Why is everything with pineapple automatically Hawiian?

Hey Ladies, I was inspired by the pizza. So here is a delish recipe that is oh so easy! Long live the blog!

Pineapple Pork (crockpot style)

Ingredients

• 1 boneless pork loin roast (3 to 4 pounds)

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

• 3 tablespoons canola oil

• 2 cups unsweetened pineapple juice

• 1 can (8 ounces) unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

• 1/2 cup sliced celery

• 1/2 cup cider vinegar

• 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

• 1/4 cup cornstarch

• 1/3 cup cold water

  Directions Cut pork roast in half. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown roast in oil on all sides; drain. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker. In a large bowl, combine the pineapple juice, pineapple, brown sugar, celery, vinegar and soy sauce. Pour over the roast. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until meat is tender. Remove roast and keep warm. Strain cooking juices; transfer to a large saucepan. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with pork. Yield: 8 servings.  If you are wondering "wow this thing is jacked up!" I did copy and paste. And I'm challenged/lazy and don't want to fix the format. Anyways I made this deliciousness the other night and put it over sticky rice. Pretty darn good.

Homemade Margherita Pizza

Remember how we haven't posted on this blog since September? Or do we hate school for getting in the way of being faithful to our blog? I can speak for myself by saying yes with my whole soul. As it turns out I decided to try to make a homemade pizza. Deysha loves the Margherita pizza but none in Logan have satisfied her needs like the pizza cart in Cedar City does. Anyway I tried to my best to duplicate it. Obviously it still doesn't compare to the pizza cart but that's ok. I just made stuff up so if you find ways to better this recipe by all means please do and then teach me your ways.

 

 

Leesa try not to be disgusted by the crappy quality of this photo.

Homemade Margherita Pizza 

Makes 2 pizzas

Crust (I used my Mama's recipe)

2 C. Luke Warm water 

2 packets yeast 

2 T. sugar 

Add together and then let bubble 

1/4 C. oil 

2 tsp salt 

5 C. flour 

1 jar of tomato basil pasta sauce (I was too lazy to find the pizza sauce also I definitely didn't use the whole jar) 

5 roma tomatoes 

Dried basil seasoning 

Fresh basil leaves 

8 oz of fresh mozzarella cheese (you'll need more if you want to make two pizzas)

Before church I sliced the tomatoes and seasoned them with the dried basil seasoning, salt and pepper and left them in the fridge. I did this because I wanted them to dry a little so they didn't make the pizza soggy. I don't know if they would make the pizza soggy anyway but it's better to be safe than sorry I told myself! I spread the sauce on the dough and sprinkled more dried basil seasoning for the heck of it. I layered the tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, and sliced the fresh mozzarella on top.  Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until done.

It was pretty easy but let me know if you make this and make it better!