What’s that smell?

Instead of going to our local PIZZERIA, we decided to make our own pizza. Will we succeeded or will it be another disaster? Well, let’s just say we ate every last bite of it.

Have you ever tried to make your own PIZZA? Well, here’s the recipe for it!

Adapted from Fleischmann’s Active Dry Yeast packet.

Makes 1 whole pizza.

• 1 pack of Active dry yeast
• 1 cup warm water (100-110 F)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Soften yeast in warm water, in a mixing bowl. Add 2 cups flour, salt and oil. Stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth, about 4-6 minutes.

Place in greased bowl; cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 to 45 minutes. Punch dough down. Pat dough into a greased large pizza pan. Top with desired toppings. Bake at 400F for 20 to 30 minutes or until done.

P.S. Don’t leave the kitchen and keep your eye on the pizza!

Enjoy!

Have a nice Sunday!

 

 

 

 

Au Gourmand

After walking around the center of Prague and looking for a nice-cozy-warm bakery to sit in with a cup of hot cocoa, we decided to go to Au Gourmand-a french bakery in Prague.

Both my dad and I got hot chocolate, which tasted like melted chocolate versus powdered hot chocolate and the taste of the chocolate was long-lasting. We also treated ourselves to a mousse cake , which was sweet, decadent and mostly chocolatey.

It was the perfect touch to a cold day.

http://www.augourmand.cz/

Overload

!WARNING!

PHOTO OVERLOAD

I can’t believe I’ve been blogging this long, even thought it’s probably just 2 weeks. Although, I have only one person constantly reading my blog, which is probably my sister on her computer, but I’m still glad I’m doing this.

Thanks to anyone, that has read a post of mine or just stumbled upon my blog.

Thank you!

Olympus E420

The Olympus E420 story

I got this little guy this summer, he was the perfect choice, but I had my doubts. I wasn’t sure if I was going to understand all of the controls, the different symbols, pictures and numbers. I also thought that maybe Olympus wasn’t the best camera brand. I’ve heard of them, but never thought much of them.

But this all changed after my first press of the shutter. It was like  I was the photographer I’ve always wanted to be. The pictures were clear and the colors “popped”. OOOh, and the shutter speed, it was so fast compared to a point-and-shoot.

I always take this little guy on a walk every day, taking pictures of the wackiest things, the funniest and the most interesting things.  He has never disappointed me.

I would recommend the Olympus E420 to anyone, that would like a step up from a point-and-shoot to a DSLR camera. The E420 would make the perfect Christmas present.

(photo credit: www.gizmodo.com)

Happy Halloween!

Here in the Czech Republic people don’t celebrate Halloween, so that means they don’t dress up nor do they give out candy in some sort of way.

Yes, I will miss knocking on people’s doors and getting loads of candy that I never managed to eat all of or dressing up in the wackiest costumes.

Are you going trick or treating? Are you going to dress up?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Coco

This is Coco and her full name is Magic Equinox Coco Chanel. Yes, she was named after the famous french fashion designer, Coco Chanel.

Coco is a small teacup  chocolate-brown chihuahua with a big patch of white on her chest, a few white hairs on her back, a white sock on her right paw and whitish grey around her nose, because she’s getting older. She was born on August, 12th, 2005.

Oh, and we have five more dogs!

Taco ( sister of Coco), Peanut ( chihuahua ), Ollie ( chihuahua ), Beanie ( chihuahua ) and Kisses ( french bulldog and the big bully ).

I was surprised Coco let me take pictures of her, instead of hide somewhere, pee on the carpet or any other such thing. I guess she liked the click, click of my camera.

Apple

I love eating juicy apples this time of the year. Even the ones on our trees are good!