Picture Share!

Here are some pictures from our cuisine yesterday.

My son wanted pizza for lunch so I grabbed the bag of Pita Pockets and did not cut them in half. We brushed olive oil seeasoned with herbs on the crust, then tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese and chose our toppings. I chose green olives and Zach chose Bologna and green olives! Yeah - he's 5 so it seems everything he eats has either bologna or a hot dog in it! We topped our individual Pitzas with more cheese and herbs, popped them in the oven and broiled them for about 5 minutes.

We sprinkled some fresh parmesian cheese (from Wisconsin!) on them and Viola! Lunch is served within 10 minutes time!

Here are some pictures of our Pitzas:

My Green Olive Pitza





Zach's Bologna & Olive Pizza
(It actually looks pretty good!)



Later that afternoon it was super rainy so we made Orange Almond Pumpkin Cookies.

I used a basic Pumpkin Cookie recipe and added the Orange and Almonds at the last minute and they turned out Yummy!


(Pumpkin)

Here is the recipe:

1 stick of butter (I used Smart Balance 50/50 unsalted)
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 small can organic pumpkin puree
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tsp orange extract
2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I used Pumpkin Pie Spice)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped Almonds


DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together butter, applesauce, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and white sugar. Mix in pumpkin, egg, orange extract and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix into the creamed mixture. Stir in almonds. Drop dough by small spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks.

Zach & I frosted the cookies like pumpkins. Here is the frosting recipe:

Orange Maple Butter Frosting

2 cups confectioners sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 tsp orange extract
1/2 teaspoon maple flavored extract
(I used 1 tbsp of pure maple syrup - Also from WI!)
Food Coloring to desired color(s)

Beat the butter or margarine, confectioner's sugar, milk, orange and maple flavorings in a bowl until smooth. Add more milk or confectioner's sugar as need.

Divide the frosting in two bowls, add green food coloring to one for the pumpkin stems and add yellow and red food coloring to the other for orange!

Frost and enjoy! These are DELICIOUS...and that's NO Lie!!!!!

Finally here are the Photos for my Smothered Burrito Recipe. I took them last night during dinner. They turned out so yummy! I did not have black beans on hand so I used white great northern beans and it was a hit with the whole family - except my picky 5 year old who ate another Pitza! Grrrr


(Burrito)


(Burrito)

Enjoy your Hump Day!!!