Margherita Pizza (with a twist)

We have tomatoes coming out of our ears. Tomatoes of every kind. We have Roma, early girls, cherry tomatoes, black cherry, yellow cherry, beef steak. Don't even get me started on the zucchini. Did I mention neither my husband nor I like zucchini. We learned this after we let them grow to be the size of baseball bats because neither of us wanted to pick them, let alone eat them. Hahah!

This is a fabulous recipe for getting rid tomatoes if you have a plentiful stash.

INGREDIENTS:
2 teaspoons of active dry yeast
2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour divided
2 tsp sea salt
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cups chopped fresh tomatoes (all kinds makes for lots of color)
2 cloves of garlic
1 cup light packed basil (or you can find the jar kind that keeps longer, but cut amount to 1/4 ;)
2/3 pound of fresh mozzarella (I like the kind that's packed with oil, see pic)
1 tsp dried oregano

1. In a medium bowl whisk 1 cup of room temperature water w/ yeast and let stand 15 minutes.

2. Use dough hooks and mix 2 cups of flour, 2 tsp of salt, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and yeast mixture. Then add remaining 1/2 cup of flour and mix about 30 minutes until smooth and elastic. I personally through all ingredients in the bread mixture and let it do it's magic :)

3. Meanwhile, make tomato sauce. In a medium sauce pan heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil on medium heat, add garlic and simmer for a few seconds. Stir in chopped tomatoes and allow to simmer for 25 minutes. Set aside to cool.

 

4. Blend remaining olive oil and basil leaves. Stir 1 tablespoon of basil oil mixture into tomato sauce w/ a pinch of salt.

5. Divide dough in four and roll into 4 tight balls. Place on a flour sheet and allow to rise for 1 hour. If you would like to make one large pizza like mine just make one ball.

 

5. Roll our 4 individual pizzas with dough. Bake dough 3-6 minutes @ 400F on a hot stone (stoneware from Pampered Chef in my fav). Remove from oven add tomato sauce, sprinkle basil sauce everywhere and all mozzarella cheese and return to oven for 2-5 minutes or until cheese has melted. Take out sprinkle with salt and enjoy.
* One pizza will need a beginning cook time of about 10 or so and 15 minutes after toppings have been applied.

I even had leftover sauce which I will be using to make Chicken Parmesan tonight :)

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Ton's of products in your bathroom from ponies to polishes? Here is a quick way to store these supplies and even grab it on the go for trips. Buy a scrapbook bag from Michael's. Mine cost $10 during one of there big sales. There is pockets for everything! My straightener and curling iron even fit.

Tons of jewelry? No problem! I used to get tired of all my necklaces and earrings getting mushed together in an impossible mess. Not in anymore. You can purchase a tackle box or container with compartments from Michael's. Problem solved.

I have a fetish for scarves. I LOVE THEM! I buy one as a souvenir everywhere I go. I wanted an good way to store them. One that allowed them to be easily accessed and showed all their vibrant colors. So, I purchased a bathroom towel rack from T J Max on sale :) and hung it in my closet.

 

 

Need medicine in a handy spot. I put mine in a plastic clear shoebox with my other supplies.

 

If your husband is like mine and he hates dresser drawers and wants to be able to see everything in one glance. If your like me who wants everything to have a place, clutter free and out of view a bookshelf in the closet is a great choice. I bought our off Craigslist for $30.

 

 

 

 

Have any other fabulous ideas..I would love to hear about them. I'm always looking for ways to improve my skills :)