Project 365 – Tennessee Strumming II

Project 365 – Sun Dried Tomato & Artichoke Heart Pizza

Having spent the last couple of days working on a rather ho-hum, boring, and altogether tedious (not to mention very draining) project, I found I had to pull tonight’s dinner and P365 photo out of a hat.  So, satisfying my kiddos with something much more palatable to their persnickety taste buds, I concocted this fabulously delicious pizza for myself.

I was too doggone tired and hungry to come up with a better image for today.   But for inquiring minds, and more particularly for my own future reference, I will share my “rough draft” recipe for this delicious pizza since I didn’t actually measure the ingredients when making my pizza.

Sun Dried Tomato & Artichoke Heart Pizza

2 t. olive oil
1/4 c. sun-dried tomatoes (I used dehydrated garden tomatoes, re-hydrated briefly in hot water and drained)
1/2 c. artichoke hearts, drained (I used Sam’s Club jarred artichoke hearts… not marinated)
pinch crushed red pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
splash of dry white wine
fresh mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
1 small pre-made pizza crust (I make four small crusts from this recipe and then freeze: http://www.food.com/recipe/thin-pizza-crust-95048)

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.  Heat olive oil in large skillet on medium high heat.  Add tomatoes, artichoke hearts, crushed red pepper, and garlic.  Cook for 1-2 minutes. Add white wine and continue cooking for about 1-2 minutes more.  Remove from heat.  Top pre-made crust with mozzarella, tomato and artichoke mixture, and parmesan cheese.  Bake for 8-12 minutes until edges are golden.  Pour yourself a big, fat glass of white wine and chow down!  You’re welcome.  😀

 

 

 

 

 

Project 365 – Echinacea

 

Project 365 – Sunset Chamomile

Project 365 – Margherita Pizza

Hoorah…  It’s Friday night pizza night!  Tonight I made the first Margherita Pizza of the season, and while our garden tomatoes haven’t yet come in, some of our basil plants are looking amazing thanks to a few big doses of fish fertilizer and epsom salts.  I also tried a new pizza crust recipe that simply rocked my world.  Now, stuffed to the gills and with garlic breath that could knock a hippopotamus out cold, I am happily signing off to go goof off with my little one for the rest of the night.  Peace out, Peeps.

Project 365 – Filmic Echinacea

Project 365 –

I have been rather delinquent about my P365 posting lately, but happily not delinquent in my photography.  I’ve had tons of fun photographing a couple of friends in my studio, and an equally fun time playing with their images in my photo editing software.  Here are some of the images I have edited so far from these shoots.  (So blessed to have such great friends to pose for me!)

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Project 365 – Studio Portrait

I spent an amazing afternoon photographing my beautiful friend in my studio.  Here is one of the images from this fun shoot.

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