Hungry Hungry Hippie

pizza dough

Herbed Bread Twists

  Rise.    And shine. After a few recent failures, it’s such a relief to FINALLY have a success story with yeast dough.    Up until this point, the only loaves that were both edible and risen were from my bread machine, which lead me to believe I was unable to knead on my own. Hallelujah!       This dough is truly flexible and can be used for everything from bread twists, to soft pretzels, to pizza dough. Basic Dough: 1 1/2 cup warm water 1 tbsp sugar 2 1/4 tsp active yeast (1… Read more >

April 23, 2012 breadmaker, pizza dough Read more >

Banana bread bookends

First thing I did when I got up was inhale deeply. Even though our bedroom is upstairs, the aromas from the kitchen still make their way up to us overnight.  Especially when I make bread right before bedtime. I took a few slices of each for breakfast (and general morning snacking). Excellent. I don’t have photos of all my work food.  I brought pizza and other stuff. The dough was soooo good.  Fluffy and soft. The sauce had too much garlic.  FODMAPs fail. The cheese was melty.  Really and truly.  It melted. If you see… Read more >

April 19, 2012 avocado, pizza dough, teese, vegan cake, veggie "cheese", vital vittles, yummy cupcakes Read more >

Multi-tasking like whoa

When are you most productive in the day?  Are you a morning person?  I’m not.  I don’t feel like cooking or baking in the morning (which is why I pack my work food the night before).  I generally hit my stride in the early afternoon, but every once in a while I’ll have a late night frenzy in the kitch. Last night was one of those nights.  We were out of bread.  We had black bananas.  We had raw home-made yeast dough that needed to meet it’s fate.  And I was feeling chef-tastic.  Count it… Read more >

April 18, 2012 breadmaker, eggs, pizza dough, potatoes Read more >

Pizza. Stat.

Here’s what happened tonight. I wasn’t hungry.  Wasn’t hungry.  Wasn’t hungry. BAM!  I need pizza.  Now.  Like NOW. I was out the door in under 5 minutes with a mission.  And I was back home within 15 minutes box in hand. I ate the whole thing.  Solo.  [vegan pizza with daiya courtesy of the Santa Monica Co-Op] True Life.  My appetite is bigger than your appetite. If there were ever a stat order for pizza, this was it.  Damn girl. FYI, I made these cookies today, too.  I’m so 100% content right now.  🙂

April 10, 2012 Daiya, dreena burton, pizza dough, vegan cookies Read more >

Pizza, peeta, pizza

I’ve been in a really big pizza rut. Rut has a negative connotation though.  I’m quite content with the pizza phase. Last month, for example, I ate pizza no less than 5 times. First, there was this surprise pizza lunch. Then I made these guys from home-made GF vegan bread that sucked (as bread, but worked as pizza crust). And I got this Daiya delight from the co-op. Twice! See?  Pizza on the brain! So it was surprising, but also not surprising, that after seeing Katniss start a revolution I wanted pizza AGAIN. Hostaria del… Read more >

April 3, 2012 pizza dough Read more >