Don't you wish you had a House Husband too?

I have been playing breadwinner this month working as a TA while my boyfriend is taking some time off trying to get himself started as an artist. He has been far from starving and I have been more than figuratively a breadwinner, lucky for us both, since he has started making bread at home again! Above on the left is a sweet bread with brown sugar and poppy seed and on the right is a savoury bread with garam masala and pumpkin seeds!

Getting back in the artist mindset has been getting his creative juices flowing in the kitchen too. I come home from a long day at the university to try his latest creations. Below is a salsa soup/dip:



And the most delicious pizza I have ever tasted. He baked his own pizza dough in a rich shortbread consistency, then made the paste out of (Indian) madras sauce, veg from the market (including purple broccoli for colour) and parmesan to round out the flavour. It was the most scrumptious thing I have eaten in a looong time.

I love my house husband.

pamplemousse

Pitza

My boyfriend and I came up with 5 minute pizza - use pita bread, tomato sauce/olive oil/pesto for the base, cut up random veggies (in this case bell peppers and zucchini from the market), and shredded or sliced mozza cheese laid on top. Stick the whole pita in the toaster oven and push the toast button down (repeat if you desire crispier pitza).

Cut it up in pizza slices and serve as a light dinner/hors d'oeuvre/munchie. (unless your guest was an unappreciative carnivorous American, it is a great healthy smackeroo to offer up (add chicken if catering to such an audience).

The Lebanese guy at the market inspired me: he coined the term pitza - zitar bread (with the spices and such on top), and then tomatoes, eggplant, and roasted veg on top. YUM! This was our spontaneous-whatever-we-had-in-the-fridge timesaver version.

Create your own and post the results!

Love,
pamplemousse