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Pizza for any meal of the day by Lucinda Beldon from whom we got the recipes.
Choosing your pizza crust
You can bake pizza crust of all types. It depends on are what your preferences are
• Refrigerated pizza dough tube
• Almond flour dough
• Cauliflower dough
• Homemade yeast dough
Prepare as you like or per box instructions.
Deep dish, regular, or thin crust
Deep dish is usually an inch thick or more; regular crust is 1/2 inch thick; thin crust is about 1/4 inch thick or less.
Be sure to oil your sheet, baking sheet, or skillet prior to adding your dough. You will want to be able to flip the dough over to brown both sides.
Toppings and Sauces
Since you have baked both sides of your crust, you can put sauce on as thick as you like. Put the sauce on your pizza and bake it for a few minutes.
TIP: Prepare your toppings first so you can have them ready to put on top of your dough as soon as it is ready.
Working with cheese toppings
If you are adding cheese, you will want to cover the pizza for a few minutes with a lid or aluminum foil to melt the cheese. Do not cover it too long or the pizza will become soggy. Select cheeses that have low melting points.
Here are some cheeses that have the best melting points, with the lowest melting points listed first:
• Gruyere
• Brie
• Goudas
• Colby
• Manchego
• Feta
You can make all types of pizzas for any meal. Try a breakfast pizza, main dish pizza, or a dessert pizza.
Breakfast pizza (Serves 4)
• 8 pieces of bacon cooked on aluminum foil, cooled and crumbled
• 4 eggs scrambled in pan on campfire, salt and pepper options
• 2 chopped scallions (optional)
• 4 tablespoons jelly or salsa of your choice (optional)
• ½ cup of shredded cheese (recommend gruyere or brie)
Bake your crust in the thickness you prefer. Spread a thin layer of jelly or salsa across the baked crust. Top with scrambled eggs, crumbled bacon, and scallions. Heat for just a few minutes, covered until cheese is melted.
Lunch or Dinner
Old-fashioned pepperoni pizza (Serves 4)
• 1 pkg pepperoni
• 1 cup cheese (recommend Colby and Manchego)
• 1 can pizza sauce
Bake your crust choice in the thickness you prefer. Spread a layer of pizza sauce on the baked crust. Top with pepperoni and cover with cheese. Heat for just a few minutes, covered until cheese is melted.
Desert
Cinnamon roll pizza (Serves 4)
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 8 teaspoons of sugar or sugar substitute
• ½ cup melted butter
• ½ c powdered sugar (save for topping)
Put your raw pizza dough in a skillet. Pour melted butter across the top. Mix cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle it across the top. Bake the dough until the top is cooked and the butter is baked in. Mix powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon of water (until it is a pouring consistency). Drizzle over the top of the baked dough and toppings.
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Susan Trowbridge is the victim of mistaken identity, trapped in the past by a ghost and a haunted wedding gown. To return home she must discover the identity of the ghost’s murderer. Can Susan stop the murder, or will history repeat itself, with her as the victim this time? And if she does stop the murder, must she return home and leave the man she has come to love?
Duncan Hawthorn is a man battling his own demons. But when Susan falls into his life, Duncan finds himself inexplicably attracted to a woman he thought he hated. Should he believe she is in danger? Should he believe her irrational claims that she is from the future? Either way, he realizes he will lose the woman who has become his salvation and his true love.
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Recipes adapted from Do It Yourself RV by Lucinda Beldon
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