late night ponderings

My estranged sister called today.

It was weird. Like...really weird. I was telling her about my disasterous Bible study w/ Matt and Pj, and how all the other strays in our church have returned...all but her. I hated not being able to tell her that I was home alone, and I think she might have suspected something, because I was very weird when she asked what I was up to. I can't help it, though. She's my sister, and my first response is to be honest with her...competely honest.

Other things....I know I should be going to bed soon, especially if I want to get up at 11 tommorrow (sad that I find that ambitious). I find it hard to sleep, though, probably due to mass amounts of tea and coffee consumed today. But, I made several deliscious items. These are not really recipes, but here is how I made them:


Mini Pizzas:

These I made on hotdog and hamburger buns. I found, in the end, that I like the hotdog buns better. *shrug* Your oven should be on 300 degrees. Pre-heat, pop the buns (seperated) on an ungreased cookie sheet. When the oven is heated, pop them in for 5 minutes or so to get them nice and toasty.

I used Prego spaghetti sauce, but any other sauce is workable. Spread this on your buns when they are done toasting. I added pepper and oregano, but I like my pizza herby. You may omit this, if you so choose. Top with a mixture of Sargento cheddar and Sargento Mozzerrella & Parmesean. Pop that in the over for say, ten minutes? I set it for about 15, because I wanted my cheese crispy. It never got there.

This was a wonderful, herb-ish pizza, and I really, really enjoyed it. My dad makes hot dog bun / english muffin pizzas all the time, though I never saw the appeal...until now.



Next is a weird soup-y thing I call stew. You will need:

1 large pot of water
2 carrots
2 potatos
1/2 an onion
Wondra, or flour. Wondra is better, if you can get your hands on it.
1 can frichik (vegetarian canned meat)
McKay's beef (not actually beef, but fake beef) seasoning
Celery salt
oregano
pepper
bay leaves
sage

Chop up your onion first while you set the water to boil. Throw two or three bay leaves in, and then the onion. Chop your veggies and frichik into inch cubes, and throw your carrots and potatos in. Save the meat for last- it really doesn't need to cook long. Season to taste, and them go watch TV or something.

Come back in half an hour, and throw the meat in. Take a ladle full of broth and dump it into a bowl, then mix that with Wondra or flour. Make sure there are no lumps. When it is smooth and thick, dump that back into your pot, stir, and repeat until your soup is as thick as you would like. Then walk away, and check in ten minutes or so. Try a potato - when it melts in your mouth, you're done.

I know it is totally not specific, but if it helps, it took me like an hour to make today, and when it was done it was totally delicious. The carrots melted in my mouth. The carrots!

I want to make some sort of italian cheese bread to go with it, but I am scared of making bread. Hopefully tommorrow, I will make it outside to get bread and make it. I also think I might make egg noodles to go with it, because I love egg noodles and want to see if this dish goes well with noodles.

I am going to see if I can watch a Roseanne/Daisy of Love mixture until I fall asleep. I want to get close to 8 hours of sleep tonight, as I work full-time Monday, and pretty much every day this week.