Our Fairytale Continues...: We have grass!!!

New Favorite Recipe

My wonderful friend Leanna is an amazing cook who creates spectacular meals. Over the next few weeks I will be sharing some of her tasty creations.

Harry's Pub Pizza Bread
By Leanna Nocita-Lyons

Ingredients:

1 package 3.5 ounces) pepperoni slices
1 can (3.25 ounces) sliced ripe olives
1 can (3.25 ounces) sliced mushrooms (optional)
2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley (or dried parsley)
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tbsp all-purpose flour (this is a must)
1 garlic cloves, pressed
2 packages (11 ounces each) refrigerated French bread dough
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
2 tbsp (1/2 ounce) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1 can (15 ounces) pizza sauce, warmed (optional)

Dice or cut the pepperoni slices into smaller strips. Drain the olive slices and the mushrooms, and put into bowl, add the pepperoni and/or other meats. Add parsley, Italian seasoning, Mozzarella, and Parmesan. Press the clove of garlic and mix together well.

On a cutting board, lay out waxed paper, sprinkle with flour (this really, really is a must.) Take the French bread dough, seam side up, and slice open, half way (do not cut all the way through.) With rolling pin, roll out the dough width-wise to create a well. Transfer to lightly greased cookie sheet.

Spoon on pizza sauce (I used regular spaghetti sauce...) add half the mixture to each French bread "well." Extra sauce can be then used as a dipping sauce. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Can be prepared as a main dish or appetizer.

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We have grass!!!

Posted by Dawn, Sean, and Ethan at 9:09 PM

I know sometimes it really is the little things in life that brighten a day. Of course, this isn't really a "little" thing as it has been several weeks and many hours of work in the making. However there are moments where I feel slightly silly being so excited over grass. At long last Ethan finally will have a nice safe backyard to play in. No funky pond/mud pit, no thistle or other not so pleasant weeds, and no odd cement slab that we still don't know what it's purpose was (and no we didn't dig real far). Instead there are beautiful planter boxes, built in play area, leveled yard edged with stone with grass... lots of grass I might add. Of course there are still some things to finish the fence to be fixed, a little more stone to be placed, and Ethan's play area to be filled with rubber mulch.
There are many people that must be thanked for helping with this enormous project. Without them we would still be trying to get it all together. Words can not describe how grateful we are for Sean's best friend Jeff who has just about as many hours on this as we have included some days by himself while we were at work. This would not have been accomplished without that help. Then there are Matt, Justin, and Bryan who have helped run equipment, dig, rake, shovel, build, and take debris away. All of this done with only the reward of dinner (mostly burgers) and cookies. Have I mentioned what an amazing group of friends we have? Finally there are my Mom, Pam and Dad 2, Phillip who fed us and watched Ethan this last weekend while we were actually getting the sod in.
The results are really astounding and worth every bit of money and labor we have put in. Just a couple weeks to wait for it to set in and it'll be ready to play on!!!

From the patio... Jeff getting it all started