Pizza!

Another staple I like to make is pizza dough.  My stand mixer came with an awesome recipe, and although it is with white flour, I have not yet had time to tweak it.  I tried just replacing some of the white flour with wheat, but that resulted in a tough dough that didn't mix well.  When I do perfect the whole wheat recipe, I will post it here.  

This recipe starts by letting 1 1/4 t yeast dissolve in 1 cup of water in a warm mixer bowl and then adding in 2 t olive oil.

2.5 cups of flour, 1 t sea salt go in next...

...and the whole thing is mixed together. 

I added flour as needed to get the dough to form a dough ball.

While the dough is being mixed, pour some olive oil into a bowl.

Add the dough ball and coat the dough and the bowl with said olive oil.  Cover it and let it rise.  I use a dish cloth and let it rise in the oven.  Our house hovers around 63*F during the day, so the oven is a better bet. 

Then comes the fun part!  Roll it out...

...decorate it (home made tomato sauce, oregano, and fresh mozarella balls)...

... and bake it (450 for 15 minutes)!

This post was featured at Tasty Tuesday at 33 Shades of Green and Healthy Kids Meals at Creating Nirvana!