PERFECT Pizza Dough

3 cups flour

1 TBSP yeast

1 tsp sugar

1 TBSP vegetable oil

1 cup really warm water (I just let the tap water get warm to the touch)

1/2 tsp. salt

1) Put all ingredients in a stand mixer bowl in order EXCEPT salt.

2) Start mixing with dough hook, THEN add salt.

3) Let mix for 7 minutes.

4) Preheat oven to LOWEST setting, let it warm up, then turn heat off.

5) Take dough and place into a greased bowl. Flip dough so that both sides have "grease" on them. Cover bowl with towel.

6) Let dough rise for 1 hour in warm oven. Remove dough and punch it down.

7) Use olive oil OR corn meal on the bottom of the pizza pan(s). Add toppings. Bake at 425 for 12-15 minutes.

**This is a single recipe and it's enough dough for 1 large size cookie sheet, just for reference.

Super Burritos with Sauce

MMM! One of my favorites from growing up!

FILLING:

1 pound ground beef

1 cup onion, chopped

1/2 cup green pepper, chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 cup water

1 TBSP chili powder

1/4 tsp cumin

1 cup cooked rice

1 4-ounce can green peppers, drained AND divided

8 10-inch tortillas

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1) In a large skillet/electric frying pan cook ground been, onion, garlic, and green pepper till the meat is brown. Drain off fat, and return to skillet. Add water, chili powder, and cumin. Cook for about 5 minutes until most of the water has evaporated.

2) Turn off heat and add cooked rice and HALF of the chili peppers (the remained chili peppers will be used in the sauce).

3) Assembly: warm tortillas; add 1/2 of filling into center of tortilla, then sprinkle cheese over filling. Fold the bottom of the tortilla over the filling, then the top, then each side until it forms a square. You can secure it with a toothpick if you'd like.

4) Arrange burritos on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes, until the tortillas start to brown they're heated through.

BURRITO SAUCE:

2 TBSP butter

3 TBSP flour, DIVIDED

1 cup chicken broth

8 oz. sour cream

remaining chili peppers

--Melt butter in saucepan, then stir in 1 TBSP of flour. Mix well. Whisk in chicken broth all at once. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, then cook and stir 1 minutes more.

--Combine sour cream with the remaining 2 TBSP of flour. Add sour cream mixture and remaining green chili peppers into the sauce. Cook and stir for about 1 minute until warm and combined.

*Pour over the burritos.

Blueberry Jello Supreme

2 cups hot water

2 small pkgs. blueberry Jello

20 oz. can crushed pineapple

1 can blueberry pie filling

--Dissolve Jello in hot water, whisking constantly. Add other ingredients and mix well. Pour into a 9x13 inch dish, and put in fridge until firm (usually about 4 hours or more).

8 oz. cream cheese (low fat cream cheese works perfectly)

1/2 pint sour cream

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

--Whip together the cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla, wiping the sides of bowl as you mix. Put over top of the Jello mixture.

--Sprinkle nuts over top of the cream cheese mixture just before serving, if desired.