~Music of the Minute~

~Foods of the Rainbow~

PIZZA!!! Pizza can be a deliciously healthy meal that your kids are bound to love. If you supply them with lots of colorful toppings and let them decorate their own, you just never know what new veggie they will fall in love with...even if just for a day! We have pizza once a week whether we use one of the three trader joe's variety...whole wheat, garlic herb or plain or we make our own using a bread maker on the pizza dough setting...perfect crust and enough for the lil surfer girls to make their own pizzas too! ...oh and a perfect leftover to pack for school lunch!

Here's our recipe for Amazing Whole Wheat Pizza Crust:
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Our bread maker pizza dough setting takes 50 minutes with mixing and rising so not sure if you do it by hand or mixer how long you have to let it rise, you might want to Google that or just wait until it's nice a puffy and doubles in size! You can refrigerate it in a bowl coated with olive oil or freeze until ready to use...but let it get to room temperature before you shape it. OHHH and we have a Pampered Chef Pizza stone and that may have something to do with why our pizzas are amazing!

~Shopping in a Second~

Ok so hopping on a jet plane and heading to OB may take some of ya'll a little longer than a second...but still oh so worth it and the lil beach shack b& b open for business. For those locals in the need of a gift Newport Ave's Antique Center is THE place to go. You will pick up something that is original and affordable all the while supporting a local business. Shop Local. I promise you will find the perfect gift for just about anyone...from kids to adults and always a little something for you!

~Music of the Minute~

~Sunsets of the Season~

~Nutrition in a Nutshell~

Bet you can name at least one Superfood!!! Go ahead give it a try...just choose any real, whole foods and guess what you've just named one. Crazy isn't it to think it's as easy as that, right? Then why do soooo many people continue to choose over processed fake foods? This isn't a new craze for me, it actually began more than 15 years ago as I ventured into the "real world" to study and earn a BS in Nutrition. This is still a very hot topic and, we are still trying to ban partially hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup...Have no fear I am here to save the day (your life) with all these incredible superfood facts! And my first one to introduce to you is the AVOCADO!!!
I LOVE this food so much that it was the very first food I fed my babies...

_{moderation is always key; strive for 80% superfoods}

~Sunsets of the Season~