Hannah and I have clearly decided that we much prefer baby spinach to curly spinach. So with a fresh bag in the fridge, and leftover bread I decided to make pizza for lunch. Only one problem – I didn’t bring flour or have a rolling pin to roll out the dough! But having a kitchen at work that has a wine chiller (for work parties) I took an opened bottle of pinot grigio (who knows how long that’s been in there!) and sprayed the bottle with Pam and it worked out just fine!
I used 3 ounces of dough, 1/4 cup pizza sauce, 1 ounce of mozzarella cheese and a handful of baby spinach. All the while people were heating their frozen dinners around me! I should start taking orders!
And now I am enjoying a fresh baby spinach salad with sliced cucumbers and carrots with a balsamic dressing – so fresh and flavorful!
I borrowed my Mom’s pressure cooker (not pressure fryer) to try to make Tony fried chicken. Has anyone ever attempted this before? Is it okay to use oil in a pressure cooker?
So come on back tonight for Down Home Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes!
Great idea with the wine bottle. The pizza sounds so good!
Nice improv with the wine bottle!!
The cucumber dish is cold!! And it is AWESOME!!! I’m tellin’ ya, the next time you’re in chicago….:)
Omygosh, fried chicken in a pressure cooker?? I’m gonna need to see that. It’s like a magic trick!!!
pressure cooker to make fried chicken? WOW!
I googled “using oil in pressure cooker” – there’s lots of posts, but the consensus seems to be DON’T DO IT. Read the guide that came with the cooker! I wouldn’t risk it.
Thanks Mom! Actually, I re-read the recipe, it only calls for 2 tablespoons of oil, not like a deep fryer, then broil the chicken after it comes out of the pressure cooker – we’ll see!
LOVE homemade pizza – dinner sounds great too!
I still haven’t bought some kitchen essentials and find myself using funny things all the time for simple tasks, love the wine bottle trick!
Wow – I wish I would have worked someplace where they had parties with wine! I am thinking I would not currently be retired if that had been the case…
Very innovative work lunch and great problem solving with the rolling pin substitute. If we all ate better lunches during the work week I am thinking we’d be less likely to splurge so much on weekends.
I wondered who’d been into the wine today…
Oh wow, so delicious!!!
Beautiful pictures today!
Ha Tony you are too funny!!
haha – nice rolling pin substitution!
The pizza sounds great. I’m am always afraid of putting something like this on a pizza but I love spinach. I think I will try it next time.
The fried chicken sounds great. I can’t wait to hear how it turns out. Good luck with the pressure cooker!
I like baby spinach much more than curly spinach too!
I don’t use pressure cooker, sorry I can’t help 🙂