Blizzard Food

Our little house on White Street covered in white! And Willy our cat!

Well, as most of you reading this may be overly aware, we got hit with a blizzard on Tuesday into Wednesday. I started student teaching on Monday and that has been the only day this week that I've had to go to school! Three snow days in a row has meant for some time to get caught up on working on some lesson materials and cooking! I wish I had a nickel for ever time I've heard someone mention how much they've eaten in the last few days with being snowed in. Well, I tried to keep the baking of calorie laden goodies to a minimum, but I have been able to make some really yummy comfort food that is at least somewhat healthy. Since my husband was snowed in with my Tuesday and Wednesday, we had a lot of time to share together in our kitchen eating and talking. I miss him today! :)

French toast for breakfast!

Here are some of the things I've made:

Breakfast:

Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes
French Toast w/ Cranapple bread from Great Harvest Bread Company

Soup:

17 Bean and Barley soup (Trader Joe's bean and barley mix)

Supper:

Spanish Rice with Black Beans
Vegetarian Chili with Honey Cornbread

I forgot to take pictures of most of this, but I'll still try to post eventually. Hope everyone is warm and safe!

Eat GOOD food! :)

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Calzones

Calzones have been a hit in our house, as you can tell from the two thumbs up I got from my hubby! :) Here's the recipe!

Whole Wheat dough

1-1/4 cups all-purpose white flour
~1-1/2 to 1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 package active dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup warm water (120-130 degrees)
2 Tbsp olive oil

1. In a large mixing bowl combine the white flour, the yeast, and salt; add warm water and oil. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl. Beat of high speed for 3 minutes. using a wooden spoon, stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can.
2. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in enough remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (6 to 8 minutes). Divide dough in half. Cover and let rest for 10 min.
Calzones

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease baking sheets or pizza pans and sprinkle with cornmeal. Roll each dough into about 13in circle. Transfer circles to prepared pans. Spread sauce, cheese, veggies and meat of your choice on one half of the circle. Fold dough in half, enclosing filling and seal edges tightly by pressing done with a fork or rolling tight. Prick tops; brush top with milk. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. I like to mix the parm with Penzey's Pasta Sprinkle or you could use Italian seasoning.

Some filling options we like:
Prego Traditional sauce
Mozzarella and Provolone shredded cheese
Ground turkey burger
broccoli
peppers
onions

or try something a bit more adventurous like BBQ chicken with caramelized onions and shredded cheddar with BBQ sauce instead of pizza sauce!

Enjoy!
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