Homemade Pizza Lunchable

My kids love taking luchables to school for lunch. So, usually once a week or so I let them. Their favorite is the pizza lunchable. On Pinterest recently I saw an idea to make your own and decided to give it a try!!

For the pizza crust I made a homemade whole wheat pizza dough:

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust:

• 1 teaspoon white sugar


• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)


• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast


• 1 tablespoon olive oil


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 2 cups whole wheat flour


• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Then I portioned them out into small crusts and baked at 425 degrees for about 18 minutes. I had doubled the recipe since my family was having pizza for dinner. A doubled recipe made 1 large pizza, 1 large batch of bread-sticks and 10 mini crusts.

Once they were room temperature I bagged them all up with 1 crust, a small bag of cheese & pepperoni and a small bag of sauce. Then stored them in the fridge until we packed up lunches.


A perfect healthier option to a pizza lunchable!!

Naming food must not be my strong point. Grilled Lemony Caesar Turkey Patties accurately describes this tasty dinner that is a constant crowd-pleaser at my house. It was originally inspired by Chicken Caesar Kabob from Taste and Tell but a few modifications had to be made to accommodate my family, cooking style and personal taste. When I first made this dish I did make it as a kabob, but found it much easier to just cook and serve as individual patties.

Grilled Lemony Caesar Turkey Patties

• 2 lbs Lean Ground Turkey


• 3/4 C Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs


• 1/2 C Parmesan Cheese


• 1/2 C Caesar Salad Dressing


• Zest of 1 lemon


• Juice of 1 lemon

Other ingredients:

• Salad (spinach, romaine, whatever your family eats)


• Salad dressing (more of the caesar you used in the patties works, but we love Ken's Honey Mustard!)


• Tomatoes


• Avocado Slices


• Croutons

Mix all of your patty ingredients in a large bowl until incorporated. Form small patties (about 1/3 C of mixture) and place in a pan. Once all patties are formed stick in freezer until firm. This helps hold the patties together on the grill. Once slightly frozen (but not frozen solid) grill until cooked through and serve over a bed of salad, tomatoes and avocado.

I usually freeze 1/2 and cook up 1/2 of this recipe and then I have 2 meals out of this. 2 of my kids eat the patties without the salad and 1 eats the salad with it. The fresh lemon and zest really give the patties a fresh light flavor.

Charging Station

With all of the electronic devices we have these days we needed a home for it all! All of the chargers and a home base for everything! Here was our solutions and wire letter sorter and a few extra plugs, including one with USB chargers built in!

And here is everything in it's home getting charged up, or waiting to be used in one central location!

Here's the plug situation!

So far it's worked out great. There's no wondering where my phone is, it's either in my purse or on the charging station. And the kids know exactly where to put their tablet!!

Magnet Organization!

My refrigerator was driving my crazy! Between chore charts, calendars and then all of the ABC magnets it was overwhelming! Here's what I started with:

And here's the solutions! An oil drip pan purchased at AutoZone for $9.99 and 4 screws to attach it to the wall.


I know it's not going to stay so neatly organized, but at least it all stays in one place.

And here's my fridge, much neater.

Here's our calendar:

And my meal calendar:

Here's to a more organized 2013!

For unto us a child is born-Christmas Vinyl

Next time you're at IKEA don't forget to check out their scratch & dent area. At the Burbank,CA location it's just before the registers to the right. In the section you are sometime lucky enough to find a diamond in the rough. Many months ago I found a large, black cabinet door for $3!! The front side was in perfect condition and the backside has some white scuff marks around the outside. It took me a while to decide what to do, but I finally decided on some "subway" style vinyl with one of my favorite scriptures Proverbs 3:5-6

I knew I still needed to do something with the backside so I could get double use out of this wonderful find. I decided on Isaiah 9:6 and am very happy with how it turned out. It's hard to tell, but I did paint the outside with a greenish black and the vinyl is silver. It almost gives it a chalkboard feeling.

Here's the mantel ready to go for Christmas!

 

Christmas Pompom wreath

A while ago I came across a tutorial for making pompoms using a fork on pinterest.

Source: vividplease.blogspot.com via

Holiday Sayings on Wood

A while back I made a double sided 2x8 with  a Christmas/Halloween theme. Well this week I was back at working with 2x8's only this time they had Thanksgiving or Christmas sayings. Locally there is a Facebook group where people can list items for sale (kind of like Craigslist, but on Facebook). I posted these two images and got lots of positive feedback (and sales!).


A few people requested different sayings and I made these:


It was fun to make and sell completed projects rather than just the vinyl and it will help us with our upcoming trip to Disneyland!