Pizza Pizza

We love Pizza Night around here! Last week, PapaJohn's cooked for me :D This week, I'm back to my old self and was ready for some homemade stuff. I doubled my dough recipe which made 2 large pizzas and a small pan of breadsticks.

Pizza Dough

2 pkgs yeast

2 Tbsp sugar

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 c very warm water

1 tsp garlic salt

1 tsp italian seasoning or pizza seasoning (optional)

1/2 c whole wheat flour

2 - 2 1/2 c all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Dump the wheat flour plus 1/2 c of regular flour into mixer. Add yeast, sugar, and warm water. Mix well for about 3 minutes, until yeast is completely dissolved and bubbles start to form. Add olive oil, garlic salt, and seasoning (if desired). Mix well. Add enough rest of flour to form a stiff dough. Knead in mixer for about 5 minutes or until dough looks smooth. Let rest for about 10-15 minutes while you prepare toppings. After letting dough rest, divide into 2 parts and stretch out on 2 greased pizza pans or don't divide and put on 1 large half sheet baking pan. Top with pizza sauce and your favorite toppings. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is thoroughly melted.

Our toppings of choice tonight (nearly every week, actually): half cheese/half pepperoni

and thin crust Cheeseburger (for me and Mike)

We had a ton leftover....good thing the kids want sack lunches for school tomorrow!

It's Pizza Night!!

Well, we've made it to the kid's official favorite night of the week. They actually get up on Thursday mornings and announce that it's Pizza Night. On the menu tonight: Cheese Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza, and Sausage/Bacon/Mushroom.

As a disclaimer, I want to point out that I deal with depression, and have for 4 years this month. It's particularly difficult during this time of the year....when it's so cold all the time, when the days are so dark, when the kids can't go outside, when the hoopla of the holidays are over, etc. It's because of the depression that I quit doing my last blog. However, it's because of the depression that I've started this one. I need something to keep me busy, something to look forward to, an outlet, a hobby. This all brings me to the last couple of days. It's been tough. Feelings of worthlessness, of doubt; struggling abnormally with my weight; being overly angry at the kids; wanting to just sleep all day; crying over stupid stuff. They usually just creep up on me.

So even though I LOVE TO BAKE (and I especially enjoy making homemade pizza), today was just not one of those normal days. So I'm glad I have a hubby who's willing to do this for me: