Pizza

Nonno Pino Sicilian Pizza.

Sautee onions, blk pepper & 3 pcs of diced up anchious.  Once onions are brown add in Nonna Fina fresh

Sauce or Marinara Sauce .  Put Sicilian in oven with cheese on top only.  Cook 1/2 way.  Add Sauce mix to top of pie and sprinkle on grated cheese and toasted bread crumbs.  Cook until crispy.

when we have Pizza Parties everyone gets to make their own pizza.

Olivia a 2 yrs old.  She pounded down her own dough, spread the sauce and put on her own cheese.  Well, I mean ate most of her cheese instead of putting it on her pizza!  Olivia loves her CHEESE!

Olivia, Stefana and Arianna making their own pizza.

Gaetano inserted pizza brick into my oven.  You can take the pizza away from  the man but not the man from his pizza! It is so heavy that we keep it in there all the time.

Cousin Daniel making his own Pizza.

 

Minestroni Soup

Bariatric Friendly - Do not add pasta.  Add 3 small meatballs

3 large Containers of Chicken Broth - College Inn

1 large finely chopped onion

2 punches of chopped scallions

buy whole stalk Celery -with the leaves.   chop up leaves

1 bunch of celery -  peeled celery and cut into       chunks
2 bags of small carrots - cut into chunks
6 potatoes - cut into chunks
4 large zucchini - peeled, slice lengthwise, and cut into chunks (about thumb size)
1 container of cooking sauce.  (recipe on this blog) Always have some frozen!!!
A dash of: black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder.
grated cheese 1 tsp for each 24 oz storage container
16 oz small pasta. cooked  aldente, rinse under cool water and strain.
1 can small peas.

1 can of each Pinto Beans, Black eye peas, Red kidney beans, Navy beans and Pink Beans

In large deep pot: 

chicken broth, onions, scallions, celery leaves only, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder.

bring to a full boil for  5 minutes.

then add:  carrots, potatoes, celery.  cook for 5 minutes.

then add:  zucchini

cook for another 5 minutes.

Add in Cooking Sauce.  This will give the soup color and flavor.
Let cook for 10 minutes. When zucchini is cooked Shut off flame. (zucchini will become clear)
Veggies need to be aldented. Cooked but a little bit firm. 
Then drain Peas and add.
Add all the cans of  Beans.  Do Not drain juice out of can of beans.
Stir and cook for about 3 minutes.

 

Add pasta to bowl of hot soup.  Add teaspoon of grated cheese.


Serve with Italian Garlic Bread. Recipe on this blog.

Yum - Yum your Done!!

NOTE:  Once you shut off heat, soup will still cook a little longer.
If freezing:  Veggies need to be cooked but, still a little hard.