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8 Jul

Ruby Tuesday: Pizza Anyone?

Posted by Geraldine in A Bit of Fun!, Hearth and Home, VCT Archives. Tagged: , , , .

Here’s my red pic and post  for this week’s Ruby Tuesday.

We got this pizza stone as a gift last Christmas and have yet to even get it out of the box, much less use it.

 As many of you already know, as a cookbook author, instructor and passionate vegetarian cook; I like to cook and bake most foods/dishes/edibles from scratch. 

Lately though, pizza has been an exception (especially with the killer heat, here in Interior BC right now).

Take-out pizza rules, at least for a little while longer.  ;)

I did offer up some pizza suggestions (including a homemade pizza dough recipe that is never fail)  over at Veggies,Crafts and Tails, many moons ago from my cookbook: Not Just for Vegetarians that you might want to try as well.

Here’s some pics of the yummy homemade results and a link to recipes and the post too.

 

I’ll be looking forward to ”scratch” pizza again, this time using the stone, hopefully sooner rather than later. From what I’ve been told, these pizza stones make a wonderful crispy crust (in a non-commercial oven) possible and easy to achieve.

I’ll keep you posted on the results! And do let me know if you’ve used one of these pizza stones yourself and how it worked.

13 Responses to this post.

  1. Posted by Raven on July 8, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    Wow…. Your pizza looks delicious… And it made me hungry too. Darn.

  2. Posted by jason evans on July 8, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    I used to make pizza from scratch. I can’t say it was amazing, but I never stopped trying to improve it.

    The good old days….

  3. Posted by maryt on July 8, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    Looks like a good stone. My SIL knows all about these things! The pizza looks delish! Happy Ruby Tuesday! :)

  4. Posted by me Ann my camera on July 8, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    Looks and sounds yummy!

  5. Posted by Dianne on July 9, 2008 at 12:15 am

    My mouth is watering! My DIL makes just about everything from scratch. Me – not so much!

  6. Posted by SandyCarlson on July 9, 2008 at 12:43 am

    That all looks wonderful, Geraldine.

  7. Posted by Selma on July 9, 2008 at 2:30 am

    I am enjoying your Ruby Tuesdays. I love home-made pizza, I will admit that it is one of my specialities. I don’t have a pizza stone, just a tray. I think I will go out and get one. Now you’ve made me hungry……mmmmmm.

  8. Posted by Geraldine on July 9, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Hi Raven, It’s a good food photo if that’s the result!

    Hi Jason, I’m sure you’ll be cooking again. It’s addictive, at least I think so.

    Hi Mary, And thanks again for hosting Ruby Tuedays, such a great prompt idea!

    Hi Ann, Thank you!

    Hi Dianne, Thanks for your visit.

    Hi Sandy, Thanks so much.

    Hi Selma, Ah….so you do like cooking some dishes, good to hear. Perhaps you’ll find some more inspiration at Veggies….My recipe archives await. ;)

    Thanks for stopping by, G :)

  9. Posted by Pune Cuisines on July 9, 2008 at 9:53 am

    I like home made pizza’s too especially cooking from scratch…It wonders me sometime that I in fact can create the taste of Italy…ha!ha!

  10. Posted by WillThink4Wine on July 9, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    My Dad got a pizza stone, too. He keeps using the metal one… Old habits surrender slowly, if at all.

  11. Posted by Knitnana on July 9, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    Love pizza, and would love to know how you like your pizza stone – my sis-in-law loves hers! Guess I should break down and get one…
    (((hugs)))

  12. Posted by dianeschuller on July 20, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    Geraldine, I missed this one. I make homemade (scratch) pizza year round. In fact we’ve had it twice this month. Why not cook it on the barbecue? Ours definitely gets hot enough and it’s great because we don’t have to heat up the house (that’s why we cook outside pretty much all the time in summer).

    Diane

  13. Posted by Geraldine on July 20, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    Hi Cuisines, Scratch is always better isn’t it!

    Hi Will…., I’ll probably take a while to be a convert too. Is that a sign of aging??? ;)

    Hi Sallee, I am looking forward to giving this a whirl too. I just got picked as a finalist in a local pizza contest so I guess my pizza skills are still intact, stone or none. LOL.

    Hi Diane, We don’t have a B-B-Q (it’s a vegetarian thing I guess) and frankly right now, with the ridiculously hot temps. here in BC, I can do without cooking much either. I am sewing up a storm though, so still being productive and it’s lo-cal too. More LOL!!!!!

    Thanks for all your visits and comments. Always very much appreciated,G

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