white garlic broccoli pizza

Oh man, I love a garlic and olive oil pizza! Well, this time I decided to add some broccoli. I like to use an inexpensive pizza crust mix, Wal Mart brand, 49 cents a packet.



It's quick and easy! Follow the directions on the back of the packet to make the crust. Basically, you par bake the crust first. Don't burn it like I did!! I heard the timer go off and then I went on to do something else...and forgot about it!!



So, anyhow, after the crust par bakes, in my case...completely bakes..overbakes..brush the crust with extra virgin olive oil. Smear crust with a very thin layer of ricotta cheese.



Season ricotta with salt and pepper and a tiny bit of oregano. Next add minced garlic. I cooked my garlic in a little olive oil first to soften. Then sprinkle with chopped cooked broccoli bits.



Next, cut thin slices of fresh mozzarella and place all over pizza.





Finally, brush the mozzarella slices with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.



Bake pizza for about 10 minutes under cheese is bubbling and slightly browned.



Oh my gosh! This pizza was sooooo good! If you like a white pizza, give it a try! Next time I'm going to add slivers of sun dried tomatoes! Mmmmm!

eggy breakfast

This is currently my favorite breakfast.

It's quick and easy to make.

Here' what ya do.

Saute some sliced mushrooms in melted butter or margarine. I use margarine because it won't burn so doggone fast.

Crack one egg over top of the mushrooms...right in the same pan.



Cook on low heat until egg whites are cooked...then cover egg to cook yolk to your liking. I like my yolk thick and just a little bit runny.



Slide the whole thing onto a plate.



Sprinkle with salt and pepper!



Enjoy!

green is life

Green has begun...and I am me again.

Bye, bye old man Winter...you have worn out your welcome.

Hello, Green Goddess...won't you please stay awhile?

daffodils in my dining room

It rained all day today.

In between the showers

thunder

and lightning

I ventured outside

to cut daffodils

from the hillside

in the forest

behind our house.

I placed them

in an antique canning jar

filled with cool clean water.

I marveled

at their beauty.

I breathed in

their faint but sweet fragrance.

I closed my eyes

and smiled.

a perfect breakfast

Oh, zee time fliez when joo are having fun. I'm not sure what kind of accent that was...I think it was French. Hee Hee. It's been a week since I last posted. I wanted to share with you, what I had for breakfast this morning.

fresh blackberries
baguette slices shmeared with goat cheese and rosemary cream cheese
and..freshly steeped black raspberry and sage tea with honey

With the warm glow of sun coming through my window this morning, the blackberries tasted all the more sweeter. The honey was perfect..unbelievably delicious..



..the first drizzle from a new jar with the honey comb inside..and..the blackberry sage tea was mild and smooth and pleasant.

Mmm. A perfect morning.