Pizza and Almonds

Yesterday, pizza dough was made. Today, I did not get home until after 6:30pm. I went to the gym and my 30 minute run turned into a 60 minute run. I've never gone for so long on a treadmill and I was basking in my accomplishment and runner's high.

When I got home, it was the million-dollar-question "what did you want to make for dinner?"
Well, pizza dough is there in the fridge. So, red pepper, zucchini, onion (are you seeing a trend in the veggies? we use up what we have, hardly any leftovers go to waste) were chopped and leftover ground deer was added to my husbands half of the pizza. Some light marble cheese shredded on top and we've got a winner!


Finished Baked Pizza



Add to that a salad of coleslaw mix, dried cranberries and cucumber and you've got a perfect light but filling dinner on another hot and humid day in a house without A/C



Pizza and Salad Dinner



While the oven was still hot, I thought that I would whip up a recipe for roasted almonds that I had been eyeing for a few days. With just under 2 cups of almonds left, I decided to risk them all for the sake of a possible delicious snack.

So, 1/8 of a cup of liquid egg white whisked with garlic powder, Slap Yo Mamma spice, curry powder, chili powder, a dash of cinnamon and a packet of Splenda and you have your coating. A quick toss with the almonds to coat them, spread on a baking sheet covered in parchment. Bake at 300 F for 15 minutes then turn down the heat to 200 F and bake for another 15 minutes. I took them out halfway through the baking to toss them. They all stuck together though so I used my oven mit to break them apart and mix them up.

They still turned out great and I have been munching on them as tonights healthy snack! Try any combination that sounds good to you, just keep the egg whites and amount of almonds about the same. Lime, black pepper, corriander and chili? BBQ seasoning and liquid smoke? So many ideas!



Home Roasted Seasoned Almonds