How to Make Pizza Crust

Do you love making pizza? Make your own pizza crust and enjoy a delicious crunchy crust pizza that better than bought ones. Here is a simple way to make a pizza crust.

Ingredients
1/2 kilo all purpose flour
5 grams instant dry yeast
2 cups lukewarm water ( add if needed) only lukewarm not HOT because it will kill the yeast
2 tablespoon olive oil or any cooking oil
1 teaspoon salt
extra flour for dusting

Procedure:
1. Combine the yeast, salt, oil and flour then mix well, add the water gradually until you form a dough, knead until it is smooth and elastic. Then put in a bowl and cover, let rest in a room temperature for an hour or until doubled in size.

2. In your working place, dust it with flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Cut into 4 parts ( or 3 parts if you want bigger pizza crust) then knead and form into a ball and let it rise for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes use a rolling pin and flatten the dough.

3. This is now ready to be used for pizza. You can use it right away or bake for 6 minutes at 180C then wrap in a plastic wrapper and refrigerate for future use.

Here are some Pizza recipes that you can try.

Hawaiian Delight Pizza
http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2011/09/hawaiian-delight-pizza.html

Ham and Cheese Pizza
http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2011/09/hawaiian-delight-pizza_23.html

Pepperoni Pizza with Cashew Nuts
http://melyskitchen.blogspot.com.br/2012/06/pepperoni-pizza-with-cashew-nuts.html

Mely's Kitchen Chicken Macaroni Salad

Simple version but still yummy.

Ingredients for 12 servings:
1/2 kilo elbow macaroni
1/4 kilo chicken breast ( cooked and tshredded)
2 cups Nestle cream/all purpose cream
1/2 cup minced carrots
1/4 cup minced red onion
1 pack mayonaise (200 or 250 grams)
1 apple ( diced)
1 cup pineapple tidbits
1 cup raisins
sugar to taste

Procedure:
1. Cook the elbow macaroni according to its packaging procedure. (drained )
2. Mix all the ingredients.
3. Chill or put in the refrigerator before serving.

Eggplant Omellette (Tortang Talong)

I have lots of friends who do not like eggplant because they said it is not yummy and there is no flavor at all.
 Well, I do not agree because if you know how to cook it, it is yummy, it goes well with other ingredients.
The recipe that I liked for eggplant is tortang talong or eggplant omellette like the one in the picture that's shared to us by Miss Gloria Resurreccion.


Ingredients:

6 eggplants
3 eggs
1/4 cup flour
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Grilled the eggplant or boil until it is cooked. 
2. Remove the skin and flatten it. Set aside.
3. In a bowl beat the eggs, add the flour, salt and pepper, mix will.
4.Put the eggplant in the mixture,  coat it well, and fry it.
5. Serve it hot.

Contributed by: Miss Gloria Resurreccion.

Simple Bibingka With Cheese

A delicious bibingka with cheese that will boosts your appetite when you smell its aroma, mmmmm yummy.

Ingredients for 4 servings:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 egg ( beaten)
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup fresh milk
pinch of salt
some cheese for toppings
wilted banana leaves

Procedure:
1. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, set aside.
2.Pour the milk to the sifted ingredients then mix well,  add the beaten eggs and mix  until fully combined and smooth.
3. Put a wilted banana leaves in the molder that you are going to use then fill it with the bibingka mixture up to 3/4 full, and bake for 25 minutes or until done in a pre-heated oven at 180C.
4. After 25 minutes top it with cheese and continue baking for 5 minutes and turn off the heat.
5.Serve with a smile.

Pork Broccoli

I cooked this dish from a friends request. I made it simple and budget friendly, but still it is yummy. I hope you will like it.

Ingredients for 3 servings:

1 head of broccoli (regular size)
1/4 kilo pork
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
2 cups
1 1/2 teaspoon corn starch dissolve in 1 tablespoon water
salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. If the pork that you will use has fats,  toast the fats then saute the garlic and onion.
2. Put the rest of the pork together with the soy sauce and simmer for a minute.

3. Add the water and bring to a boil.
4. Increase the heat then add the broccoli stirring constantly until it is half cooked then add the dissolved corn starch, salt and pepper then simmer until cooked.

5. Serve it hot.