Amazing!
Source: Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book (with changes)

Ingredients
1 tube of refrigerated pizza dough
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 cups of shredded fontina cheese 
8 slices of prosciutto
1 cup of chopped dates
1 bunch of arugula, stem ends removed
1.5 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 400F.

Unroll dough onto baking sheet. Sprinkle garlic evenly over the dough.  Cover with cheese,  proscuitto, and dates.  Bake until crisp for about 15 minutes.  

Toss the arugula with lemon juice, oil, salt, and pepper.

When the pizza comes out of the oven, top with greens.  Cut into slices and serve.

This is wonderful with white wine!
 
Snowday!  (Maybe...hopefully...) Here's some comfort food in preparation for the weather!  The soup mix is from Bob's Red Mill.  I love this brand; it is my go-to for whole grains.  This mix is delicious and easy to make, but takes at least 3 hours to simmer on the stove after soaking the beans all night in water.  Have it with a big serving of this wholesome spoonbread! 
Texas Spoonbread
Source: Allrecipes.com
Ingredients
  • 3 cups milk
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  • 1 teaspoon sugar (I suggest increasing this to at least 3 tablespoons) 
  • 1 teaspoon salt (I would increase this to 1 tablespoon) 
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 eggs, separated
Directions
  1. In a saucepan, scald the milk, heat to 180 degrees F; stir in cornmeal. Reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in butter, sugar, salt and baking powder. In a small bowl, beat egg yolks. Gradually stir a small amounts of the hot mixture into yolks; return all to pan and mix well. In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold egg whites into hot mixture until well blended. Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until well puffed. Use a spoon to serve.
 
It's Thursday.  I'm dead - can't keep my eyes open.  Ready for the weekend!  I whipped this up in 20 minutes and paired it with big baked potatoes with sour cream and chives.  All of the carbs probably aren't helping me to stay awake!

Broccoli Soup
Source: Everyday With Rachel Ray

Ingredients:
10 oz bag of frozen, chopped broccoli (thawed)
1 potato, peeled and cut into small chunks
4 oz goat cheese

1. Combine the broccoli and potato with four cups of water and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Transfer to a blender and puree with the goat cheese.  Season with salt and pepper.

3 ingredients but so so good and creamy!  Great with bread for dipping!

Mom's Cornbread
Source: Another one from my mom!

Ingredients:
1 cup of flour
1 cup of cornmeal (I love to use whole grain)
1/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup of skim milk or buttermilk
1/2 cup of oil

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients together.  Then, slowly incorporate the remaining ingredients.
3. Pour into an 8 inch square baking dish or muffin pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
4. Bake 20-30 minutes in a baking dish or 15 minutes in the muffin pan.