No need for yeast or kneading. This recipe uses refrigerated pizza dough. It's chewing and soft and goes with any meal.
Ingredients
1 tube of refrigerator pizza dough
oil, any kind you like
2 tablespoons of fresh herbs
salt
Open 1 can of refrigerated dough and roll out until it's roughly the size of your rectangular pan. Oil the rectangular pan and transfer the dough. Stretch it out to the sides and lightly cover with oil. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
With your fingertips, make divots all over the dough. Add some more oil and about a 1 tablespoon of fresh herbs and lightly salt to taste. I used thyme but rosemary is traditional and basil would be good. Pre-heat the oven to 425.
Bake for 10 minutes, remove and add the remainder of the herbs and bake until golden brown. Watch carefully as it can burn quickly. Don't worry if it puffs up in the center, it will go back down once it cools.
Serve warm. Garnish, if you'd like, with grated cheese or more herbs.
This is a wonderful and easy to make side dish that is full of flavor and nutrition, especially high in vitamin A and C and fiber. If you don't have or like kale, try spinach or any other hardy green.
Ingredients:
1/2 lb of kale
1 cup of shredded carrot
1/4 cup of leeks or onions, shredded
3 cups of chicken or vegetable broth
salt and pepper to taste
3 strips of cooked bacon
Remove the stems of the kale and chop into 1" pieces...or buy it that way. Unlike most other prepared vegetables, it's about the same price in most stores.
Put the kale, carrot and leeks into a large pan and add the broth. Cover and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Uncover and stir. Simmer uncovered until most of the liquid has evaporated and the kale is wilted and tender, stirring occasionally. Salt and pepper to taste, the amount will also depend upon the broth you used.
Present in a large bowl and top with bacon. That's it! Elegant and healthy cooking that's so easy, but so impressive looking. And it tastes good too.
