CHICKEN AND RICE

TODAY I TRYED A DIFFERENT WAY TO MAKE CHICKEN, WELL THE BASE WAS CUTTING IT IN CUBES AND THEN PUT THEM IN FLOWER WITH SOME SALT AND PEPPER  AND THEN FRY THE PIECES, UNTIL NICE AND GOLDEN. IN A DIFFERENT PAN I HAD SOME OLIVE OIL AND SOME FRESH GARLIC ADDED SLICED PEPPERS,GREEN YELLOW AND RED, FEW BLACK OLIVES AND ONE TOMATO CUT IN BIG PIECES, LET IT COOK ON HI FOR FEW MINUTES AND THEN PUT THE COOKED CHICKEN IN IT AND LET IT SIT FOR FEW MINUTES. IN A PAN I COOKED SOME SPANISH RICE AND THAT IS IT. THE KIDS LIKED IT , SO TR IT IS EASY AND GOOD, BUON APPETITO, YOUR ITALIAN FRIEND DOLLY.

Fast dinner

Today we had to make a fast dinner, there where a friend of ours and a friend of his so the fast thing to make was pork on the grill  with asparagus on the grill and stuffed mushrooms, for the kids i had made some spaghetti. The only problem was that i didn't know that our guest didn't eat pork..... ups ! Well he had other stuff to eat , so that is good. hope you like it ciao Dolly.

Going away dinner

One thing I don't like about the military , and i think i told you all already is meeting people and becoming friends , and soon after have to say good bye.

well these 3 families are going in different directions , and i am very sad. so i had a dinner at my place to celebrate the day that we all met . The kids had a blast to, and this was there quiet time to relax, watching a movie. 

Well good bye my friends and we will see each other soon. 

Pizza lesson

Well all my new friend ask me to teach them to cook real Italian food, and for me it's difficult , because i don't consider my self very good at cooking.. so some times we have some get together and we cook , this time we did pizza from scratch, everyone liked it so that makes me happy. and since two of my friends are going to move away from here we had to do it soon. I just hope you like it like we did.

for the Dough :

2 tee spoons of  Active dry yeast

half glass of  warm water

2-1/2 cups of water 

2-3 tee spoons of salt

3 cups of flour

1 cup of wheat flour

1/4 cup olive oil

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water, then put it in the mixer add the olive oil and the salt ,add the 4 cups of flour slowly and the water, mix  everything until it is nice and soft but not sticky

 if you need add some more flour , but in little quantities   you don't want the dough to hard , it need to be nice and soft, when it is nice and done, take it out , put it in a bowl covered with a cotton cloth  and put it in a war place,( ex. turn on the oven and put the bowl on top of the stove so the heat that the oven will put out it will heat up the bowl ), when 1 Hr. is gown by you  can take the dough and put it on a smooth top and divide it with a knife in 3 pieces, set 2 aside and one of them you will half to roll it flat  really thin, then put it in a pan (non stick )and start adding the sauce , to make the sauce you will need : 

1 can ,14 oz. of Contadina tomato sauce

1 tee spoon of salt 

1 tee spoon of dry oregano 

1 table spoon of olive oil

Mix everything together and it is done.

Oven at 400 f. until you like it.

 

then add the cheese that you like the meats and if you like make one with veggies, well i love pizza because you can put any thing you like, i love mine with fresh tomatoes just sliced and basil and when i take it out of the oven , i add a little of olive oil so for that extra kick. well i hope you like it, ciao to all of you , your Italian friend Dolly.

Dinner with michel's family.....

Finally i made it to have Michel and Jim over for dinner , the only sad part is that now that we are becoming very good friend we have to say good bye . There life is taking them in a different journey...Retirement. but it does not mean that we are not going to see each other again, we will and hopefully soon.... but for there dinner i made roast ,Green bean salad Spaghetti with bacon and ice cream with bananas oatmeal cookies and dark Rum, very good... I hope you will like the food and please write me, ciao your Italian friend Dolly.