Weekend kitchen happenings...

Friday night, I played Bunko...so we didn't do our usual pizza. We couldn't go a Friday without making dough, though. I have been reading this interesting cooking blog called One Hot Stove, and she was showing these "Pizza Swirls." Leo and I gave them a go.

We made the dough. I'll spare you the pictures - I think I've showed it twice now.

We rolled it into a rectangle and topped with kalamata olives (Leo has named them "the purple olives"), chili garlic sauce, and red pepper.

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Rolled it up. (Notice the flour on Leo's face. The sign of a real cook!)

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I sliced the roll, and we put the swirls on a hot pizza stone.

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We thought these were really good. Leo told me he wasn't going to eat any while we were cooking, so I really doused them with the spicy stuff. I think they might have been better if I had cooked on a regular baking pan. They were a little too crispy from the pizza stone, I think.

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Sunday night we had 2 couples and kids over for dinner. I tried making my own Coriander Sauce for the first time - this was one of the delicacies I tried at the Afghan Grill a month or two ago. I would say that it is like a Pesto Sauce - except it is made with Cilantro, and it doesn't have an oil base. We dipped pitas in it. Yummy! We learned that it was even better if you dipped the pita in baba ghanoush first and then the Coriander Sauce. Here is the Coriander Sauce recipe, and thanks to Jon for hunting this down after our wonderful meal at the Afghan Grill here in Dallas.

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For my friend Carla...here is the bratwurst that P couldn't get enough of...dipped in ketchup, of course...

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