Cooking with Sam

Today I needed to change our dinner plan since I haven't been to the tortilla place yet and we need those for bean and cheese burritos so I opted to switch it with pizza. It's Sam's favorite. Here is our conversation.

"Mom what we havin' for dinner?"


"I think we'll have pizza."

"Pizza? Really! Yea! I want to help!"

"Okay you can help me."

"Yea! High Five mom!" Then he gives me a hug.

He kept telling me that he was in charge and how Dad was going to tell him thank you for making dinner. He as pretty funny.

He's such a willing helper!

Here's our pizza recipe.

Pizza dough

1 1/2 c. Warm Water
2 Tbsp Yeast
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp Oil
3 C. Flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt oil and 2 cups flour. Beat dough. Knead til smooth. Do not allow to rise. Divide into thirds (we just use all the dough in 1 pan cause we like our crust deep) Place on pizza pans and smooth out to desired size. Place in 550 oven and bake 5 minutes (can freeze crust at this point) Spread sauce over pre-baked crust and add toppings. Continue to bake about 10 minutes at 450. When thawing crust thaw about 1/2 hour and prepare as usual.

Pizza Sauce
8 oz tomato sauce
1Tbsp. parmesean cheese
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oragano
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. season salt
1/4 tsp. dry onion
1/8 tsp. sugar

Mix all ingredient together. Makes enough for 2 pizzas.

Cheese pizza, the only kind in Sam's book :)