A Day of Baking
| July 16, 2010 | Posted by Lisa Sharp under Uncategorized |
My husband was out of town with his dad today so I decided to get caught up on filling our sad freezer. I spent most of the day in the kitchen baking, glad to have it done! Here is what I made (sorry the pictures suck, used my iphone because I didn’t want to get out my camera)-
Hamburger Buns - I made these once because I couldn’t find any without HFCS but even after finding some we just love these to much to go back. They are easy and WONDERFUL! These are now in the freezer ready for when we next plan to grill.
Pizza- I made four pizza crusts. We love homemade pizza around here and it’s a great thing to have in the freezer for a quick meal. We just got a new toaster oven so I made these the size that fits in it so we can make them in there and not have to heat up the whole house. We had one for dinner and I have the rest in the freezer.
Italian Bread- I made four loaves today. We LOVE garlic bread around here so I like to slice up a few loaves and have them in the freezer so I can pull out what I need for that meal. This time I used two for that reason and two to make French bread pizzas. I froze the pizzas and bread.
Pizza Sauce- I couldn’t find an organic pizza sauce in a glass jar so I decided to make my own. The only tomato product I can get in glass is tomato paste so I used that. It was very yummy and I love being able to make it just like we like it.
It’s super easy to make just take a jar of tomato paste (mine are 7 oz but doesn’t really matter) and slowly add water until it’s how thick you want it, then add a few tablespoons or so of olive oil (to taste, do this slowly as well the first time), and then season how you want to taste. I use basil, garlic, onion powder, rosemary, salt, oregano, and a bit of sugar. Let sit for about 10 minutes then use on your pizzas. You can also freeze it to use later.
Cookie Dough- I like to keep some cookie dough ready to bake in the freezer. We don’t over eat the cookies when I make just a few at a time and it’s nice to have it on hand for a cookie emergency. To freeze them just make little balls, place on natural wax paper on a cookie sheet in the freezer for about an hour and then place in a freezer safe container.
For my recipe I just use the one on the back of the Sunspire organic and fair trade chocolate chips. I do however add a bit of extra vanilla and I use 1 cup of brown sugar and a 1/2 cup of white sugar.
Now my freezer is full of yummy homemade food. Keeping these things in there keep us from slipping and eating junky packaged food when we need something quick. Do you make any make ahead food? Share some recipes. 
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