Italy meets Japan

Life is usually pretty boring during the week, so I'll entertain you with tonight's dinner. I'm always so impressed when we can come up with something that is both genuinely fast and genuinely healthy, so I have to share! Tonight's offering was whole wheat pizza topped with roasted tomatoes and feta cheese, and a side of edamame thrown in just for something green and yummy. Wegmans sells great whole wheat pizza dough and I've found through experimenting that we only need 1/3 of it to make a pizza or calzone for two. (Of course, neither of us are big eaters, so other people may need 1/2) So I use 1/3 of the dough and divide and freeze the rest for easy dinners later. One note on the roasted tomatoes, also ascertained through experimenting: be sure to drain as much of the oil out as you can otherwise your pizza will be way too soggy.

On a non food-related note, B. and I will be leaving Thursday night for the great west coast. Having three families (two on my side, one on his) makes it too difficult to see everyone during the holidays and still actually enjoy the holidays, so we're doing things differently this year. We're seeing my dad and his wife during the summer and seeing my mom and B's family during December. It's actually nicer that way because summer weather is much kinder for sight seeing and general activity than winter weather is.

In addition to our Portland activities with my brother, the Washington activities will include a small engagement BBQ celebration, and bottling 160 small bottles of wine for wedding favors! For those who don't know, my dad and his wife are co-presidents of their wine club and generously offered to make us a special batch of "wedding wine" to give away as favors. It's been fermenting and doing it's special wine thing for a year now, so it's time to bottle and cork! I'll be sure you let you know how it goes...