Bread Pizza with a Veggie Salsa Filed under ( Bread, Italian food, Mushrooms, Pizza, Snacks )

Have left over bread at home?? Thinking what to do??? So was I doing!!! But now I don’t need to…. Bcoz I have many options…. I use them in chapathis, make rolls, Sandwiches, and now Pizzas…. Yeh U heard it ryt Bread Pizza


My last post was regarding bread so I thought it wud be great to post something related to it, here is the recipe.
We Need:
Bread Slices – 6-7
Pizza sauce – ½ cup
Vegetable (corn kernels, mushrooms, tomato, capsicum – all three colors, onion
Mozzarella Cheese Grated- 1 cup
Italian seasoning (rosemary, basil, thyme, oregano) – to sprinkle on top
Salt to taste

For the Pizza Sauce:

• 1 cup tomato paste
• 6 glasses(small) warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 3/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon galic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black peppe
• 1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
• salt to taste

Directions

1. In a small bowl, combine tomato paste, water, Parmesan cheese,garlic, honey, onion powder, oregano, basil, ground black pepper, garlic powder,red pepper flakes and salt; mix together, breaking up any clumpsof cheese.
2. Sauce should sit for 30 minutes to blend flavors.........

Now for the Pizza:

Cut all the veggies into small dices and saute them (no need to add oil).

Place bread slices on a baking tray. Apply pizza sauce on all the slices. Spread all the vegetables.
Sprinkle salt on every slice (make sure u don’t add much salt).
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese & Italian seasoning on top of each slice.
Bake it for 5 minutes or until cheese melts @ 350*F

Yumilicious Bread Pizza is ready to serve.

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.

Like always will be back soon with a Yummy post,

Onion Bread Filed under ( Bread, Breakfast, Snacks )

Heyaa!!!! I am sure all r in pink of health. Its gona be all about baking & baking in my blog for few weeks. Those biscuits or may be bread….etc …..Etc. It’s been long time I have shared ne bread recipe with you guys…. Common today is the ryt time…. I’ll share it with ya all.

When matter comes about time I remember Amma a lot and thtz bcoz wheneva she tells me to do some work I have a answer ready “Amma magiri karta” (Mom I’l do it later). Yeh I was a lazy daughter (not always I must say :P) …………………. Whateva it may be I used to do those work but ‘Not In Time’. :P

Now I feel very bad for it…. But m sure most of them r very lazy b4 their marriage bcoz they Neva have ne responsibilities or something like tht???? Isn’t it??? Anyways I’ll keep pulling on my story later…. So how about the bread talks now????

Every time we visited a supermarket (In SA), my hub used to luk at the pack of onion flake as if he is gona grab them from there…..But then it was “donno how it wud taste next time” …but then came a auspicious day :D to buy those flakes….. I must say they ver really tasty (it was just like fried onions)…. I used them in soups..Gravys….etc… etc Then I decided to add them in breads how about A Onion bread (we love onions…. A onion story some other time :D). I tried it my own way…. I must say it ot only was fluffly it was Yummy too…

I wud like to share the recipe with u guys so that u guys can try it out and tell me how it came out….. J

We need:

Wheat flour(Atta) - 2 cups ,Luke warm water - 1 cup ,Salt - 1 tsp ,Olive oil - 2 tbsp,1 tbsp active Yeast, Onion flakes - 7-8 tbsp, Sugar - 1 tsp.

Method:

Place yeast, sugar and milk in a bowl and mix to combine. set aside in a warm place for 5 minutes or until bubbles begin to form on surface.

Mis together the flour, salt, oil and yeast mixture,onion flakes in a bowl and mix until a smooth dough forms. knead on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic, adding a little extra flour to the dough if it becomes too sticky.

Roll it into a round shape and allow to rest for n hour or more.

Now knead the dough again nd mix well nd rest it for another hour. ( roll the dough into the shape u want to bake rectangular or round)

Preheat oven at 350F

So if u see onion flakes ne where do not stare Just buy them :D.

Don worry if u don’t get onion flakes then u can fry then until golden brown and ad them up too

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza lovein it.

Till My Next Post,

♥ Focคcciค....ค first bคked breคd ♥ Nd M being Honest ♥ Filed under ( Bread, Breakfast, Italian food, MeMe, Snacks )

Ah! We never ate lozza bread during our childhood. It was always tht we ate bread only when we were not keeping well :P…but as we grew we started getting bread at home…Eggless- Harish Bakery bread (this one as it was one of the Amchi’s bakery nd one of our known ppl). As time pasd we started lovin the City Bakery Bread it was so soft nd moist….

Amma started making sandwiches (2-3 varities )…Anu doesn’t eat though(bcoz he never ate onions nor garlic). I loved the fried onion sandwich vch amma made….I remember the day we bought tht sandwich toaster….:P

We had been to Market in blore(10 yrs bac) tht….my aunt was just married nd new to tht place…she just took one jamun(jambul in konkani …the purple colour berry vch we get during april may) from the batti for taste so tht she cud buy the Bai (lady) there started shouting… Enamma hange tinnodu 50 ps kodi…. (how can u eat like tht now gimme 50 ps for one jamun) we were shocked actually as at tht time 50 ps for one jamun was so costly….:P…..guys u myt be wondering na from bread I went to market, jamun all those things….I m just like tht….:P I started the matter bcoz we bought tht toaster the same day….:P





I remember when once someone ( I don’t want to specify but I m sure if he reads this he will kno who m I spking about :P m sure after reading this he wud never take bread to someones house He he he :P) had visited our place and got 2 loafs of simple bread…As soon as he left all started telling is someone sick at our home tht he got bread…it was ok even if he never got ne thing…:P…..Nd thts bcoz we take bread to someone’s place or hospitals only if someone is sick isn’t it? ( I think m dragging this post too sick :P )…I donno each persons custom myt differ…..:P

Then on amma started making fried onion sandwiches which we just loved…it was so yum… I used to sit on my kitchen slab and relish them hot hot as she prepares.

Now to the bread story…….i ate bakery bread everytime….never tried home made bread but wanted to try it once….. when I started getting my hands on baking i decided of baking bread…. Nd tried my hand on wheat bread. It was in my drafts from more than 4 months :P

It got baked nd I nevr had a piece of it also bcoz I wanted my hubby to taste it first (as he is the guinea pig :P)

He ate the piece nd told Aps do u know ht u have baked???? I was worried then comes a answer its focaccia..Italian bread…..its so tasty….:P… …when I checked the pecipe it was similar…but they added cheese Parmesan nd mozzarella…vch I did not.

He he he I never knew the name though

Ne ways I stop my chatting patting here nd move on to my recipe



We need

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Finely powdered oats- ½ cup

Salt – 1 tsp

Milk – 4tbsp

Italian seasoning (basil,oregano,Rosemary,thyme) – 2tbsp

Garlic powder – 1 tsp

Water (luke warm) – 1 cup

Active Dry yeast – 1 tbsp

Black pepper – 1 tsp (crushed)

Butter/olive oil – 2 tbsp

Sugar – 1tsp

Seasme seeds - 1/2 tsp





Method:

Place yeast, sugar and milk in a bowl and mix to combine. set aside in a warm place for 5 minutes or until bubbles begin to form on surface.

Mix together the flour, salt, oil, water and yeast mixture, Garlic powder, Italian seasoning, pepper powder, in a bowl and mix until a smooth dough forms. knead on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic, adding a little extra flour to the dough if it becomes too sticky.

Roll it into a round shape and allow to rest for n hour or more.

Now knead the dough again nd mix well nd rest it for another hour. ( roll the dough into the shape u want to bake rectangular or round).

now apply seasme seeds on top.

Preheat oven at 350F

Now grease the baking tray nd place the bread on it and bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.

Remove from Oven and place on a wire rack.

Once cooled down cut slices.



I mixed it in a food processer as I dint want my hands to stick :P

Now a soft nd tasty bead is ready to Eat.







Add lozza ♥ to make it yummmm.♥



Here m awarded by two sweeties Sushma Mallya and

Mytheryi

Requirements:

I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it.

I must list 10 honest things about myselfI must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.

I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links

I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.

Now 10 things vch I m going to tell u Guys....

1. M a Talketive Gal.... I can go on nd on.... My mom used to tell me even the washing stone wud break listening to me..... or i cud even speak to the street lamp.... I know its funny.

2. I love my parents a lot.... I kno i was a adamant daughter though.Nd I feel sorry for tht.

3. My husband is my life and he makes my day.

4. I love ice creams a lot u wake me up from my sleep nd offer me ice creams i wud be fresh :P.

5. Though i dont eat fresh strwaberries..... I love strawberry milk a lot...

6. I hate boasting nd Fake Swami (FS) type of pepole a lot. I just cant stand them.

7. I m a very straight forward person.... I kno its a plus as well as minus point....( i hate back stabbers).

8. I started cooking during my school days thts y i had'n to bang my head in kitchen after marraige :P.

9. I m mad about cook books/blogs, crafts,embroidery,nd ne thing nd everything artistic.... thats y i started a cook blog...nd m sure i will upload some artistic things in my blog soon.....these days m a bit crazy about cam's also...nd m learning to take good clicks from my hubby...He is clicks awesome snaps( i m sure he can start some part time job :P).

10. Laughter is the best medicine....this line will always suit me bcoz i laugh for small things....nd in college we(nandu nd me) ver known as laughing gals.......nd m sure if there was ne laughter award there we wud surely grab it.....:P

I kno i got u guys bored vth this but u guys had to bear me :P.

Now I m passing these award to some more sweeties.

The sweet and lovely Ujwal

The wonderful baker Divya Kudua

I call her Akka Padma Rekha

Lovely cook Lubna

Sweet bloggy Priti

Lovely nd a fast cook Red Chillies

The cuisine lady Suma

I kno evryone deserve this award but i kept to the rule :P...... now i think its time to say bubye.

Tastes Yum Yum when u add lozza love in it.



Keep Smiling

♥

Signing of

Simple White Bread Filed under ( Bread, Breakfast )

It was always a success when I prepared bread at home when I was In Saudi… but here I nevr like the yeat which we got (The Blue Bird Brand) it never even proofed. This was not only my problem but few days before when I was just having a chit chat vth Prathibha she too told me the same….
The making of pav was a super flop twice so I decided to borrow yeast from one of my friend who is good at baking…. I loved tht yeast and it gave me delicious Bread…I got to know now which brand was it and let u all know.  It just fluffed like a darling and I enjoyed making the bread and we enjoyed the bread with bhaji (instead of Pav).

So here is the recipe for a Simple white Bread

Ø  3/4 cup warm water

Ø  1 package active dry yeast

Ø  1 tsp salt

Ø  1-1/2 tbsp sugar

Ø  1 tbsp vegetable oil

Ø  1/2 cup milk

Ø  3 cups all-purpose flour, approximately

Preparation

v In large bowl, add the warm water. Slowly stir in dry yeast and sugar . Continue to stir until yeast is dissolved and allow it to proof for 15 minutes.

v Now to the yeast Add salt, oil, and milk to bowl. Stir.

v Mix in the first 2 cups of flour.

v If needed, begin adding more flour, one tablespoon at a time.

v You do not need to use up all the flour required  for in this recipe, or you may need more flour than required. The amounts vary depending on many factors, including weather, which is why most bread recipes only give an approximate amount of flour as needed.

v Turn dough out onto floured board and knead, adding small spoonfuls of flour as needed, until the dough is soft and smooth, not sticky.

v Put dough in buttered bowl, turn dough over so that the top of dough is greased. Cover and let rise in warm spot for 1 hour.

v Punch down dough. Turn out onto floured board and knead.

v Preheat oven at 180 degrees C. 

v Form dough into loaf and set in buttered bread pan. Cover and let rise for about 30 minutes.

v Put in oven and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.

v Turn out bread and let cool on a rack.Cut into slices and serve accordingly.

Tastes Yum Yum  when u add lozza love in it.

Till Later Then,

Signing of

Tuesday/Wednesday, Butternut Squash Chocolate Chip Bread Filed under ( Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, soy )

Hello! I apologize for going MIA yesterday. Below is a recap on my Tuesday/Wednesday (so far) and a great link for a Butternut Squash Bread recipe. Enjoy ;)

Tuesday: Work was pure craziness and my laptop got a major virus in the middle of it all(it is currently in IT surgery)! After working late, I ran out to teach Body Attack(which was fabulous) and came home to do more work and to eat a quick dinner. Salad:


Chobani +I later mixed in tons of pumpkin+some nut butter (YUM!):

I ran to the airport at 11:30 pm to pick Josh up from a business trip. We came home and passed out around 12:30.

Wednesday: I didn't want to miss my pump class this morning (despite the late bedtime), so I some how rocked out of bed at 5 am for 10 minutes on the elliptical followed by pump. As a result, my day has been run by Starbucks ;) (non fat misto with pumpkin spice syrup):

Work has been crazy/busy again. Since my laptop is in for surgery, I am working from home. During my lunch break, I threw together a Butternut Squash Chocolate Chip bread using this recipe (and chocolate chips instead of walnuts). I used some organic butternut squash puree that I picked up from WFs:
The result:


I had a nibble and it tastes great! I may try to use applesauce instead of oil next time around. I will let you know what my official taste tester (Josh) thinks later.

Tonight, we're doing some more grilling (bbq chicken for Josh, squash and peaches for both). I am also going to try something new to me....tempeh!With all of the controversy surrounding soy, I have been trying to avoid it as much as possible. However, since I do not eat meat most days (I eat seafood on occasion and no land based meats), it felt like it was time to give this protein option a try. Research (which always seems to flip flop) shows that fermented soy products are the best option. So tonight, I will give Tempeh a try! I will let you know what I think tomorrow. What are your thoughts on the great soy debate?

Pulled Pork, Corn Bread, Pole Beans Filed under ( Beans, Bread, pork, Vegetables )

The first day back after a long weekend is always a tough one - I hope yours wasn’t too bad!

After work today, I prepped dinner and got laundry moving. On Monday, I had cooked up some Pulled Pork in the slow cooker to use for a few of Josh’s meals throughout the week. His dinner tonight includes bbq pork, cooked pole beans, fruit (leftover breakfast banana), and some cornbread that I made up this afternoon. I used a Mark Bittman recipe.

For myself, I prepped pole beans, peppers, tomatoes, corn bread, and pinto beans that I cooked up with some chili powder. I will probably also cut up either some cantaloupe or an apple with some delicious nut butter!

Edited to Note: I prepped dinner early as I had to teach Body Attack tonight :)

I really enjoyed reaching the goals I had set for myself this weekend, and decided to set a few for this week.

Goals For the Week:

• Get at least 6.5 hours of sleep per night (I realize this is low, but I’ve been really bad about getting enough sleep..baby steps ;))
• Take a walk with Josh
• Spend at least 15 minutes a night just relaxing (not blogging, doing house work, cooking, etc)
  

How was your day back after the long weekend?

Simply Veggie Pizza Filed under ( Bread, Italian food, Mushrooms, Pizza )

There are some people who don’t like to talk, It’s not that they don’t like to listen either. Some neither listen nor talk…and make as if the conversation going on is very boring even a painful waste of time…:D Some talk and don’t listen and the Last category who talk as well as listen…. In which I get included…. It’s a different thing that I can keep talking non stop….. :P. I know all of ya r thinking y all this??? Last nyt we ver just speaking of someone who belonged to the group neither talk nor listen category…. And enjoying our Pizza…. :D I kno that’s not a topic to enjoy with a pizza but we had lots of  funny stuff in between those talks…..
My mom always told me U will win someone by ur words…. Not only she even my besto best fren tells me the same…. J

Ok now from one talk I may move to another so letz come down to today’s topic … Pizza

I always wanted to make a pizza dough myself at home…. One of my fren passed me the recipe and I tried it… And I always feel ‘A great pizza starts with a great dough’ I don’t bet this ones the best dough but it always works for me..

The click is the old one(not yest…) as it was lying down inmy draft I picked it up….

We enjoyed the pizza to the core…. It had a homemade dough and sauce and lozzzzzzza veggies…

It was simply superb…

Here is the pizza recipe:

For  pizza base:

• 3/4 Cup warm water • 1 Packet active dry yeast • 2 Cups all purpose flour • 1 tsp Sugar • 3/4 tsp Salt • 3 tbsp Olive oil

How to make Pizza Dough:

• Pour 3/4 cup warm water into small bowl and stir in yeast. • Let it stand until yeast dissolves, about 5 minutes. • Mix flour, sugar and salt in processor. • Add yeast mixture and oil. Process until dough forms a sticky ball. • Transfer to lightly floured surface. • Knead dough until smooth. Add more flour if dough is very sticky. • Lightly brush a large bowl with olive oil. • Transfer the dough to prepared bowl and turn it, to coat with oil. • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in warm draft-free area, until doubled in volume (about 1 hour). • Punch down the dough. • Store in an airtight container and refrigerate. • Roll out the dough. • Pizza Dough is ready.  Now For the Sauce : 1 clove garlic, mashed and minced 1 teaspoon salt 6 ounces tomato paste  8 ounces tomato sauce 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon oregano 1 tablespoon olive oil dash red pepper, optional Preparation: Combine all ingredients. Makes about 1 1/2 cups, enough for 2 pizzas.

Now take

50 gm  mozzarella cheeseVeggies (mushrooms, capsicums, onions cut into small dices, fresh corn kernels)

Italian Herbs (oregano, thyme, basil)

Pizza sauce,

Pizza base – 1

 Assembling the Pizza:

Place the Pizza dough on a baking pan (or on pizza stone if u have one).

Spoon on the pizza sauce, and place the topping on the base, sprinkle with cheese.

Bake pizza  until the crust is browned and the cheese is golden, about 10-15 minutes. If you want, toward the end of the cooking     time you can sprinkle on a little more cheese.

Enjoy Ur Homemade Pizza J J J J

Tastes Yum Yum Face Eating Yellow Smiley Decoration Imageswhen u add lozza love Yellow Smiley Face In Love Decoration Imagesin it.

Its time to say bye,

Lasts & Aluminum Free Baking Soda Filed under ( Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, product review )

Today is a day of lasts before all of the firsts begin. It is my last day of work before I begin maternity leave and the last pump class I will teach before the peanut arrives! Crazy, but exciting all at the same time! Whats going on with you this Wednesday?

Yesterday, I squeezed in some baking. I used Bob’s Red Mill Aluminum Free baking soda in both of the baked goods I made. I received this product to review from the nice people at Swanson Health Products (disclaimer: I received this product for free).

 

First up, I made Vegan Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies. I was making these cookies for Diana who placed the winning bid on my baked good through the auction for Susan.

 

The cookies baked up great! They raised up very nicely.

Since the Almond Butter recipe doesn’t make a ton of cookies, I decided to make a second baked good for Diana, Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip muffins. I made just a couple adjustments to the recipe: I added chocolate chunks and made muffins (baked for 30 minutes) instead of bread.

Do you have a favorite baking product? Are you interested in getting some free Swanson Health Products goodies to review on your own blog? Then check out the Swanson Health Blog for all the details.

Frank Reviews & Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Filed under ( Bread, Breakfast, product review )

Yayyyy Friday! What are your weekend plans? I have the Body Pump launch tomorrow and other than that? Time with family and friends. Always wonderful!

My Friday is off to a great start! I taught pump this morning, went grocery shopping, baked up a batch of muffins for the other instructors at the launch tomorrow and now I’m working away! I’m also hoping to squeeze in a pedicure with my Mother in-law later today (I can’t give birth to this baby with my feet in the condition they’re in right now ).

For the muffins, I decided to try this recipe from Emily. I had seen Kerr make the loaf and knew I had to give it a go! I made a few adjustments: I added about 1/3 cup of oats to the mixture, used chocolate chips instead of berries (for health reasons of course ) and added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. I baked the muffins for ~ 30 minutes. The batter:

 

The muffins:

 

Delicious! Hope the other instructors enjoy them.

 

Recently, the nice people at Swanson Health Products contacted me asking if I wanted to review a few of their products (disclaimer: I received a gift certificate to purchase the items for free).  They have so many awesome products, it was hard to choose, but I ended up going with coconut flour, garbanzo bean flour, aluminum free baking soda (reviews to come), and Soothe Oatmeal Shampoo for Dogs and Cats.

Since Frank is an English Bulldog with all kinds of crazy wrinkles, he requires a good deal of bathing maintenance. I give him a bath at least once a week and we always make sure to keep his wrinkles and underneath his tail clean and dry. Yesterday, we tried out the new shampoo. Frank is really good in bath (since we’ve been bathing him regularly since he was a puppy), but he doesn’t always look very excited before bath time:

 

The product smells great! A nice light coconutty scent. It also products a nice lather:

And the post bath dry off:

 

Frank’s favorite part of bath day? The love he gets when he smells so good and feels so soft!

I really enjoyed this product and plan to purchase it in the future!

Are you interested in getting some free Swanson Health Products goodies to review on your own blog? Then check out the Swanson Health Blog for all the details.