Recipe Review: Antipasto Pizza

Two words: absolute deliciousness.  I love all things antipasto....the cheese....the meat....the pickled vegetables, I could eat it for days.  This recipe was really easy and was ready in just about 10 minutes.  This is also a Prevention recipe, so it makes me not feel too guilty to eat more than my fair share.

I played around with the recipe a little bit, but it still turned out delicious and looked a lot like the picture.  I ended up not taking a picture of mine because by the time I got back to the kitchen with my camera, KB had eaten almost half of it already.

Instead of sun dried tomato pesto, my grocery store only had the regular basil kind.  My pizza was a little greener, but still tasted delicious.  I also opted out for the marinated artichokes since I'm not a big fan.  I also added on a little parmesan cheese to the top and it got really crispy and brown.

Overall I would eat this again.....and again.....and again.

Menu Sunday...

Here's what the Browns will be eating this week:

Mon: Scalloped Chicken and Pasta from my Pillsbury Everyday Dinners cookbook
         This reminds me of the macaroni and cheese that has the breadcrumbs on the top, expecit it's got mixed veggies and chicken added in.

Tues: Sicilian Pasta
         This looks super simple and I always hate cooking on Tuesdays for some reason.  I may leave out the raisins, since I'm pretty sure KB ate all of the stash that he got in his stockings at Christmas and I hate them.

Wed: Lemon Twist Chicken from my Brand Name Mixes cookbook
          I love lemony things and this recipe looks really easy.  Pretty much all you do is cook the chicken in a mixture of dry onion soup mix, lemon and honey.

Thurs: Pesto Minestrone Soup
          I mainly wanted to try this recipe because I still have about half a jar of pesto left over from my antipasto pizza that I made last week.  It's also a slow cooker recipe....so it's an automatic plus!

Fri: Tuna Cheese Flips from my Pillsbury cookbook
      These seem a little weird to me, but KB seems to think they will be the greatest thing ever.  It's basically a biscuit filled with tuna and cheese that is rolled in crushed potato chips and baked.  KB has some weird obsession with tuna, but I may make mine with just cheese or throw some veggies in.

The antipasto pizza last week was to die for (stay tuned for a post about it), so I'm thinking about making a weekly installment of a recipe review from that week's menu.  We'll see if I actually keep up with it!

Thoughts on a Thursday

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My thoughts:

I'm super excited to make an antipasto pizza tonight.  I love all things antipasto and all things pizza....this can only be good!

KB has band practice tonight, so it's just me and the puppies.  I like being here alone sometimes and just doing my own thing.

All day I thought today was Friday and all day on Tuesday I thought it was Wendesday.  I'm going to be so disappointed tomorrow when I have to go to work.

We're going to the movies tomorrow for the first time in a really long time.  I think the last movie we saw together was the last Batman movie.  I'm not sure what we're going to see (probably True Grit even though I'm not a big Western fan).  We're also going to go out to eat.  The town we work in has lots of good restaurants, so there's no shortage there.  We haven't been out on a date in a long time.

These are my thoughts on a Thursday!

Workout Review: The Firm 500 Calorie Workout

All I can say is one word:  woah.  This lady, this workout, this music is all insane.  The entire workout is about 55 minutes, split up into alternating 5-10 minute strength and cardio sessions.

The lady is a little scary.  At one point I was pretty sure she was going to come out through the TV and get me because I wasn't "plio-ing" hard enough.  Even though she screams a lot and talks really fast, it is kinda motivating....or scary, take your pick.

The workouts themselves are intense.  There is a "beginner" level, but the lady doing the beginner exercises looked so dumb and out of it, so I didn't do them.  The cardio sessions move really quickly and sometimes it's hard to keep up.  The music is also super fast.  I felt like I was at some kind of exercise rave.  I even noticed some of the back-up exercisers (what do you call these people anyway) were losing track of things.

Overall, this will kick your butt.  I don't doubt for a minute that this burns 500+ calories. 

Ding Ding Ding

I'm the winner (well was)!  I happened to win a lovely little giveaway from the fabulous Erica over at Fashion Meets Food. 

I do love some yogurt....and what's better than a Yogurt themed goodie bag!  Inside was some coupons, a pedometer, a wrist wallet and this neat little bag.  I used to have tons of these little freebie bags, but somehow they've all disappeared.  You can never have too many bags.

I also got this pedometer.  I've never used one before, but I'm really interested to see how many steps I take per day, even though it's probably not enough!  Any suggestions for how to use this thing would be greatly appreciated.

Hint, Suggestion, Idea...

I recently got my hands on some of this stuff:

I'm not too sure what to do with it.  It's chocolate dulce de leche.  I haven't tried it, but KB ate it on some ice cream and really liked it.  I'd like to try a cake or cookie recipe with this, but I've never cooked with dulce de leche before.

Even though I haven't tried it, I already love it.  It's got cows on the jar....and it's chocolate.....and it's in Spanish...all of these things make me happy!  The back also tells some story about the cows and how they are milked and stuff.....I grew up on a dairy farm, so this isn't really new, but thinking about the Argentinian cows makes me smile.

I need some ideas to use this....por favor?

Menu Sunday

I'm proud to report that last week's menu was a big hit!  KB really liked all the dishes out of my new cookbooks and they were all really easy to prepare.  I'm thinking I'm going to be trying to incorporate at least one dish from each of my new books each week.  Let's hope this week's menu goes as well:

Mon: Slow-Cooker Meatball Stew
         I saw this on my Woman's Day recipe feed that I get weekly and thought it looked great.  I'm sure you could also use pre-packaged meatballs.

Tues: Pineapple Chicken Salad from Quick Fixes from Brand Name Mixes
         Ranch, chicken and pineapple....sign me up

Wed: Salad Bar Stir Fry from Everyday Family Suppers
         This will be our meatless meal for the week.  I'm hoping the stir fry sauce will cover up the fact that there's no meat.....but I'm pretty sure KB won't be fooled.

Thurs: Antipasto Pizza
          I love pizza....and sundried tomatoes.....and roasted red peppers.  I'll probably only do half of the pizza with olives though.....not a fan!

Fri:  Turkey Chili from the freezer
       I made this a few weeks ago and had a ton left over, so we'll be eating what was left.

What goodies will you be eating this week?