Eat Local Challenge: Day 20

June 20, 2012

Breakfast:
Nada.

Lunch:
Leftover couscous salad and red cabbage.

Dinner:
We had homemade pizza, with the wheat dough and pizza sauce both made from scratch.  It was quite a process (well, compared to popping a frozen pizza in the oven), so this post obviously warrants a photo series.

I followed this recipe for the pizza crust, using the whole wheat flour from Carenco, LA and local salt and sugar.  The olive oil, yeast and white flour weren't local.  While the dough was resting I started the tomato sauce, which was pretty simple.  I blanched about 2 pounds of local heirloom tomatoes in order to peel them, and while they were boiling I chopped up the herbs.

Local basil, rosemary, and garlic

After peeling the tomatoes and giving them a rough chop, I tossed them in a saucepan with some olive oil and brought the liquid to a boil.  I added the herbs and local salt and not-local pepper, and let the liquid boil off so the sauce would thicken.

Tomato sauce simmering on the stove!

It took Jason and me a while to figure out how to shape and stretch the dough, but we finally figured it out.  I forgot to take photos of him tossing the dough in the air. =(  He was a lot better at it than I was.

Then we spread out the sauce; the amount was *perfect* for the size of the pizza.

Starting the pizza assembly process...

We topped it off with shredded Asiago cheese from Rocking R Dairy in Tylertown, MS, local onion, green pepper, fairy tale eggplant, and ground beef for Jason's side.

The pie right before going into the oven...

...and after!

To go with the pizza, we had a salad with local mixed greens, arugula, blueberries, cucumbers, and some of the leftover Asiago cheese.  I made a simple balsamic vinaigrette to go with it.

Veggie pizza slices + Salad

YUM!  This meal also received the Jason seal of approval!


Non-local foods for the week: Rotel, pizza dough, couscous, apple
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