large pizzas.

2 cups of warm water - 90 degrees
2 packets of active dry yeast
4-6 cups of all purpose flour
4 tablespoons olive oil, plus oil olive to grease your bowl and grill
1 teaspoon salt
cornmeal for dusting the pan


If you have a standing mixer this is perfect for the job. If not, then place in bowl and use a wooden spoon.

Place water in mixing bowl, and sprinkle yeast on top. Mix gently until fully dissolved. Stir in half the flour, 4 tablespoon of oil and salt. Use dough hook or wooden spoon combine well, then gradually add the rest of the flour.

The dough should now be a large sticky mass and might appear to be a hopeless mess. Don't despair! When it begins to stick together and come away from the sides of the bowl, turn out on a floured surface and begin to knead. If you are using a mixer continue mixing for five minutes and dough will no longer be sticky.

You know you are done when the dough has a smooth texture and if you press into it, it will have a little give.
By hand this should take about 10 minutes, by mixture it should take about 3-5 minutes.

Form the dough into a ball and place in a oil bowl and cover for 30 minutes.  Punch dough and cover again for another 30 minutes. If you are looking for a really soft dough you will need to double your time for rising.

Uncover the bowl and punch down the risen dough, expelling the gases. The dough is now ready to be used.

Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and cut it in half. Starting in the middle and working outwards, roll each half into a circle. I use the bottom on a cookie sheet to place my dough on that has been dusted with cornmeal. This makes getting the pizza onto to the grill very easy.
Let your dough relax while you are getting your ingredients together. Turn your grill on to 500 degrees.

Note: Don't use raw meats, cook them first. Your pizza will only be on the grill for about 5-7 minutes and that is not enough time to cook your meat. Also the same if you like your onions, mushrooms and peppers completely cooked.

Sauce: You really don't want anything heavy on this pizza or it will be soggy. I use a can a Italian diced tomatoes. Drain most of the liquid out and smash tomatoes so they will spread nicely. Jazz up your sauce. Add crushed red pepper, if tomatoes are to tart try adding a pinch of sugar. Remember this is YOUR pizza have fun with it.


Is your grill ready?  Dip a large wadded paper towel into oil and using tongs quickly rub your grill grates so your dough wont stick. I also lightly oil my dough, not to much or it wont cook right.


You are going to cook on side of the pizza for 5-7 minutes then flip it over. This is when you start adding everything onto your pizza. The side that has already been cook. Be quick about!

Don't walk away from your pizza, you can have some flare ups and then you will have burnt pizza. Yuck!

I would cook the pizza one at time until it gets easier for you.

Sometimes I use the second dough to make a dessert pizza. Half cinnamon and sugar, Half chocolate and marshmallow's.


Happy grilling,

Sara

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Have you ever tried to Multi-task?

I wake up each day knowing that I have things that need to get done. Get the kids up, feed and out the door. Make a mess getting lunches together, then cleaning the mess. What’s for Dinner? I need to sweep, mop and vacuum.  The list can go on until you feel like you may need a nap because of all of the things that you are thinking about doing today. First off let me say how much I hate cleaning. I wish that I could just go to bed and the little cleaning fairies would quietly put everything in order. Can’t you just see them with their little mops and brooms flying around your house have a grand time!

This is where multi-tasking comes into play for me. Since I don’t want to spend my entire day cleaning I try to see how many things I can do at one time.
It’s time to do the Laundry. I start a load while I’m working on lunches /breakfast for my kids. While my kids are eating I unload the dishwasher and put in the dirty ones.
I try to give my kids at least 20 of down time before we leave for school. They play games, watch T.V. or just hang out. While they are hanging out, I’m making all of the beds and cleaning the bathroom since no one knows how to put the tops on the toothpaste, hang up towels and put away all of the junk they use to make themselves beautiful /handsome.
By the time I drop of the kids my first load of laundry is done. I turn to the phone and chat with BFF while I am sweeping then mopping. You have to try this. It seems like no time at all and you have clean floors and you can thank the person that you are talking to!
It is time to fold the laundry.  Perfect timing since your favorite talk show or Soap Opera is on. Fold while you are watching TV., once folding is complete put the clothes away during commercials.  Same goes for dusting and vacuum cleaning. Dust while you watch and vacuum during commercials.

When you think about it’s all really a big game.  Start your day off with a bang. How much can I get done in the two hours?
Now that you have everything completed you can sit back do what you want for the rest of day. Go to lunch with friends, listen to them complain that they have to get back to a messy house and they are never going to finish it before the kids and hubby get home.  Knowing you can go home and eat bon bons if you want to.

Take care,
Sara

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The truth will set you free!

When I started this blog I wanted everyone to really like or even love it. In my first blog - Getting to know Sara I told everyone about my love of reading. I let everyone know that I read Erotica. There are a lot of people really don't even understand what Erotica is all about. I heard it described as porn on paper.  After that posting I received several emails shaming me for putting that out there. They said that I was nuts for sharing something like that. Wondering if I was some kind of a pervert for reading and enjoying the smut.


I took the cowards’ way out and I deleted it. Then my BFF got a hold of me and told me that I really shouldn't care what other people think, that I can write whatever the hell I felt like writing just as long as I enjoyed doing it. 


So here I am again, but this time I telling the complete truth of what I really love to read. What’s the point in typing up a blog if you aren't going to be truthful with yourself? This is also what I want from the people who read my blog. Be truthful with yourself and write what you want and not be afraid what other people will say or do.


Getting to it:

A friend of mine told me she had a really hot book that she wanted to me read. She knew that I loved Romance/Suspense and had hoped that I would enjoy the book. The book had everything you could ever want, murder, drugs, kidnapping, heroine, hero, sex, then love. I only made it to chapter 3 when I stared to blush, got a little hot around the collar, maybe a little squirming, lots of OMG's were coming from my mouth, but I couldn't put it down.

I'm the kind of person that gets completely lost into a good book. I can see the settings, I see the people in my head and I feel their emotions. I love Romance, there is nothing better than heart wrenching book with a great ending.  

 By the time I was finished with the book I had an entire new outlook on sex and the connection you can have with the person you are intimate with. Later that night I jump my husband bones and put some new moves into action! I told him what I read and how it made me feel. Hubby told me that if it made me happy and if we were going to continue to have sex like we just did that I could buy as many books as I wanted. :>) 


My first book was Maverick by Lora Leigh. It is part of Series. I believe there may be six books in the series. Maverick is the second book in the series, Wild Card is the first. If you have not read any of Lora Leigh books I think that you should really give this series a try. She has other series - Bound Heats, but they may be a little too intense for someone just starting out.

So there it is, all out in the open. Let me know what you think. still going to blog about Hubby, Children, cleaning and cooking. I’m just going to be adding a little extra to the mix.

Keep Reading, 

Sara