Midnight snack

My sleeping schedule is all out of wack recently so I tend to go to bed pretty late and wake up late. Which means my eating schedule is also out of sorts. Last night at around midnight I made and AWESOME pizza and am now craving it. If you like garlic, you will like this pizza. 

For the crust I decided to use some pita bread we had in the fridge that we get at the Greek Market in Winnipeg. They're the perfect size if you're like me and can't eat a lot.

I've never been a huge fan of pizzas that are COVERED in tomato sauce so I often use balsamic reduction or pesto. Last night the only thing I had on hand was some balsamic reduction.

When the reduction hit the pita, which was cold, it became really hard to spread so if you encounter this problems just put how much you want on and then throw it in the oven for about a minute. That should loosen things up and make it easier to spread.

Then I sliced up one clove of garlic really thinly. You can use roasted garlic which I actually recommend.

The Greek Market sell ready made dips and spreads which we often get. My favorite is the feta and roasted red pepper. I took about a tablespoon and spread it out thinly. Again I'm not a fan of sauce so if you want to lay it on thick, by all means. 

I usually like to look in my fridge and see what I have that will go together really well. My mom had just picked some zucchini from our garden so I sliced one up really thin. I did it thin because I want the outside to get a little crispy and I didn't want my pizza to be watery from a thick piece of zucchini on it. I then added goat cheese, the thinly sliced garlic, olive oil and salt and pepper.

I had some peppers I had roasted the night before so I added some to the top which turned out to be a really good idea.

The finished product! I put the pizza in for 8 min at 450f. When I took it out I oiled the edges(you can also use garlic butter) drizzled a little balsamic reduction on top and green onions.

This pizza was so good but had a real garlic kick to it which I love. 

What kind of pizza's do you make at home?

-Marielle

"Domburi"

For dinner yesterday I decided to make domburi for my mom and my friend Justine who is staying with us right now. My mom isn't a huge fan of rice so we got these great noodles from Lucky Supermarket to use instead. I also added a few extra things for fun. Here is the recipe.

Serves 4

4 cups hot, cooked rice
1 whole chicken breast
4 white mushrooms
3 scallions
4 eggs

Domburi ni Shiru:

1/4 cup dry sherry(I use rice vinegar)
1 tsp. sugar
1/3 cup soy sauce
1 cup chicken or clam broth(I used chicken)

This is the text in the book:
"Domburi is the name for a large bowl with a lid, as well as the dishes served in it. A soup bowl is a good substitute...
Put a cup of rice into each of four domburi and keep it hot while you are preparing the toppings.
Skin and bone the chicken breast and shred the meat finely.
Slice the mushrooms thinly.
Trim the scallions and chop a few teaspoonfuls of green part for garnish.Shred the remainder.
Beat the eggs.
Mix the domburi ni shiru(sauce). Toss the chicken, mushrooms, and scallion in the domburi ni shiru.
In a heavy pan(we prefer non-stick for this)heat the chicken mixture to a boil. Stir for a minute or two until the chicken is becoming opaque, lower the heat to simmer, and stir in the beaten eggs. Stir quickly until the eggs are just barely set. Ladle one-fourth of the mixture over each of the bowls of hot rice. Garnish with the reserved chopped scallion."

I added fresh corn to the mixture and I also garnished it with green onions, BBQ'd pork, carrot and roasted peppers.

Chicken, mushrooms and corn cooking in the sauce.

After I added the egg. I was in a bit of a rush so I didn't do it perfectly. There are little pieces of egg in there but that's OK. 

Finished product.

-Marielle