Cherry Blossoms

We went down to Washington, DC this weekend to see the cherry blossoms. It was the first time I've seen them at their peak.

Homemade Pizza

This is the second time my husband and I have made homemade pizza. The first time, a few weeks ago, wasn't worth posting about! But this time it turned out quite well. Hopefully we'll improve even more with practice. I made the dough in the breadmaker when I got home from work. I had made a lot of sauce the last time and froze the leftovers, so it was easy to warm some up for tonight's pizza.

Homemade is ideal for us since I'm a vegetarian and he's not. We can make our own seperate pizzas with anything we want! My pizza (in the foreground) is topped with spinach, slivers of blanched asparagus, and chopped garlic. His has pepperoni, ham, green pepper, and chopped garlic. Now we just need to get another round pan, because that size was more ideal for the amount of dough. (Thanks, Brenda, for the dough recipe!)

Recipe Recommendation: Ten-Minute Chilaquiles

I don't know why this is called Ten-Minute Chilaquiles. Be forwarned, it does take less than 10 minutes to prepare, but then it needs to bake for 30-35 minutes.

I really love this recipe because the prep part is so fast and easy. It's basically a casserole of tortilla chips, cheese, beans, tomato sauce, salsa, and sour cream. Very cheesy and tomato-y. I don't have a photo of my own because we ate it already, and it wasn't very picturesque anyway!

Here's the link to the recipe on FoodNetwork.com.

Recipe Recommendation: Carrot Kinpira

Tonight I tried a recipe for Carrot Kinpira from JustBento.com and it turned out well. Mine isn't as picturesque as the photo on Just Bento, so I'll just link to the recipe here! It was a little bit of a pain to cut the carrots into matchsticks, but the result was worth it.