Who doesn't love pizza? No one punches the guy with the pizza. It feeds a family and is fun to make. Oh, and did I mention pizza tastes amazing? But, just as a house needs a strong foundation, a pizza needs a strong dough. This recipe is good for scrounging up a quick dough when you don't want, or don't have, yeast.
Let's get cooking.
| Ingredients:
2 1/2 c. flour (1 1/2 c. whole wheat if you want less white)
2 3/4 tsp. baking powder*
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. oil
1 c. water
*If using baking soda, use half the amount shown for baking powder and omit salt. | How to make it tasty:
Mix dry ingredients
Add water and oil
Stir until it forms a ball.
Knead on a floured surface 3-5 minutes
Spread out and add your sauces and fixings
Bake at 400 F, 20-25 minutes
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Super easy, super quick, and very delicious.
This recipe is my attempt to flex my chef muscles and show off (however pathetic it may seem). I had a frozen piece of a pig in the freezer, and about 45 minutes to kill, so I whipped up some pork for dinner. I also got bonus points for using onions and apples from my father-in-law's farm. +10
Let's get cooking.
| Ingredients:
2 pork tenderloins
2 tbsp. oil (vegetable or olive)
11/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. chopped fresh thyme
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
2 apples, cored & sliced
2 onions, sliced
1 c. chicken stock
1 tbsp. butter | How to make it tasty:
Heat oven to 425 F
Trim loins of silverskin
Pat loins dry
Rub oil over loins, sprinkle with salt, evenly coat
Heat oil in a pan at medium heat
Cook loins til brown on all sides
Put pork on a cutting board or a plate
Add apples & onions to that same pan
Cook for roughly 5 minutes
Meanwhile, rub the pork with mustard, thyme & pepper
Put pork on top of onions & apples & put in the oven
Cook for 10-15 minutes (or until temp is 145-160 F)
Put pork on plate and cover with foil, let sit 10 min.
Place the pan with apples & onions back on stove
Heat on medium
Add chicken stock & use wooden spoon to scrape pan
Bring to a simmer & cook until reduced by half
Add butter & stir until melted
Slice pork in 1" slices
Plate pork slices on a bed of apples & onions
Drizzle pan sauce on top and serve! |
As evidenced below, what once was literally a frozen piece of crap, is now a supremely tasty dish for the family!
Disclaimer: Please remember I am 'new' to cooking, so this plating of mine might not be ideal.....
CHICKEN! The easiest thing to cook apparently. I once recall making a 'special dinner' for someone by cooking chicken without anything but salt and pepper on it. I am VERY impressed that that someone didn't call me an ass and leave.
Alright, with that awkward moment, we should probably get cooking.
| Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
Bread crumbs
| How to make it tasty:
Mix mayo and Parmesan in a bowl
Cover chicken with mixture
Sprinkle bread crumbs on top
Bake in the over at 350 F for 20 min. or until cooked |
As you can see this is a super short list of ingredients, and it's actually SO EASY to make that it is LITERALLY a TV commercial. (Note: I do it a bit different from below, but not much different)
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