Halloween & 'Za

Guess what we had for dinner over the weekend?

It’s definitely NOT Chicago pizza, but it’s darned good anyhow.  I would have put more goat cheese on top, but I didn’t want the racks in the oven to buckle with the weight.

Pizza Dough

1 Tablespoon Yeast
1 ½ Cups warm water
1 ½ teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons oil
4 cups flour
Pinch of sugar

Pizza Sauce – mix following ingredients together

1 can (6 oz.) Tomato Paste
½ cup water
1 teaspoon EACH, Oregano, Basil, Salt
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Tablespoon oil
2 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese

I use half of the dough for the actual pizza & the other half I roll out onto a baking sheet for breadsticks.  I brush olive oil on the dough then sprinkle with garlic salt & parmesan cheese  & cut into sticks.  The pizza dough is rolled out & put onto a mesh pizza screen.  I let both of them rise for at least 30 minutes in a warm spot.  Bake in 375 degree oven.  About 12 minutes for the dough, then take it out to put on the sauce, cheese and toppings & stick it back in the oven until cheese / toppings are done.  Keep the breadsticks in the oven until browned. 

My Mom’s church is had a “Trunk or Treat” in their parking lot yesterday evening.  You bring your vehicle & decorate the trunk (or bed of the truck in our case) and hand out Halloween goodies to the kids.  I thought that was a great idea.  There are a lot of kids who live out in the country & can’t really go door-to-door for Halloween trick or treating.  Goodness knows the five years we’ve been here there has never been a trick-or-treater come down to our house.  I’m sure there have been other things like this in the past, but not having a child before, I never took note of it. 

I didn’t decorate the truck like I had originally planned, just kind of tossed it together at the last minute.  But we brought lots of toys & candy so I don’t think the kids even noticed our “Blah” truck.  Next year we’ll bring the “Haunted Trailer” to the event…..if I don’t procrastinate like I did this year.

There were lots of vehicles decorated & some even had games to play for candy / prizes.  Someone even brought two of those huge blow-up jumpy / slide things.  Which Rhiannon could NOT get enough of.  I stayed in the jumping area with her so she wouldn’t get smooshed by the older kids, and even after I thought she had totally exhausted herself, she would just scream like a banshee if we took her out.  

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!