Makes 2 crusts
1 2/3 cups water
2 TBL oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
2 TBL sugar
2 TBL dry milk
4 1/2 cups bread flour
2 tsp active dry yeast
Put all ingredients in machine in order listed. Use DOUGH setting. When done, divide in half. Press dough out on two greased 15" pizza pans. Cover with sauce, cheese and toppings.
Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
You can also bake the dough for about 10 minutes before adding toppings if it doesn't seem to cook well in the middle (generally if you like to add lots of toppings, this helps).
My spot to put those little notes, recipes and things-that-have-no-home-but-I-don't-want-to-throw-away.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Bread Machine Dinner Rolls
Makes 24 rolls
1 egg plus enough water to equal 1 1/3 cups
1 tsp lemon juice
4 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
2 tsp active dry yeast
Put ingredients in machine in order listed. Use DOUGH setting. When done, place on lightly floured surface and divide into 24 rolls. Shape into balls. Place on greased baking sheets about 1/2 inch apart. Let stand, covered, in warm, draft-free place, 30 minutes or until double in size. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Divided dough can be individually wrapped and frozen. I heated my oven to 200 degrees, turned it off, and let the frozen dough rise in there for 30 minutes. Be sure to remove the dough from the oven before you preheat it for baking!
1 egg plus enough water to equal 1 1/3 cups
1 tsp lemon juice
4 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil
2 tsp active dry yeast
Put ingredients in machine in order listed. Use DOUGH setting. When done, place on lightly floured surface and divide into 24 rolls. Shape into balls. Place on greased baking sheets about 1/2 inch apart. Let stand, covered, in warm, draft-free place, 30 minutes or until double in size. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Divided dough can be individually wrapped and frozen. I heated my oven to 200 degrees, turned it off, and let the frozen dough rise in there for 30 minutes. Be sure to remove the dough from the oven before you preheat it for baking!
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Cowboy Chili
3 1/2 pounds boneless round roast, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 medium bell peppers, diced
2 medium onions, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
two 28 ounce cans tomatoes
12 ounce can tomato paste
1/3 cup chili powder
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 cups water
shredded Monterey Jack cheese and sliced green onions for garnish
Pat beef dry with paper towels. In an 8 quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add beef, one-third at a time; cook until browned. Transfer beef to bowl as it browns.
Add bell peppers, onions and garlic to drippings; cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
Return beef to Dutch oven; stir in tomatoes with their juice, tomato paste, chili powder, sugar, salt, oregano, and black pepper, breaking up tomatoes with the spoon.
Stir in water; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 hours, or until beef is tender.
To serve, spoon into bowls and garnish with cheese and green onions. Serves 12.
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 medium bell peppers, diced
2 medium onions, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
two 28 ounce cans tomatoes
12 ounce can tomato paste
1/3 cup chili powder
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 cups water
shredded Monterey Jack cheese and sliced green onions for garnish
Pat beef dry with paper towels. In an 8 quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add beef, one-third at a time; cook until browned. Transfer beef to bowl as it browns.
Add bell peppers, onions and garlic to drippings; cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
Return beef to Dutch oven; stir in tomatoes with their juice, tomato paste, chili powder, sugar, salt, oregano, and black pepper, breaking up tomatoes with the spoon.
Stir in water; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 hours, or until beef is tender.
To serve, spoon into bowls and garnish with cheese and green onions. Serves 12.
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Dictionary of Reitemeyer Family Jargon
This spot will be used to explain terms that are used in my family (mainly military terms), that outsiders might not understand, but are superiorly effective words of communication and often used.
Azimuth Check: when you (individually or collectively) stop and consider if your current path in life is on track for where you really want to go. After conducting an azimuth check, we decided that an Alaskan cruise would be imprudent if we planned to buy a new car next year.
Class VI: pronounced "class six," this is the store on a military installation that sells alcohol. It is generally also a convenience store and often accompanied by a gas station. The Class VI at Fort Belvoir has a huge selection of foreign beers including at least a dozen labels from Belgium alone.
Commissary: the grocery store on post or base. At the commissary, I like to send an older child down the aisle to fetch Cheerios so that the little ones don't see and beg for Fruit Loops.
FRG: Family Readiness Group. An officially sanctioned group for soldiers and their families whose purpose is to support military families and disseminate information about the unit, the military in general, and the services and privileges available to them. Very few people attend the monthly FRG meeting, because the group has little new business to discuss.
High-speed: top-notch, awesome, coolest of the cool, best of the best, motivated, aggressive That soldier is really high-speed; we need to promote him and reward his hard work with this job that requires long, hard hours and little time with his family.
O'clock: this clock reference is not related to time, but rather to space. Twelve o'clock is directly in front of you and six o'clock is directly behind you. "Sticky baby, three o'clock," my husband called to alert me just in time to the dirty hands on my right side reaching for my nice, church clothes.
O-dark-thirty: very early in the morning, pre-dawn. In military time, 6 o'clock in the morning is "O-six-hundred" and 6:30 AM is "O-six-thirty." To beat the morning rush hour, we packed up the car the night before and headed out on our road trip at o-dark-thirty.
PT: Physical Training, exercise. My husband works such long hours that he has little time for PT.
PX: Post Exchange. Air Force people call it a BX for Base Exchange (the Army has posts, and the Air Force has bases). It's like a department store. I was amused to note that the Walter Reed hospital has a PX on one of the floors for your shopping convenience.
RSL: Reitemeyer Sign Language, as opposed to American (ASL) or International (ISL) Sign Language. Using RSL during Mass, I communicated clearly, but silently, to my 8 year old that death was imminent if he didn't cease his unruly behavior.
SOP: Standard operating procedure, the routine. Our family's SOP is to attend the 915 am Mass together on Sunday mornings.
TDY: Temporary DutY. {They had to get that Y in there or it might be confused with the term meaning what football players attempt to score.} In the civilian world, you would say "out-of-town-on-business," but to say TDY is much more efficient. And unlike most civilian jobs, in the military, you might be TDY for, oh, a month or two. Bill went an entire year without any TDY trips, and we enjoyed actually sleeping in the same bed every night.
Azimuth Check: when you (individually or collectively) stop and consider if your current path in life is on track for where you really want to go. After conducting an azimuth check, we decided that an Alaskan cruise would be imprudent if we planned to buy a new car next year.
Class VI: pronounced "class six," this is the store on a military installation that sells alcohol. It is generally also a convenience store and often accompanied by a gas station. The Class VI at Fort Belvoir has a huge selection of foreign beers including at least a dozen labels from Belgium alone.
Commissary: the grocery store on post or base. At the commissary, I like to send an older child down the aisle to fetch Cheerios so that the little ones don't see and beg for Fruit Loops.
FRG: Family Readiness Group. An officially sanctioned group for soldiers and their families whose purpose is to support military families and disseminate information about the unit, the military in general, and the services and privileges available to them. Very few people attend the monthly FRG meeting, because the group has little new business to discuss.
High-speed: top-notch, awesome, coolest of the cool, best of the best, motivated, aggressive That soldier is really high-speed; we need to promote him and reward his hard work with this job that requires long, hard hours and little time with his family.
O'clock: this clock reference is not related to time, but rather to space. Twelve o'clock is directly in front of you and six o'clock is directly behind you. "Sticky baby, three o'clock," my husband called to alert me just in time to the dirty hands on my right side reaching for my nice, church clothes.
O-dark-thirty: very early in the morning, pre-dawn. In military time, 6 o'clock in the morning is "O-six-hundred" and 6:30 AM is "O-six-thirty." To beat the morning rush hour, we packed up the car the night before and headed out on our road trip at o-dark-thirty.
PT: Physical Training, exercise. My husband works such long hours that he has little time for PT.
PX: Post Exchange. Air Force people call it a BX for Base Exchange (the Army has posts, and the Air Force has bases). It's like a department store. I was amused to note that the Walter Reed hospital has a PX on one of the floors for your shopping convenience.
RSL: Reitemeyer Sign Language, as opposed to American (ASL) or International (ISL) Sign Language. Using RSL during Mass, I communicated clearly, but silently, to my 8 year old that death was imminent if he didn't cease his unruly behavior.
SOP: Standard operating procedure, the routine. Our family's SOP is to attend the 915 am Mass together on Sunday mornings.
TDY: Temporary DutY. {They had to get that Y in there or it might be confused with the term meaning what football players attempt to score.} In the civilian world, you would say "out-of-town-on-business," but to say TDY is much more efficient. And unlike most civilian jobs, in the military, you might be TDY for, oh, a month or two. Bill went an entire year without any TDY trips, and we enjoyed actually sleeping in the same bed every night.
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