...jennydoll

Homemade Pizza and Sausage Cups For those of you who know me well know that....I LOVE PIZZA.  Dave says I could it every day and never tire of it.  He might be right. ;-)  Growing up my brother and I loved making Chef Boyardee Pizza for dinner.  I still like them but have opted to using the JIFFY brand pizza crusts.  They are easy and cheap.  I also use the store brand jar pizza sauce.  Yes, I could make my own but I don't.  I have never made my own sauce because I'm lazy.  My cousin makes a delicious homemade pasta sauce so maybe I should enlist her help in making my own pizza sauce.  We'll see what the summer brings to tackle that project.  So, I usually "doctor" up the sauce and/or the dough.  I sprinkle basil, oregano, rosemary, etc on the crust and prebake it.  Then I add the sauce along with the toppings of choice.  I usually use hamburger that I have browned with sweet basil, oregano, and garlic and it gets ex...

Organic Trail Mix = YUM! Dave and I are big fans of granola and were constantly buying the pre-made kind.  We started really paying attention to the labels. Wow, they have alot of sugar in them!  I decided to make our own to combat the sugar intake.  We used a box of Wild Harvest Organic Honey Flax Granola cereal. We then paired it with organic dried cranberries (which is hard to find without added sugar), dried unsweetened blueberries, unsweetened dried banana chips, raw cashews and almonds, unsweetened flaked coconut and some mini chocolate chips.  I would recommend the Trader Joe's chocolate chips.  This was a fantastic mix of flavor and easy to make.  Just dump everything into a mixing bowl and stir.  We packaged into little plastic containers that were great for the "always-on-the-go" people we are!

Spring is definitely in the air!  I am so glad to see it this year.  I love the opportunity to share in all four seasons but this year I am happy to be done with winter. Yes, cold weather be gone!  I absolutely LOVE fresh cut flowers so imagine my excitement when I walked into Trader Joe's and saw one of my favorite flowers sitting there!   I had to get them.  This specific yellow tulip is beautiful and as well as the early daffodils that I purchased.  I used to work as a floral designer for a number of years and really miss working in that field.  When the occassion arises that I can find flowers for a relatively affordable price I will treat myself.   These were a pretty good deal!  I was able to purchase ten tulips and twenty daffodils for $8.  Not too bad.  I was able to design three vases full and brighten up the house.  It was a good feeling. Which brings me to this blog entry...I could go ...