Food For Thought Thursdays - No-Yeast Pizza Crust

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Pizza Dough

Baked Pizza

Ready to Eat!

I got a hold of this neat recipe from 'The Guelph Student Cookbook'.  The non-profit cookbook was featured months ago in the newspaper and its aim is to help students on a budget eat nutritiously, often with the help of the foodbank located on that particular campus.  (www.csaonline.ca, foodbank@uoguelph.ca)  Fortunately, I managed to get a copy of the cookbook via email, but they don't have a facility in place to market the cookbook.

Anyway, here is this neat and delicious recipe that we enjoyed on the weekend:

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup plain soy milk (I used milk)
1/4 cup oil
1 egg

Makes 1  pizza crust
total time 30 mins

1. Pre-heat oven to 425F(220C) and oil baking sheet (I lined mine with parchment paper)
2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, spices and salt.  Stir in milk, oil. and egg
    until well-mixed
3. Place the dough on a baking sheet and shape to fit sheet (put flour on your hands if it gets sticky)
4. Bake for 5-7 minutes, add toppings, and bake again for 10 minutes.

It says you can turn this recipe into dinner rolls too.

Food For Thought Thursdays - Thimble Cookies

Steph at Purple Lotus Heart has the most beautiful post of her recent trip to Bali, lovely photos!

And I'm linking this post to Robin Panzer's Food For Thought Thursdays.  Do stop by and see what everyone else is eating this week.

Thimble Cookies

Laurie over at 'When the Bough Breaks' recently posted her great grandmother's Thimble cookie recipe. I decided to try my own version of it using fresh raspberries I had on hand. It was absolutely delicious! Thanks Laurie!

pre-heat oven to 350F (I have a hot oven)

1 cup butter or margarine
3/4 white cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
fresh raspberries or raspberry jelly (I guess you could use your favourite jam)


Cream the butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix in the flour. Drop tablespoons of the mixture onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Roll into balls. Press the centres down with your thumb (thimble). Fill the indent with a fresh raspberry or can use raspberry jelly.


Bake for approximately 13 minutes until the cookies start to turn brown at the edges. Makes about 30 small cookies.

Food For Thought Thursdays - Salmon Vegetable Chowder

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I made this Salmon Vegetable Chowder this week, a favourite of mine. Wouldn't you know I seem to have lost the recipe. This must be the devastating result of de-cluttering and tidying up! Luckily the recipe is fresh in my mind as I made it so recently. I had posted it awhile back but the link seems to also be gone now.  I think it was from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Here it is from memory:

1 onion, chopped
1/2 tsp garlic powder (or can use a couple of fresh cloves, minced)
1c mixed vegetables (I use frozen)
1c chopped potatoes
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp pepper
salt to taste

1c low sodium chicken broth
1 salmon fillet cut into chunks (I've used canned salmon too)
1 tbs olive or canola oil
1c shredded cheese
2c milk

Saute onion, garlic until soft. Add basil, thyme, pepper. Add broth, mixed vegetables, potatoes and simmer until
cooked. Add milk, salmon, do not boil. When salmon is cooked add cheese. Enjoy!

A Nice Visit

My daughter L came home for a visit from university this past weekend. It was great to see her. We drove her back to school on Sunday and had dinner at a Jack Astor's Restaurant. Here are some of the yummy desserts we ordered, I forget the exact names but we shared them.  I'd say the cookie sundae was the best.  I think they warmed the cookie first.

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Cookie Sundae

Bite Sized Brownie

Brownie Marshmallow Sundae

Food For Thought Thursdays - Salmon

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When I'm looking to make a quick, easy meal, I just bake salmon fillets, skin side down in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes at 350F. This time, I added some lemon pepper and tarragon for flavour. I had an 8oz package of mushrooms, so I mixed them with some olive oil, some garlic and herb mix, added them to the salmon tray to bake alongside it. Everything was delicious.

Salmon With Whole Mushrooms

At this time of year, the best fruit to buy is often a bag of apples. I got these from Costco, they are sweet Royal Gala apples.

Royal Gala Apples

I put some in my salad and they were crisp, and delicious with the cherry tomatoes and romaine lettuce!  My favourite dressing is Kraft raspberry vinaigrette.

Apple Salad

Food For Thought Thursdays - Pumpkin Cake

Oh I read this great tip in the newspaper yesterday, try pinning your Remembrance Day poppy onto your jacket with a safety pin!   Think of it, no more stabs!  I did it right away.

It's Food For Thought Thursdays...please stop by the others and join in the fun!

I'm featuring a two ingredient pumpkin cake from 'The English Kitchen.' I couldn't wait to try it and it did not disappoint. You just add two cups of pumpkin puree to a white cake mix and bake for about half an hour! It was moist and delicious and with just a hint of sweetness. I didn't make the glaze for it.

Food For Thought Thursdays - Apple Cobbler

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Today, I'm featuring Apple Cobbler with Oatmeal. I found this recipe and decided to try it. It was a bit hit! We had it with a dollop of whipped cream.

Food For Thought Thursdays - Gnocchi

 Today I'm joining Robin Panzer's Food for Thought Thursday (FFTT)!  In Robin's words 'Share some thoughts about the food you eat and pictures are great too and then take a little blog hop around to see what's on everyone else's plates!'  Sounds like great foodie fun, come join us!

I was watching an Italian cooking show on TV and was intrigued by the simplicity of this recipe. It was so tasty, my son K loves it. Of course they were making their own gnocchi, but I just got a small package from the supermarket. I imagine you could do this with any kind of pasta you have on hand.

Bring salted water to boil, put gnocchi in for about 3 minutes until they float. Meanwhile, add a few tbs olive oil, 1 tbs margarine to a saucepan, heat, add 2 slices of prosciutto, 1 tsp dried herb (such as sage, or italian seasoning), then add in drained gnocchi. Toss together, add some grated parmesan cheese and remove from heat. You can tear the prosciutto into little strips and mix into the pasta.  Enjoy!

Gnocchi