Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from All of us at My Sunshines 🙂
Blogging was really sporadic whole of last year,but I am so grateful that you guys haven’t given up on me..I promise to blog more regularly next year 🙂
Here’s to a bigger and better 2014..I have a good feeling about 2014..hopefully we will have happier times than 2013..:)
Love you all..
Aadi was sick,so she stayed away from school. When I asked her what she wanted to eat for lunch,her answer was,”can we go to a restaurant?” I said no..”Can we get takeaway?” I said No! Can we get Maccas? I said,N.O. She went to ask SD,who was also home that day. “Papa,Mumma says we can’t eat out..can we go get something from outside?” Obviously SD said no too..She started to whine and SD lost it and told her..”That’s it..No more eating out till MARCH!” And her face fell,the lower lip started quiver and the tears started flowing.When I asked her why she was crying,out came a jumbled mess of words..”But its not fair,I don’t get to eat out,I will miss out on the treats..”blah blah…So,we tried to tell her our reasons..its not healthy,we need to save money,etc.And we reached a compromise that whatever she wants to eat,she can tell me and I’ll make that for her.So,yesterday,she wanted to eat a pizza.
I found this recipe from Kidspot and it looked simple enough. Best of all,I had ALL the ingredients it called for- Self raising flour and Yogurt! You read that right..it uses only 2 ingredients.But I tweaked the proportions a little. This is what I used-
2 cups self raising flour
1.5 cup greek yogurt.
warm water,if required.
1-2 tsp olive oil.
Take the flour and yogurt in a bowl and start kneading.Add warm water,only if required. Once the dough comes together,take the olive oil on your palms and rub it nicely into the dough,making a smooth ball.
Cover with cling wrap and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
Once the dough has risen, punch it and let it rest for another 10 minutes. [If you are not going to use it immediately,put in the fridge till you are ready to use it ]
Divide the dough into 8 equal sized balls and roll in to round discs. Take a fork and poke holes in the base.
Spread some pizza sauce on the base,add toppings of your choice and cover with shredded mozzarella.
Bake in the oven at 180 deg ,till the cheese is melted. At this stage,I transfer the pizza to a pan,getting heated on a low heat,and let the base get crispy. Serve hot!
For the toppings we did-1) plain cheese
2) Mixed vegetables( A pan-charred mix capsicum,onions and broccoli)
For the Sauce(This is my mum’s recipe):
3 large tomatoes + 2 garlic cloves(pureed)
1 tsp oil
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp red chili powder
Salt to taste.
Heat oil in a pan,add the red chili powder.When the oil starts to get foamy,add the sugar and the tomato puree followed by the salt. Mix well and let it cook on a medium flame till all the water from the tomatoes dries up and you are left with a thick sauce.
I can guarantee you,once you taste this sauce,you will never want to buy any of the readymade ones. Try it,I dare you 🙂
I leave you with a picture of my pizza 🙂
Miss Nanya has a bad case of Hayfever and strangely here biggest problem this year has been the itchy nose.She can’t stop scratching it.See the picture:( I keep applying the ointment to it,every hour or so,but don’t know how to stop her from scratching it.
Any ideas,anyone?
My Aadi is turning into a Daddy’s girl..At the start of every school vacation,she announces that she is going to have certain Papa&Aadi days.They plan to go out for movies or go out to the video shop alone and pick out movies that they both want to watch.They share secrets and are thick as thieves on some days.
And then there are days,when they don’t see eye-to-eye and get in each others way.Papa yells at her,she comes to me crying.Then I say something and then SD and I have words!
You see,I have a problem,I can’t see my babies crying. When they were wee newborns,I felt like I had a switch in my head,that got flipped when I heard them cry.I thought the switch would disappear with time,but no,it didn’t. I still get all worked and restless,when either of my girls are crying.SD laughs when I tell him that.He says,I am just a softie..hmpff!
Anyway speaking of Daddy’s girl,now,when she wakes up in the middle of the night,she calls out to him.When she comes to our bed,she snuggles up with him..It’s another thing,that Anan won’t let her come close to me! Here’s a pic of SD and Aadi,from our trip to Fairy Park.Aadi wanted a picture with the Giant Dragon but,she was scared to go near it.So,SD picked her up and took her near the Dragon.Instant Brownie points for Dad 🙂
And this is how,I found them,yesterday,when I went to call them for dinner…:)
I’ll stop here,time to pick up my knitting 🙂
More later,
xox
Trish
