chicken alfredo pizza

i cheat and buy a pre made crust in the bakery section at walmart. then i add the flavor, starting with home made alfredo
melt
1/2 stick butter
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (make sure you let it melt before adding other stuff)

then add and melt
cream cheese
and a little cream
still stirring add a little italian seasoning and salt and pepper.
cover the pizza crust leaving a little space around the edges.

add
shredded chicken breast
thin sliced marinated artichoke hearts
wilted spinach

cover in mozzarella cheese and bake at 400 for about 10-15 minutes until cheese is hot in the center. when i take mine out i run a stick of butter around the edges and sprinkle garlic salt. enjoy!

home made pico de gallo

ive tried making salsa a few times and it always turns out green from too much cilantro. i love pico de gallo because it isnt watery and the flavors are more distinctive.


5 roma tomatoes
1 anahiem pepper
1/4 onion
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 lime
lots of salt

dice (very small) the pepper and tomatoes. finely dice the onion and the cilantro. mix together and squeeze lime over. add salt to taste and ENJOY

i put mine on tacos with seasoned turkey, cheese, and sour cream and they were perfect

gnocchi with bacon and asparagus

ingredients
half package of bacon (or any other meat) cooked and chopped bite size
1 bunch of asparagus (i broiled mine covered in butter for about 10 min)
olive oil
package of gnocchi
Parmesan cheese

boil the gnocchi about 4 minutes or until they float to the top. then put in a bowl. pour olive oil over to lightly coat the pasta. sprinkle with italian seasoning. cut cooked asparagus into three pieces each and add to the pasta. add chopped bacon. mix together then sprinkle with parmesan cheese. yummy!

home made ravioli!

when i was in boston this summer visiting kara and her family, we went to a street fair in little italy and got some amazing ravioli, it was the size of my palm and really tender! so i got back to utah and started reading eat, pray, love where the author writes about eating in italy. i decided to only cook italian for dinner from now on. i have been experimenting and making some yummy creations. i wanted to make ravioli and the only kind not frozen i could find was small and not very good. so i googled and found this website http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-Homemade-Ravioli and it showed me step by step with pictures how to make it. im gonna recap how i followed the directions here!
ingredients:
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
5 egg yolks
about a cup of water

i put the flour and salt in a bowl and made a hole in the top, then added the beaten egg yolks and mixed with my hands. slowly added water until i could kneed it. kneed for 10 min then set in fridge covered for 20 min. then i took off baseball size chunks and rolled out on a floured surface, flipping over every few rolls. then i cut the circles with a large drinking glass that was wet on the edges. then i made the filling


ingredients:
1 beaten egg
italian seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic
1 tbs minced onion
2 cups mozzerella chesse
1 cup parmesean cheese
1 cup spinach i wilted in butter on the stove

add about a tbs of mixture to center of circle and rub a little bit of egg around the edges before covering it with another circle and pushing the edges together.

you can freeze these to use at a later time or boil that day. boil for about 5-7 minutes if frozen or 2-3 minutes if not. these were easy to make but took a very long time! feel free to fill with whatever you can fit inside:)