In Germany, tuna pizza is amongst the most popular pizzas you can get.
Here in California it seems weird to people to put canned tuna on pizza. I still like it though.
Last night was Italian night here at our house. I bought whole wheat pizza dough and just topped it with tomato sauce, onions, canned tuna, oregano, olive oil and fresh mozzarella.
It went on the hot pizza stone in the oven for about 10 minutes – ready. Delicious!!
The problem is, the better you get at cooking, the harder it is to be satisfied when you’re eating out. But, oh well…
There’s this whole wheat pancake mix at Wholefoods that I like. It’s pretty pure and tastes good.
The other day I wanted to make oatmeal pancakes so I made the batter a little more liquid and added some oats. Another version I have made before is to cook the oats in water or milk before and then add the oatmeal to a (drier) pancake dough.
You might know the problem – frittatas are thick, so it tends to be hard to get them cooked all the way through before the bottom is burned. The solution: a cast iron pan. I can’t advertise these enough. They cost 20 USD and are great for everything!
I used to use expensive non-stick skillets but they don’t get the same results as the cast iron frying pan.
Mark Bittman might be one of my favorite cookbook authors and blog writers. He has a food blog on the New York Times called Bitten where he features simple recipes that I like to check out when I need inspiration for a quick meal.
A couple of nights ago I made his Spiced Red Lentil Dal. It was a simple and tasty dinner for me and my husband, not too heavy but still filling. I added some cardamom seeds too.
We get a weekly box of veggies and fruit from a local California CSA called Farm Fresh To You. It’s local, seasonal and fresh and gets delivered right to our door step. I love it and try to work with what mother nature gives me. The only thing is, it can accumulate.
The other day, we had several butternut squashes accumulated and I had to find something I could do with them. To be honest, I am not so keen on their taste so I find it quite challenging.
On a rainy San Francisco day, I found a soaking wet abandoned chair on the street.
I took it home and after a bit of thinking I figured out which colors I wanted for it. After stripping off the old paint with sand paper, I gave it three coats of white paint and found a golden fabric for the seat.
It went through various steps, looking a little better every time, until it finally got upholstered and is now waiting for a matching desk in our guest bedroom.
Last night we were in need of a quick dinner so we decided to make the Flatbread dough I wrote about the other day and top it with mozzarella and sauteed greens in our favorite cast-iron frying pans.
Adrian and I have been working on our next iPhone app.
It’s close to launch, we can hopefully submit it to the iTunes store in a couple of weeks. A lot of work is in the details and in making it smooth and simple. That’s why it has been taking a little longer than we originally thought.
Ooga Labs had their Holiday Party a little late – which meant that everybody had more energy than back in December when life gets over busy. My husband works here. It’s a great little company with a lot of great and inspiring people.
The location was a SF club called Roe and I brought my 30mm lens, which works best for indoor portraits. Check out the gallery at Smugmug!
