homeade pizza

I made the homemade pizza tonight: 1 1/2 C flour, 2 1/4 T yeast, 1 C warm water and mix well. Add 2 T olive oil, 1 T salt, another cup or two of flour (until the dough is pulling away from the bowl in the Kitchenaid, but not when it's rubbery either!)  Spread out on a floured surface, knead and let rest for an hour.  After resting, cut in half and place each in an oiled bowl in a non-drafty place for another 1/2 hour.  Heat oven to 500 F degrees.  Spread each pizza on a pan and then add your sauce, cheese and toppings.

After I had made the dough, I realized that I forgot to buy pizza sauce.  I've always bought pizza sauce because its so cheap and I can always get a good deal on a can of that stuff.

What's a pregnant uncomfortable, stain-on-the-tank-top girl supposed to do with three boys in the middle of an insane dance off?

I found a can of tomato paste and went online to www.hillbillyhousewife.com and found a recipe for pizza sauce using, you guessed it, a can of tomato paste.  The boys raved about it.  Said it was the best sauce ever.  Now, I can get a can of tomato paste for about $.40 a can.  A can of pizza sauce is $.99 at the cheapest.  And even though I used salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and oregano, I still think it couldn't have been more than $.50 a recipe (and I made three pizzas with leftover sauce for one more pizza at least!)  The $.99 can would have given me enough for two pizzas, no leftovers.  So I'm thinking that approx. $.125 per pizza, my tomato paste is a steal!

No more store bought pizza sauce for me again, ever.  I'll make my own TYVM and that just satisfies the frugal gal inside of me.

The baby in my belly

I've already started a diaper stash for baby #4.  Do I need one?  Um, no.  Since I service cloth diapers to the Northern Colorado area, I have enough covers and delicious prefolds to carry this and many other baby's through potty training.  But the fact of the matter is that I WANT to have a little stash for this little man.  Every baby should get a new diaper or two, right?

So no matter how frugal I am (and I can be pretty frugal) I just had to bust the Rocky Mountain One Size Ice diaper out of inventory (and no Rich, it isn't a girlie color!) and I think I'm going to grab a Happy Heiny's One Size Peace Bear too.  Cooper (age 18 months) has about 5 days worth of pocket diapers, several which are One Size diapers...so I'm assuming they will fit baby #4 when the time comes.  I really need to stop.  But the call of microfiber and colors is too strong to resist.

Whine and Diapers please

I'm 32 weeks pregnant with my fourth son and lately, I've been tempted to stray.  The thought of dumping another heavy load of diapers in the washing machine has made me wince about my back pain.  But I'll survive and continue doing what feels right.  I'll just visit the chiropractor more often.

And on the Midwife front today, I didn't have to get weighed.  I love my Midwife.