Happy almost FRIDAY! And what's better about this weekend is that it's THREE DAYS! Yessssss....
I thought I'd share a quick post about one of my favorite foods. You know, food and pregnancy go hand in hand...and there's no doubt that I haven't deprived myself one bit. Pizza has been one of my favorite things to eat over the past 7 months. We have it at least once, sometimes twice a week. I love it!
The best thing about this pizza is the dough. We get our dough from the Publix bakery in the baked goods section usually. If you can't find it, ask for it. It's best if you let it sit out still in the packaging for an hour before you start messing with it.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and get it as thin as you like. We roll ours out to fit on an extra large air bake cookie sheet. Recently Ben has been rolling up the edges to make a crust, and it is SO good, try that!
After you've rolled it out cover the dough with olive oil and italian seasonings. I like to sprinkle the "crust" part with a little kosher salt too. It's just yummy. Put your favorite pizza sauce down next and whatever toppings you like. My current faves are sauteed portabella mushrooms, fresh baby spinach, and banana peppers. Ben eats crazy stuff on his half like green olives and anchovies - gross! I accidentally bit into an anchovy one time and almost lost my mind it was so nasty. So, I make him keep that stuff far away from our "center line" where my stuff is on one half, his on the other. That's the beauty of homemade pizza, you can do whatever you want with it and there aren't any extra charges!
Top with cheese, and bake at 400 for about 15 minutes.
We usually pair it with a salad of some sort...my favorite salad right now is a spinach, craisin, and walnut salad with balsamic dressing. Throw in some blue cheese crumbles and you're basically eating a restaurant quality salad. It's so good!!
This pizza is ridiculously good y'all. Try it out!
Cheers to a 3 day weekend! Ben and I will be celebrating five blissful years of marriage tomorrow, YAY! We are going to have a 4D ultrasound done tomorrow afternoon. We thought it would cool to see our little boy's face for the first time on our anniversary. I'll post pics next week!
Love to all,
Kerri
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
May Madness
By the title of this post, you can see I'm right in the middle of the insane month I was referring to in my previous posts. Instead of March, it's May Madness in the Stephenson household!
I started the month out VERY busy at work, and the first weekend Ben and I did some work around the house. I proceeded to plant $150 worth of flowers that Sunday in the blazing heat - not quite sure that was a good decision on my part being almost 27 weeks pregnant, but hey - it looks good! My back felt like someone drop kicked me for a few days, ouch! I won't do that again. Then, the next week I was on Jury Duty - let me just say I am SO happy I wasn't selected for a jury! It was torture just sitting in there for half a day. That same week Ben and I took our first baby class after work. We had to do this because we literally have no free weekends left until July. So, last Tuesday from 6:30 to 9:30 we were in this class. It was good and taught us some things we didn't know prior. So, it was a beneficial class - just long and tough to sit through after a full day of work.
I also have tons of doctors appointments this month. My glucose test was yesterday (Gross!) and my 6 month checkup at my oncologist's office is tomorrow. Geez! They are like vampires with the amount of blood that has been drawn this month. At least I'm used to blood draws now, it honestly doesn't even bother me anymore. How could it? I bet I've had it drawn at least a hundred times over the past 3 years. I used to almost faint at the sight of a needle!
So anyways, finally this past weekend rolled around and both of our families were in town. I had my first baby shower this past Saturday morning at Laura's house, and let me tell you - her and Melanie did an outstanding job on this shower! I've never seen anything like it! It was the most beautiful baby shower I've ever been to. These girls went above and beyond and I really want to say THANK YOU to these two for doing all you did for me! I can't say thank you enough...really, I can't. Here are some pics!
It was an amazing shower and thanks to everyone who came! I am so excited about all of the gifts for Bennett!
Sunday arrived and we geared up to go watch our adorable nephew Walker be baptized at our church. He did so good! He even stuck his hand in the bowl of holy water - priceless moment! He is just precious in his new haircut too. We love this little guy!!!
So, the madness continues! I'm off to host my bf from college Kristie's bachelorette party this weekend. I am really looking forward to it, it's going to be SO much fun!!
The last weekend in May Ben and I will be celebrating 5 years of marriage - can you believe it! We've been through a lot in 5 years! It's been amazing - cheers to us! :)
Hope everyone is having a great week/month - love to all!
Kerri
I started the month out VERY busy at work, and the first weekend Ben and I did some work around the house. I proceeded to plant $150 worth of flowers that Sunday in the blazing heat - not quite sure that was a good decision on my part being almost 27 weeks pregnant, but hey - it looks good! My back felt like someone drop kicked me for a few days, ouch! I won't do that again. Then, the next week I was on Jury Duty - let me just say I am SO happy I wasn't selected for a jury! It was torture just sitting in there for half a day. That same week Ben and I took our first baby class after work. We had to do this because we literally have no free weekends left until July. So, last Tuesday from 6:30 to 9:30 we were in this class. It was good and taught us some things we didn't know prior. So, it was a beneficial class - just long and tough to sit through after a full day of work.
I also have tons of doctors appointments this month. My glucose test was yesterday (Gross!) and my 6 month checkup at my oncologist's office is tomorrow. Geez! They are like vampires with the amount of blood that has been drawn this month. At least I'm used to blood draws now, it honestly doesn't even bother me anymore. How could it? I bet I've had it drawn at least a hundred times over the past 3 years. I used to almost faint at the sight of a needle!
So anyways, finally this past weekend rolled around and both of our families were in town. I had my first baby shower this past Saturday morning at Laura's house, and let me tell you - her and Melanie did an outstanding job on this shower! I've never seen anything like it! It was the most beautiful baby shower I've ever been to. These girls went above and beyond and I really want to say THANK YOU to these two for doing all you did for me! I can't say thank you enough...really, I can't. Here are some pics!
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| Unbelievable candy and dessert table! |
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| Onesie decorating station - awesome idea! |
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| The absolute gorgeous food table! Yum :) |
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| They even had water bottles to match! |
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| Custom Onesies everyone made for Bennett! |
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| Me at almost 28 weeks - now in the 3rd trimester! |
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| The lovely hostesses Laura and Melanie |
Sunday arrived and we geared up to go watch our adorable nephew Walker be baptized at our church. He did so good! He even stuck his hand in the bowl of holy water - priceless moment! He is just precious in his new haircut too. We love this little guy!!!
So, the madness continues! I'm off to host my bf from college Kristie's bachelorette party this weekend. I am really looking forward to it, it's going to be SO much fun!!
The last weekend in May Ben and I will be celebrating 5 years of marriage - can you believe it! We've been through a lot in 5 years! It's been amazing - cheers to us! :)
Hope everyone is having a great week/month - love to all!
Kerri
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