Impress Them On Your Children

Here's a barbecue tofu pizza I created with leftovers. Made from Pioneer Woman pizza dough, homemade barbecue sauce( recipe coming up), mozzarella, firm tofu and arugula.  This is a meatless pizza with tofu as a substitute for chicken.

This pizza not only looks so awesome but hearty and tasty as well.  I had two pieces of these for my dinner and younger son finished the rest within seconds while I was cooking his pasta.  I love the tangy taste of this pizza and it was delicious with the melting mozzarella. The tofu do taste a little like chunky chicken breast to any unsuspecting carnivores.  It could have been nicer if I had left the pizza longer in the oven to brown the crust longer but I was too hungry and impatient.

 Tofu Pizza

Ingredients

I pizza dough
3 tablespoons barbecue sauce
1 cup mozzarella or more
1 firm tofu
1 tsp cajun seasoning
salt to taste
ground pepper to taste
2 tablespoon flour
olive oil
half a bag of arugula



Method

• Cut tofu into small cubes and season with cajun seasoning, salt and ground pepper. Dredge tofu in flour and pan fried in hot oil. Set aside.

• Preheat oven to 200C. Roll and pull  pizza dough thinly, Brush olive oil on a pan and lay pizza dough. Spread the barbecue sauce and toss tofu with the remaining sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella and add tofu pieces. Sprinkle more mozzarella and bake in lower rack of hot oven. Bake till crust is golden brown and cheese is completely melted, about 10-15 minutes. Serve with arugula leaves.

Linking this post to Little Thumbs Up 'Tofu' hosted by Mich of Piece of Cake, organized by Zoe of
Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of My little favourite DIY.

Sunday School

Sunday School celebrated Children's Day last week with the theme Let's Go Japan. The speaker was the church missionary to Japan. She spoke to the children about the geographical background and climate of Japan.
 She also shared about the culture and custom of the Japanese children and their spiritual beliefs. The children later learnt to sing in Japanese and played games at various games stations. They were also given goody bag with Japanese snacks. The children enjoyed the day and there was even a request to "go" China next year. Praise God!

Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:7

God Will Make A Way

Fig-Prosciutto Pizza with Arugula from the Pioneer Woman. This pizza didn't go too well with my children. They didin't like the sweet fig spread on the pizza. Well, I think it looks very gourmet even though the pizza base is not chewy or crisp but has bread like crust.  I don't expect too much from this pizza dough because there is no kneading and it is so easy to do. Besides that, it is baked in a home oven on an aluminium tray. No way it can be compared to a pizzeria!
I made the full recipe and used only 1/3 of the dough. I think I have to do a more traditional tomato base with the rest of the dough. To complete the meal, I roasted a lemon and thyme chicken.

Fig-Prosciutto Pizza with Arugula
Pioneer Woman Cooks

Ingredients

Pizza Crust
1 tsp active dry yeast
4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/3 cup olive oil


For the pizza
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 tablespoons fig spread orjam
kosher salt to taste'12 ounces, weight fresh mozzarella, sliced thin
6 ounces, weight thinly sliced prosciutto
1 bunch washed and rinsed arugula
freshly ground pepper, to taste'
1/2 cup shaved Parmesan


Preparation Instructions
Note; Pizza ingredients in this recipe are for 1/3 of the pizza recipe. Use leftover dough to make other kinds of Pizza.

Method

• Sprinkle yeast over 1 1/2 cups warm water. (not lukewarm).
• In a mixer, combine flour and salt. With the mixer running on low speed (with paddle attachment), drizzle in olive oil until combined with flour. Next, pour in yeast/water mixture and mix until just combined.
• Coat a separate mixing bowl with a light drizzle of olive oil, and form the dough into a ball. Toss to coat dough in olive oil, then cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and allow to rise for at least an hour. 
• Use right away or store in the fridge until you need it. ***it's best to make the dough at least 24 hours in advance, and 3 or 4 days is even better.
• Preheat oven to 500F.
• Roll out 1/3 of the pizza dough as thinly as possible. Place on a large baking sheet.
• Drizzle lightly with olive oil and sprinkle lightly with kosher salt. Spread fig spread all over the surface of the dough. Sprinkle lightly with salt.
• Lay sliced of mozzarella all over the surface. Sprinkle lightly with salt and freshly ground pepper. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly.
• Remove from oven and immediately lay prosciutto over hot pizza. Just before serving, sprinkle on arugula and Parmesan shavings.
• Cut into wedges or squares and serve immediately.

This post is linked to Cook Like A Star 'Pioneer Woman' hosted by Zoe, Baby Sumo and Mich.

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland

Isaiah 43:19