[We are traveling in the car for 16 hrs. What are some good breakfast foods?]

Long car rides like that are the only time we go to Dunkin Donuts and get a big box of munchkins.

 

I also pack each child a goody bag of stuff I normally don't let them eat on a regular basis.

 

We rarely eat donuts.

[Most reliable source of great recipes?]

I use both. Cooking light is one of the best magazine sources, and allrecipes.com is THE best internet source. I get most of my stuff from allrecipes.com simply because of convenience, though I have searched the cooking light website searchable database too.

 

:iagree:

[We are traveling in the car for 16 hrs. What are some good breakfast foods?]

We always had Cosco/Sam's Club muffins. You know, the huge ones that will kill you with calories. Mmmm...

 

In fact shopping at Costco is part of our holiday fun (does that sound pathetic). My sister takes us and we do our semi-annual stock up of essentials (and treats).

 

But thanks for the suggestion. I can always bake some muffins.

[We are traveling in the car for 16 hrs. What are some good breakfast foods?]

Tomorrow morning we're traveling on our vacation. We leave at 5 a.m. so I pack breakfast (lunch and dinner too but I've got that figured out). Any fun breakfast food ideas that are portable?

 

Thanks.

[We FINALLY DID IT! We killed our cable yesterday]

It has not been missed here in our house and in fact I feel a weight lifted because I was always afraid of the garbage my kids (particularly one child) would run into.

 

We do watch t.v. sometimes but now it's dvd's we choose to bring into our home.

[Net Nanny . . . or other similiar product.]

With two teenagers in the house, and one on the way we're thinking we maybe should get something like a net nanny product. Partly we're doing this on the advice of friends who have already parented teens and partly I want to do all I can to protect my kids.

 

Anyone have any experience with this or a similar product?

[What is heavy cream?]

I just tried throughing some xanthan gum into the mix as I see it in some of the non dairy ice cream recipes. But I don't see much difference yet. I'm going to try throughing the mix into a containor and putting it in the freezer. I bet we didn't leave the dish long enough in the freezer. The kids were too excited to wait much longer :tongue_smilie:

 

Rose in BC do you have a specific recipe using low fat milk or do you add anything different? I see some recipes use gelatin and some use xanthan gum as a thickener.

 

I'm on my way out for a few hours. Let me think about it for a bit (I haven't made homemade ice cream for a number of years after our ice cream maker bit the bullet and we've never replaced it.) It might have been that we used fruit juice base for sherbet rather than low fat dairy.

 

I'll reply later when we return.

[What is heavy cream?]

We just bought an ice cream maker and trying it for the first time. The recipe called for heavy cream. Our store had whipping cream and coffee blend which was 18% mf and the highest next to the whipping cream.

 

The ice cream is not getting thick. Should I have bought whipping cream? Can I save it and do something with it? Maybe I didn't freeze the bowl long enough? (We put it in the freezer for about 5 hours)

 

But I have made ice cream with lower fat milks and it still thickened so that probably isn't the problem.

[Favorite Coffee]

i don't know how the price compares, honestly, but i LOVE costco's own brand of coffee ... the one they roast on site there. ... the darkest roast they have, the name of which also escapes me right now. maybe it's costa rican?

 

Love it and it's economical. Of course I always enjoy Starbucks when we get to one but it's a bit steep in price. My dh and I love strong, strong coffee.

[Earwigs]

I'm sure we've had them the last few years but I never saw them. This summer has been unusually warm and dry. I wonder if that's why I'm seeing them. Thankfully it's only been outside that I've seen them.

[s/o - The Problem I Have with Calvinism]

The real mystery is why God picks anyone at all since we are all dead in trespasses and sin and are His enemies. In any case, He is God - He can do whatever He chooses.

 

:iagree:

[How to make pizza!]

And, because of our discussions last week we ate pizza two nights! And, that my love of pizza is one of the only sources of incompatibility between my dh and I (Well not really. I love, love, love pizza. He only likes it. And not more than once a week.) All these pizza discussions are feeding my pizza obsession.

 

Thanks for posting this thread. Your dough recipe suggestion intrigues me because we are pretty much a strictly ww family (I grind my own) but I have not been able to make a good ww crust so I do use white flour for my crust. I might have to break down and buy the cookbook you suggest.

 

Anyway, I made pizza Saturday night. We had a few slices (maybe 8) leftover that my dh and kids were planning to "snack" on while watching a movie later that night. Well apparently the appeal of grilled pizza was overwhelming for our 83 pound Bernese Mountain dog who decided she just had to try some. Or all of it! While we were downstairs, she helped herself to a little movie snack and scarfed down our leftovers!!

 

I guess everyone loves pizza.

[Self Ed.: I'm writing (for myself) a VERY general history overview]

I've just skimmed your post but I find myself in some of what you say. I think I might have to pull my red KF book off the shelf too.

 

I read the article SWB wrote for Memoria Press magazine and was again inspired to continue some self education. I also agreed with her statement that the best time to do this is in the morning. My only problem is I'm going to have to get up a 3 in the morning to do all the things that are best done in the morning . . . bible study, self study, exercise . . . .I'll be crashing by 9 p.m.!:001_smile:

 

Or maybe I'll just cut some of my computer time and dedicate some of it to those higher aspirations. :)

[s/o Charcoal-grilled pizza (Graphic Pizza Photos)]

 

One thing we prefer with oven-baked pizza is that the toppings, particularly the onions, get better done in the oven than on the grill. I may be able to change that by reducing airflow, but I suspect that would put me back to too much smoke flavor.

 

All-in-all the grilled pizzas were a big success! We have leftovers from this effort and I'm sure we will do this again in the future.

 

I didn't notice it too much when I made my tomato/mozerella pizzas but last night I grilled pizzas with regular toppings and actually decided to set them under the broiler in my oven for five minutes to finish the tops. I think if I would have had more patience they would have worked on the grill but I wasn't feeling to great so I wanted the project to end quickly.

 

Thanks for the photos.

[s/o Charcoal-grilled pizza (Graphic Pizza Photos)]

I didn't read dear Rosie's thread because barbecue on pizza didn't sound appealing. I didn't know she meant grilled, or I would have taken a peek. :001_smile:

 

Thanks for the detailed review.

 

But now that you mention it I should have said grilled. Chock it up to "regional language"?

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

MMMMMMMM!

 

That sounds awesome. I'll have to try that!

 

Of course we go through about five pizzas around here.

 

I'd say after I made the dough and rolled it out, the actually barbecuing time for two pizza's totaled 20 minutes or so. Much less time than the oven.

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

Thanks to the OP for posting this. We tried it tonight and it was UNREAL. The best pizza I've ever had. EASY (used the nonstick foil - great tip!!) and it worked like a charm. 10 minutes to a finished pizza - after making the dough in the bread machine. I'll never cook pizza in the oven again!

 

 

ETA - I used pesto, feta, hot Italian sausage (cooked) and banana peppers. YUMMMMM!

 

Oh my your toppings sound awesome. I'm going to have to try that tomorrow night. (I wonder if my family will tire of pizza . . . who cares, I won't. :lol:)

[Historical fiction fans: anyone read Edward Rutherfurd?]

I have collected London and Sarum from a used book sale. I think I will head downstairs and pull one of them off the shelf and read it.

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

So we tried it tonight using Rose's dough recipe...a unanimous YUMMY!

 

We used our gas grill, heated it up and turned it way down. We made three pizzas, nothing too crazy or the kids wouldn't eat it. We had a barbecue chicken, a Canadian bacon and pineapple, and a chicken alfredo (my personal favorite). I thought the ones with the thinnest crust were the best, but I like crispy.

 

Thanks again Rose!:D

 

I plan to make the pizza again using more conventional toppings (the tomato, basil thing was more to my liking than the kids). Your alfredo one sounds yummy!

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

So do you use a charcoal grill or a gas grill?? And is the grill actually on or do you heat it up to 400 and then turn it off and bake the pizza with residual heat?? Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm just really clueless. :p hehe

 

After I've heated it up I turn it down as low as it goes.

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

:confused: So where is the recipe!! I've been looking for a really good pizza crust recipe. Please pass it along. :D

 

But here's kind of what I do.

 

I dump 2 cups water into my mixer to which I add maybe a tablespoon yeast, a tablespoon salt, a 1/2tsp sugar and I usually like to add some herbs to my crust . . .rosemary, oregano or basil, maybe two tablespoons oh and 3 -4 cups flour. About 1 or 2 tablespoons olive oil. I mix it all together for a couple of minutes. Then I let the dough rise 1/2 - 1 hour. That's it. That makes two large pizza crusts, 3 if it's a thin crust.

 

Hope that gives you an idea.

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

Must be a pink rose kinda thing! :)

 

Must be.

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

I switched to using my grill for pizza - I tried it for the first time last summer when I didn't want to heat up the house, and it worked so well, I haven't gone back :)

 

Like when it's -20 and we have strong arctic outflow winds!

 

Even my kids said they loved it (even with the non traditional toppings).

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

Do you know what temperature you had your grill on? (if yours has a thermometer)

 

I'm thinking it was around 400 degrees.

[Last night I barbecued pizza. I'm hooked.]

You must be from the northwest. I grew up there, and cannot believe how hot it is this summer! We never had an air conditioner growing up, but it's been so HOT that my dad brought home a 2nd air conditioner on Tuesday! CRAZY weather!

 

I am sure we might have had summers like this before, but not really in my memory (and I have lived here my whole life). It is unbelievable. I am enjoying sun but I have to say, heat not so much. It is getting a bit oppressing. Yesterday I went to work for a few hours (I work casually) thinking "great, air conditioner". It was broken!! I have never been so hot in my life. I have even donned a swim suit and joined my kids in their little pool (I have never done that.)

 

And then there's the pesky lack of sleep grumpiness I feel creeping up on me. We usually tell people we live in a "moderate, coastal climate" . . . I like moderate! :001_smile: