Healthy Wheat Pizza

I just made healthy wheat pizza dough. We are making our own pizzas tonight. The recipe is:

Whisk 3 3/4 wheat or spelt flour (I added in a tiny bit of flaxseed meal) and 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt in a bowl. Make a large well with your fingers. Add 1 1/3 cups of warm water, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 packet of yeast. When the liquid gets foamy (about 5 minutes) add 3 tablespoons of olive oil; knead until smooth (about 5 minutes). Brush with olive oil, cover and sit for 1 1/2 hours. The dough will rise and double. Divide into two 1 pound balls, roll out and top as desired. Bake in a 500 degree oven for about 15 minutes.

Some of my favorite toppings are below but you can do ANYTHING with this crust. Be creative!

• Olive oil, marinara, fresh basil, tomatoes and fresh good mozzarella
• Olive oil, pears, gorgonzola. After it comes out of the oven add arugula and walnuts tossed with olive oil.
• Olive oil, thin shaved ham, and brie
• Brush with light butter (melted) and bake until golden. Saute 3 sliced bananas with butter, 1 tablespoon sugar and splash of rum. Then spoon over pizza. Drizzle with chocolate/hazlenut spread - Nutella.

We spent a few days in Dallas for spring break. We took the kids to Medieval Times and the aquarium. It was fun but I could sure tell after eating Mexican food that I felt gross. There is something to this clean eating thing. I am going to try and combine some of their recipes with some of my favorite Weight Watchers recipes. The challenge will be that so many of the low calorie foods recommended in the Weight Watchers recipes are foods with not so natural ingredients. Example; Cool Whip, fat free pudding mix, etc. I will see what I can figure out and will post my findings.

Another note - my skin is clearing up with organic milk for sure. Weird.

It's Spring - time to shop for Christmas!

I got some really great bargains in the mail today. The New York and Company website has so much on clearance. If you enter 1176 as a promotional code, you can get 30% off. I got some great Christmas gifts for next year. Promotional code 4140 will get you free shipping on any order more than $75. I got 4 shirts, a big purse, small purse, flip flops and two dresses for $80 including shipping. Now I will just put it in the closet and save it for Christmas. Best way to stay on budget during the holidays.

Yesterday I popped into New York and Company in Southlake while waiting on a table for dinner. They have totally different things than their website. They had racks and racks of $7.99 and $9.99 bargains. I got several pairs of their great skinny jeans for $9.99!

A great bargain!

I never shop at Pottery Barn. I just don't find much great for the price. I find things just as cute at Kirkland's. However, one of my magazines had showed a set of mock Pottery Barn antique keys to hang on the wall. The set had 6 keys for $19.00 plus free shipping (which was good because they are heavy)! I thought I would try them to see what they look like. I got one for me and then went ahead and got 3 more to save as Christmas gifts.

I got them in the mail today and they are awesome! I am so glad I got extras. They will make a wonderful gift for someone with a rustic style. Shoot, you would spend more than that at McDonalds for a family of four. So if you get one of these cute sets for Christmas, forget you saw this! :-)

So much energy!

I have so much energy today after a week of clean eating. My skin is clearing up too. I was up last night until 1am (Bryan was working in the garage late so I stayed up watching Tivoed Housewives) and I still am bouncing all over.

Today for lunch I had a peanut butter and organic honey sandwich on wheat quinoa bread. The book says to get totally natural, unsalted PB so I did. It is funny because it is totally like smushed peanuts. It barely spreads. You can tell the difference. The natural seems...well...natural! Go figure. It was really good. I brought left over chicken and veggies but I wasn't very hungry so I have just been nibbling on my snacks all day. Just like most other healthy eating plans, it tells you to eat every 3 hours for your metabolism.

The book really emphasizes breakfast. This morning I made oatmeal with dried cranberries, sliced almonds and organic 1% milk. The milk promotes the fact that they don't inject their cows with growth hormones. Bryan thinks that is why milk always made him break out.

I ordered a bunch of new shoes from DSW shoes. I am really loving the new gladiator high heels for spring and summer. I also branched out and got some ankel booties in a totally nude color. They are patent leather. The will be cute with little dresses or trouser pants. I used the promotional code "march10" and got 10$ off. I think it lasts all through March.

I heard about a great new mascara today. It is supposed to be the latest thing with the makeup artists. It is Maybelline New York Stilleto. I hear it creates the thickest, fullest eyelashes. Since it is Maybelline I didn't check the Ebay price. I do have a fabulous Ebay seller who always has Smashbox makeup for dirt cheap. Ashton and I get all our stuff from him. If you are interested, his seller name is Dextertradingllc.

Clean Eating

I picked up a magazine from the Beryl Wellness Bar called "Clean Eating". It looked like it would have some great recipes in it. I started reading it only to find out that it is a philosophy of eating. Basically it means that if you can't pronounce the ingredients, don't eat it. It is all about fresh and organic foods.

Tonight I made roasted beets. I have never eated beats except out of a can. I got fresh ones this time. I cut off the stems, cut them in chunks, drizzled with olive oil, sea salt and pepper and roasted them in the oven on 375 degrees. They were sweet and really good. Ashton is now a huge fan.

A few days ago I roasted about 6 chicken breasts and put them in the refrigerator. They come in handy on weeknights when I don't want to defrost meat and deal with all of that. We had a good meal of veggies and roasted chicken without any effort at all.

If your oven doesn't have a roasting feature, put it on 375, and cook on the bottom shelf. Yummy! The flavor is so good.

My bargain jacket for spring.

Here is my new Ebay jacket. Love it! Wear it with a t-shirt, jeans and high heel sandals or with a pencil skirt, white shirt and scarf. Too cool!

First Day

Hi Everyone,

I decided today that I wanted to blog something althought I am not sure what. Blogging just sounds fun so here goes. I have lots of ramdom thoughts from where I find the best shopping deals, shopping promotional codes, cooking ideas/recipes, fashion tidbits, how to deal with difficult people and how to score great things on Ebay!

Today I had the most interesting interaction with the customer service reps at Proactiv. I do not recommend buying from them at all. They said that they shipped me three shipments that I never gotl When I tried to talk to them, they basically called me a liar. Then they said that since I "don't pay my bills" (which I always do) they were going to turn me over to collections. How do people manage business in such an unethical way? I think the zit medicine has gone to their head. I am baffled.

I got such a great jacket today on Ebay. It was from Talbots for $10! It arrived and I was so excited. The seller's name is prairieraindrops. Seller of great stuff and super fast shipping. Those jackets are usually $125 in the stores. I am excited. It is a khaki and has a modern safari look. I can't wait to wear it with cargo or harem pants and high heel gladiator sandals.