The Great Pizza

Like the great Gatsby just pizza instead of Gatsby? Get it?

Neither do I. I have never read that book and the picture below shows what I think a Gatsby is.

Anyway, I got a recipe from a friend for pizza dough. This shocked me as I had no idea that said friend was a cook in his spare time. So I thought what the hell, time to step up to the challenge. If millions of Italian women can do it, then I can as well.

So as the Saturday arrived that my Girlfriend and I were going to experiment with pizza baking, I realized that I have left the, oh so important, dough recipe at work. Silly me… No worries though, I quickly clicked onto my favorite cooking website and got my hands on a replacement recipe. This one calling for honey instead of sugar. “Hey!” I thought, “Honey is healthier? Let’s do it!” So on we went on our perfect dough quest.

And what a quest it was. Kneading and folding and rolling. Hard work I tell you. But the end result was worth it. A few yum delicious topics later and our pizza was ready for the oven. It came out great, far better than those store bought pizza bases you get that never go crispy and are all soggy (or maybe I just don’t make them right). These were crispy and since it was fresh, I could make some proper pizza pies.

Needless to say it was a great success and I shall be making more pizzas in the future.

Veggie Month

I love meat. Adore it. I think it is the best invention since sliced bread. Even though, evidence suggests that meat came way before sliced bread. That just proofs how amazing meat is.

From a ripe young age my lifestyle was basically displayed in front of me. Meat is good, veggies is a side. I am a Afrikaner and eating meat is part of our culture. I use to life in a little town called Kimberley where the Afrikaner culture is overwhelming. We use to have braais three times a week. And then Sunday Leg of Lamb would be prepared. A couple of years ago I moved to a bigger city called Cape Town. Now, it is not that the Afrikaner Culture isn’t available here. It is just a bit different. Here braais happen few and far between, and the fact that most of my friends are English means, I don’t get invited to many braais.

But that is enough about braaing. Lately I have adventured into the land of cooking. Reading cookbooks, trying new recipes, that sort of thing. Nothing too hectic, I am no chef Ramsey. Hell for that matter, I am no chef, period. I am just doing it for fun. Also, I am trying to live healthier and making your own food trumps takeaways every time. So what I kept on realizing was that all the dishes I make were meat heavy. And when it came to cooking vegetables I did not know what to do. So I decided to go on a month long vegetable quest. The Rules?

Well, there are none. If someone offers me meat I am not going to turn it away. I am no vegetarian and will never EVER be one. All I am going to do is make vegetable heavy food when I cook for myself and others. If others cook and there is meat, that’s okay.

So far, so good. It is day two of the month and I have not had any meat yet. Tonight I made an Italian style sauce with spaghetti. It was delicious. Plus there is leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Everything works out nicely. And what am I making tomorrow night…?

I have no idea. Wish me luck!