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Personal Pizza in 10 minutes

March 19, 2014June 5, 2016 by Wendy

I teased you with the idea of a 10-minute pizza in an earlier post, and here are the step-by-step instructions and photos.

NOTE: I am a fan of the Bread in Five Minutes a Day books. This series (Bread, Whole Wheat and Flatbread versions) promotes creating a large amount of knead-free dough, stored in the fridge and ready to make bread instantly. The base for this pizza is made in a skillet from the basic pizza recipe in the Flatbread book (for a sample, see the Master Recipe for bread, which would work just fine in this recipe).

Avocado, tomato and egg pizza

March 16, 2014June 10, 2016 by Wendy

I’ve always loved eggs, and never put much store in the terror that has surrounded them for decades (admittedly, I have been blessed with normal cholesterol levels). I can buy large, free-range, orange-yolked local eggs, and while they are more expensive than the supermarket brand, they still fall into the cheap-food … Read more…

Easy tuna for one

February 11, 2014June 10, 2016 by Wendy

Canned tuna is a great time saver, and a quick healthy protein in a sandwich. However, a can of tuna provides two servings. I am a princess when it comes to leftovers, and don’t like day-old tuna salad. So … I simply divide the tuna in half, placing half in … Read more…

Real food components: When it all comes together

June 11, 2013February 11, 2014 by Wendy

Grilled cheese with roasted red pepper and hot salt image — Grilled cheese with roasted red pepper and hot salt. Grilled cheese is always good. This sandwich was great.

When you are hungry on a busy Saturday, you are highly unlikely to put together a great lunch following a recipe. But when you run in, too hungry because you spent an hour doing one more thing before you stop for lunch, you can still have a great lunch when you have some real-food aids on hand.

(Relatively) Instant Soup from the Freezer

April 11, 2013February 11, 2014 by Wendy

Starving. Cold. Soup was the answer, but it had to be in a hurry. So, I opened my freezer and 20 minutes later was sitting down to a hot bowl of Sausage Barley soup — from scratch. My friends and family shake their heads at me in the fall, when … Read more…

Pear and Blue Cheese “Pizza”: Budget price with high-end taste

July 7, 2012February 11, 2014 by Wendy

Real food pear and blue cheese pizza photo — Cream cheese, blue cheese, pears and hazelnuts deliver a light and unusual summer lunch.

If you love food, one of the best reasons to go to an upscale or chef-famous restaurant is to try combinations of food that are new to you. If I had unlimited resources, I would probably eat out a lot more often, checking out the best chefs in any area. However, the places I am talking about are the $20-$30 lunches and $50+ entree establishments. Far above my pay grade.

However, that does not mean that I can’t have creative food at home. I do not have a roaring success with every experiment,