Again not dinner, but hopefully a recipe that is helpful

Teething crackers

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

1 Cup flour
1 Cup infant rice cereal (instant kind)
3 Tablespoons cooking oil
ice water (start with 1/4 Cup)

Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Slowly stir in oil. Add ice water starting with 1/4 Cup until you form a ball of dough. Roll out on floured surface to thickness of a cracker. Cut into shapes and bake for 10-12 minutes or until browned on tops.

I got this recipe from WIC. I made them this morning because now Cameron just loves to eat those baby mum mum crackers and they cost money when I get lots of free cereal from WIC. I don't have as much rice cereal as I do other varieties so I will try out another kind of cereal next and see how that comes out.

The Perfect Pizza

DJ and I thought it would be fun to bake pizzas together.

He got the recipe from Food Network.com

After waiting 45min for it to set

Omgosh rolling and needing it out, such hard work!

I put some cheese in my crust :D



All done!


I copy and pasted the ingredients and directions below:

Don't preheat the oven right away, read the whole recipe before beginning.


Ingredients

* 1 3/4 cup warm water
* 1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast (recommended: RapidRise)
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 4 1/2 to 5 cups bread flour
* 3 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for bowl
* Cornmeal, for pan

Directions

Preheat oven at 450 degrees F.

Measure out 1 3/4 cups warm water (it should be pleasantly warm on your wrist). Sprinkle the yeast on top of the water and allow it to activate, about 10 minutes.

Put the salt and 2 cups of the flour into a food processor. Pulse 5 times to blend. Pour in the yeast and water and pulse 5 times. Add the olive oil. Add the remaining flour 1 cup at a time, pulsing and scraping the sides of the bowl until well blended. As soon as the mixture is combined, dump it out onto a well-floured board and knead for 15 turns, until the dough is smooth and elastic.

Place the dough in a greased bowl and turn to coat all sides. Cover with plastic wrap or a tea towel. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place for about 45 minutes, until doubled in size, then punch it down. Divide it in half; each half will make 1 (12-inch) pizza.

Place on a cornmeal-dusted pizza stone, pizza pan, or cookie sheet. Roll up edge slightly to create a ridge around the pizza. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until crust is light brown.

Cook's Note: If using only half dough, freeze the other half. Place the dough in a resealable freezer bag. To thaw, remove the bag from the freezer and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Roll the dough out while cold then allow it to come to room temperature before adding toppings.

A healthier way

So tonight we had a great dinner. Sorry I didn't wait for pics as we ate at 10 pm! Whew it took us a while to get our stuff together and when it was we were hungry!

What we had was salmon burgers with lumpia. The burgers were from Costco. The cooking method is very straight forward. Cook from frozen on george forman grill for 10 minutes on med. Put on a nice bun. We added Lipton's seasame ginger marinade sauce and it rocked. The lumpia posed a problem for me. The kind we usually buy has oven directiions but this new pack didn't. I don't like to fry them for health reasons. I couldn't remember how to do it in the oven and I couldn't find out how online. So I just decided to try to cook them on the george forman too. They came out fabulous. They wre golden and crunchy on the outside and heated all the way through even though I put them on frozen. What would I do differently next time? Make sure the grill doesn't smash them. I might put a thick slice of onion on the grill to hold the weight of the top piece so the rolls stay round. That's it though, they were way better than oven cooked lumpia. All you need to do is put them on the george forman for 10 minutes on high. Just watch for them to crisp up and turn golden. No need to add any oil or butter. Serve with sweet and sour sauce. Cameron even had some of the salmon burger. I don't really know if he liked it, but he sure did make some cute faces.