January 25, 2013

Pillsbury Pizza Crust - A Semi-Homemade Meal

Have you ever wondered how easy it is to make your own pizza?  Well, I am so thrilled to announce that I had the grandest time to make one of my own this morning just before school.  You heard that right, just before school.  And it took me less than 20 minutes to prepare and bake them from scratch (with a little help) this morning.

I discovered Pillsbury's Pizza Crust just last Monday when I was shopping alone at Target. Saw it at the fridge section along with cookie doughs and eggs.  This is why I love to shop alone. I get the chance to trail along each and every aisle, and read on every food labels on my long list.

This lunch is what I consider semi-homemade because it wasn't really made from scratch. I had a little helper. The pizza crust was pre-made.  So if you have any food allergy issues, you might want to consider reading the label first.

Start with pre-heating the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease any size of cookie sheet. I lined mine with aluminum foil for easy clean-up.

Next, Open! It takes a little trick to open the package, but I made use of a spoon to push onto the marked line to pop open.  Then peel away till you get the dough out of the can.  

Third, Unroll onto cookie sheet and press to desired thickness.  Pre-bake the dough to 8 minutes.

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Lastly, spread with 1/2 cup of pizza sauce. I used seasoned Spaghetti Sauce, as always.  Then top with cheese and other preferred toppings of your choice. Make sure that if you're adding meat, they're cooked already. So if you're considering to make this for school lunches, pre-cook all meat toppings. Also plan how you want the toppings distributed. Return them in the oven, and bake for another 8-10 minutes. Since my crust is pretty thick, I left it in the oven for a full 10 minutes for a crunchier crust, unless you want them soft and chewy.

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My kids love bacon, pepperoni, and mushrooms.  Missy A is not huge on pepperoni so I have to leave the other half free of pepperoni, or she might not eat them.  Everything else is equally distributed.  

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January 24, 2013

Quick and Easy: Freshly-Made Bento School Lunches

I have featured lunches that are quick and easy to prepare in the morning. I wake up 30 minutes before the kids to prepare for breakfast and lunch.   Each meals featured below are tried and tested to be packed under 20 minutes.

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January 17, 2013

Semi-Homemade School Lunches

I have been working part-time with a crazy schedule.  There are days when I get 3 days in a row for 10 hours on the floor each day. Just lucky to get hours after I've dropped the kids off to school. That gives me ample time to read books to Missy A, as part of her Kindergarten program, before I took off to work. It's pretty darn tough to prep lunches ahead of time when work is physically exhausting that gives off zero stamina to brainstorm & prepare the night before.  So what do I do on these days? Either I make use of frozen stuffs I made days before, or purchase foods that I can work on to  make it semi-homemade. I may not have time to post them on time, but I make sure to never miss to  pack lunches for them on a daily basis. 

Here are some of the lunches I sent for those busy days with not enough time to make ahead, but managed to make them semi-homemade and healthy.

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