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What's Cookin' this Week? Home Cooked Meals that Say, I Love You

By Mindy Dwyer

Recipes included:

Pizza
Pretzels
Love Biscuits
7 Meals from Around the World

from welcometothetable.coop

Didn’t someone say cooking is love made visible? I am thinking of making a heart shaped pizza this week using my old favorite recipe, or click here for homemade pretzels twisted into heart shapes. Another favorite recipe at our house is Love Biscuits.

Pizza Love

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon yeast (one package)

2 cup lukewarm water

1  teaspoon salt

3 1/2 - 4  cups flour

2   teaspoons sugar (optional but makes a crispier crust)

2   Tablespoons olive oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees.

POUR           water into glass bowl (yeast is not fond of metal)

SPRINKLE    yeast on top of water and let settle

ADD              flour, salt, oil

KNEAD and make a ball, scraping the sides of the bowl with dough.

CLEAN         the bowl and line with olive oil

PLACE         dough in bowl, cover and let rise until double. Dough should be springy and pliable.

OIL               four cast iron frying pans or pizza trays

You can roll the dough on a floured surface, but I simply press the dough into the pans and pre-bake at 500
degrees for 4 minutes.

For the pizza toppings, any combo goes, but there is a wisdom in threes. Keep it simple. The first layer should
be oil based) a thin layer of olive oil painted on with a brush or pesto) to provide a barrier (sauces can sink into the crust and get soggy). Sauce. Veggies. Cheese.
You can get creative with a savory nuts, fruit and cheese combos, too.

Bake the pizzas for 7 minutes, then switch the pans top and bottom and bake for another 7 minutes. This gives even baking on the bottom crust and the melty top layer.


Love Biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 Tablespoons baking powder

1 teaspoon sugar

6 Tablespoons butter

1 cup half and half

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

WHISK dry ingredients.

CUT butter in to ¼” cubes and add to flour mixture. Use a fork, pastry cutter or butter knives to chop butter into crumb size pieces. Work quickly so butter does not melt.

ADD milk slowly, stirring until dough starts to come together in a sticky ball.

FLOUR a surface and knead dough ten times to get a 1 inch thick pad.

CUT biscuits with a heart shaped cookie cutter.

PLACE on ungreased baking sheet  (parchment paper optional)

BAKE 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 6-8 biscuits depending on size of cookie cutter.


Bibimbap is a popular and versatile Korean dish featuring rice in the middle of a bowl as well as a variety of seasoned vegetables, sometimes meat, and often a fried egg.

Choose a destination this Valentine’s Day and make a meal with love.

Korea - Bimbimbap

Japan - Orange Wakame Salad

India - Mixed Vegetable Curry with Tofu

Mediterranean - Couscous with Feta and Toasted Pine Nuts

Scandinavia - Salmon Gravlax

West Afri - Sweet Potato Maafe

Bolivia - Quinoa Stew

Find them ALL here!