Sunday Funday - New York Style

Sunday Funday, the Steelers are playing the Jets!  This means New York food...which easily means PIZZA!  Thin crust pie, bagel chips with artichoke dip, and Italian spinach salad with caper vinaigrette made up our new yorker menu. The finale was "Big Apple" pie! (NY cheesecake would be the obvious dessert, but neither of us like cheesecake, so that was out.  And since we went apple picking Saturday, apple pie was a great choice, and why not name it after the city that never sleeps! 

Our Steelers won their first game of the season and our food was delicious.  I call that a good Sunday.  

Have a great week. 

Lets go Steelers!

Never Stop Cooking ~Melissa

Week Six Menu

Thin Crust Cheese Pizza

Bagel Chips with Parmesan Artichoke Dip

Spinach Salad with Caper Vinaigrette 

The "Big Apple" Pie

Thin Crust Cheese Pizza

Ingredients

1 fresh pizza dough (go get the good stuff at your local Italian market or bakery, it doesn't compare to store bought)

Shredded Italian cheese blend 

Parmesan cheese

Pizza sauce

Flour and corn meal

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a pizza pan or cookie sheet with cooking spray.  

On a clean work surface, spread flour and corn meal down.  Roll out the dough (make sure it is at room temperature) to the size of the pan, making sure it is nice and thin.  

Place the dough on the pan and spread with pizza sauce leaving room around the edges for the crust.  Top with Parmesan cheese and place in oven for 10 minutes.  After 10 minutes, remove the pie and top with the Italian cheese blend and bake for another 10-15 minutes.  Remove the pie from the oven and enjoy! 

When we make pizza, we don't measure our sauce or cheese, and just add as much as we like, and totally enjoy our pizza nights! 

Bagel Chip with Parmesan Artichoke Dip

We make our own bagel chips, but the artichoke dip is a recipe from Kraft foods.  I have made this recipe for years and everyone loves it.  Use this link below for the recipe. 

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/hot-parmesan-artichoke-dip-51255.aspx

Ingredients

Bagels, sliced thin

Parmesan artichoke dip (recipe on Kraft Foods website)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Place sliced bagels on a cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes, keeping a close eye on them.  

Enjoy with Parmesan Artichoke Dip or your favorite dip.  (Try my caramelized onion dip!)

Italian Spinach Salad 

with

Caper Vinaigrette 

Ingredients

 4-6 cups fresh baby spinach

6-10 artichoke quarters, chopped

15-20 large black olives, sliced

2 oz mozzarella cheese, diced

1 plum tomato, diced

Caper Vinaigrette 

Caper Vinaigrette 

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

2 tbsp capers

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

2 tsp olive oil

Directions

Make caper vinaigrette by combining all ingredients.  Toss with salad ingredients and enjoy! 

The "Big Apple" Pie recipe is coming soon! Here is a sneak peak at the goodness.  I wish I had some right now!