Farmer's Market Pizza

Best pizza of all time.  I have never thought to put corn on pizza and was kind of in a toss up when I was actually doing it.  It however turned out fabulous.  As I always mention I love creating new things in the kitchen and generally like trying new stuff... so I was super excited about how it was going to turn out!

1 tablespoon olive oil                                             Cooking spray

1 cup thinly sliced red onion                                    2 teaspoons fresh oregano

1 thinly sliced red bell pepper                                  1 cup grated parmesan cheese

5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced                                     1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

1 cup fresh corn kernels                                         1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

1 square Flatbread, 12 x 8 in                                    1/3 cup fresh basil leaves

Preheat oven to 425°. Position an oven rack in the next to lowest setting. Place a 16-inch pizza pan on the rack.

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add olive oil to pan, and swirl to coat. Add onion to pan; cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add bell pepper and garlic to pan; cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add corn, salt, and black pepper to pan; cook for 1 minute or until thoroughly heated.

Remove pan from oven. Coat the pan with cooking spray. Place flatbread on pan, spread olive oil evenly on top and sprinkle with fresh oregano.  Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.  Spread the corn mixture evenly over cheese. Bake at 400° for 12 minutes. Arrange tomatoes, feta, and basil evenly over pizza; bake an additional 5 minutes or until crust is browned. Remove from oven. Cut into 8-10 slices.  Serve.

CAR-less

Better get myself one of these!!

I am about to be CAR-less.  I sold mine!  I recently got a new job and decided to reward myself with a brand new car, however, I have yet to have purchased it.  I decided I would put my car up on craig's list to start the process and it sold immediately.  AWWW!!!!

Guess I better start my car search soon.  I know what I want but didn't think it would all take place this quick.  Never did I plan to sell my car in the first few hours of posting it.  Must be a pretty good car, huh?

I sure am excited to make my first big purchase.  YEAH!!  I may be walking or riding a bike for a while though.

cherry adventure

yesterday.... my mom and I took a drive up to Hood River looking for cherries.  It is one of my favorite things about summer.  The best part is when you can find a u-pick.  The cherries though this season are about a whole month late in ripening, so we struggled to find any once we first arrived.  We made a few stops and finally found some to purchase.  We were looking for a u-pick but out of luck.

The best thing happened.... as we headed out of town we found a sign saying U-Pick Cherries... we figured why not just try and see where it leads.  The road took us to a farm not listed on the map that had lots of treasure.  It was packed full of cherry trees.  The best site I have been ever.  It took us no more than 10 minutes to pick 10 pounds of ripe, beautiful, sweet cherries.

My weekend is COMPLETE!

garden of success

my garden is blossoming like crazy.  everyday i look out the window to see it growing like crazy.  it makes me so excited for sweet juicy tomatoes, fresh summer squash, and yummy green beans!!  i wish it didn't take half of summer for it to appear.