Showing posts with label Trader Joe's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trader Joe's. Show all posts

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Grilled Pizzas!

One of my best friends introduced me to grilled pizza a few years ago.
I was hooked from the first bite and even shared about them in 2012!
I promised I'd share about them soon and I guess I failed on that.
Or that soon is apparently almost four years later...whoops!

These pizzas are well worth the wait though.
They are a step up from your regular pizza with a smokey grilled flavor.
And while basic pizza toppings like pepperoni are always good,
unique flavors like these below are by far my favorite!

The Goods:
Pizza Dough
Dates
Prosciutto
Thyme
Mozzarella Cheese
Tomatoes*
Baby Greens or Arugula*
(*Not Pictured)

Cut dough in half, stretch out and then grill both sides on cast iron grill pan.

Add your topping to each pizza dough.
I did date, prosciutto and thyme on one
and fresh diced tomatoes and prosciutto on the other.

Grill with top covered for 5 to 10 minutes, 
until bottom is crisp and cheese is melted.

I added a bunch of baby greens and more fresh tomatoes to the one without dates.

Fresh tomato, prosciutto and baby greens.

Date, prosciutto and thyme.

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmy!

Now go make yourself some grilled pizza.
You and your stomach will be very happy!

Date and Prosciutto Grilled Pizzas
1 Package Premade Pizza Dough
5 to 6 Dates, Chopped
4 Slices Prosciutto, Chopped
4 to 5 Sprigs Thyme, Leaves removed from stems
1 to 1 1/2 Cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

  1. Cut dough in half, stretch out and then grill both sides on cast iron grill pan.
  2. Add your topping to each pizza dough.
  3. Grill with top covered for 5 to 10 minutes, until bottom is crisp and cheese is melted.
  4. Cut and devour immediately! 

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

DIY Assorted Flower Bouquets

A few months ago, I posted a photo on Instagram and said "on the blog soon".
And now I must apologize profusely because 
"soon" ended up being MANY WEEKS from when I first posted the picture!
I'm a bad blogger and I'm sorry!!!

So what photo am I talking about?
If you don't follow me on Instagram (shame on you!)
or you can't tell from the title of this post,
It's this one...


Now that we're all on the same page,
let me tell you how simple it was to make
those pretty little bouquets above!

You'll need to gather the following:
A few bunches of fresh flowers
Some greenery trimmed from plants
Your favorite vases

I tend to purchase my flowers from Trader Joe's
because they seem to have the best variety
and are almost always pretty inexpensive!

I cut the greenery from a few plants growing outside
and I gathered three different size mason jars.

Start with one type of flower and cut to size depending on vase.
Then move onto the next type of flower until you've added them all.
Now finish up with the fresh greenery you've clipped.
And finally arrange the vases however you'd like.

I placed the above from smallest to largest...

But also liked them gathered together as well!

You can do this with any type of flower, 
but I've found the more variety the better.
I like to go for a full one, a tall skinny one 
and one that sorta branches out.