Veggie Pizza

Yum! I hadn't made one of these in a while, so I made one for a belated family Christmas party on Sunday. I thought the purple cauliflower and yellow peppers made it quite colorful and fun. :)

VEGGIE PIZZA

2 tubes crescent roll dough

2 bricks cream cheese, softened (I would have used low-fat, but the store only had regular!)

1/4 cup mayo (I used fat-free.)

1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix

3 cups assorted chopped veggies (I used purple cauliflower, broccoli, yellow peppers, and shredded carrots.)

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Unroll crescents onto a cookie sheet and smooth edges together. Bake according to package instructions- around 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool. Mix together the cream cheese, mayo, and ranch dressing mix. Spread mixture onto crust. Top with chopped veggies, then cheese. Refridgerate until serving time. Cut into squares for serving.

Sunday dinner: Pork Chops

Parmesan Baked Pork Chops (8pts),

with mashed potatoes (2pts), and steamed broccoli (0pts)

This is one of my favorite meals!

What's cooking at your house tonight?

P.S. This is my photo... you'll also see it posted on RecipeZaar with the chops recipe!

Strawberry Pie

Tonight I made Strawberry Pie without using store-bought "gel" for the first time. Who knew it was so easy, and so good?

Here's the recipe I used, and my photo-- the picture doesn't really do it justice, though! I could just give you the recipe link, but then I can't add in my own notes! ;)

STRAWBERRY PIE

• 4 cups fresh strawberries (I used one grocery-store container & cut up the big ones.)


• 3/4 cup sugar


• 2 tablespoons cornstarch


• 1 (.6 oz) package strawberry gelatin (mine was strawberry-banana flavor)


• 1 1/2 cups water


• 1 graham cracker crust (Next time, I want to try a chocolate crust-- I used a store-bought graham cracker crust this time because they were on sale for $1 each-- can't beat that!)

Slice berries and place into pie crust. Stir together the sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan, then add water, mix, and bring to a boil. Simmer a few minutes until it begins to thicken. Add gelatin and mix well. Cool the mixture a few minutes, then pour over top the strawberries in the pie crust. Refridgerate until firm (mine chilled about for 45 minutes before serving).

We did, of course, top this with the mandatory whipped cream. :)

That's it! It was SO easy, and so good. Next time, I want to try it with a chocolate crust, and I might even add in some sliced bananas. Yum!