What's for Dinner tonight

Oh My, has it really been September since my last post. I swear I have been cooking. lol

Tonight, I was going to start a series of reviews of my latest favorite cookbook. If you follow my other blog you would have seen first hand the drama surrounding the arrival of this cookbook. Long story short. I ordered it for a Christmas gift to myself and it didn't get here in time. Now I have two and enough said about that.

The cookbook is "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" by Ree Drummond. She also has a blog that I have been following from about the time she started. Tonight will not be the night to start my review. I had camera ready to cook and take pictures of her enchiladas.

About 2pm my husband got his call to go to work and suddenly enchiladas sounded like to much work for just me and the kids. This is really the way it goes in this house. I always have some easy backup meal on hand. Sometimes it's just McDonalds but we won't talk about that.

Tonight's back up meal is pizza. Yes, home made pizza is not as hard as you may think. Sometimes I make the dough with my mixer and if I am really lazy I use my bread machine. Both ways are really easy, just the bread machine is done quicker. I don't buy prepared pizza crust. Since the ingredients are basic I usually have them on hand.

Here is the recipe:
9-11 ounces of warm water
3/4 teaspoon of salt
3 tablespoons of Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil (I use Olive Oil)
4 cups of All purpose flour
2 teaspoons Active dry yeast

Combine all ingredients into you bread machine, select the dough setting and away you go. You can even do this in the morning and set the machine's timer to be done when you want.

Pat the dough into a 12x15 inch jelly roll pan and let it stand for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 400F, spread pizza sauce (I am using spaghetti sauce tonight) over dough and then your favorite toppings.
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.

My toppings tonight are going to be Mozzarella cheese and salami. My family is not hard to please. Another favorite is to spread ranch dressing for the sauce and top with olives, chicken and cheese. Yummmm!!

I will take a picture and post that later. Enjoy.