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    Racuchy – a treat to make you smile

    I believe that your childhood encounters with foods make you the eater you grow up to be. Everybody has these couple dishes we remember eating when we were little, for me it was all at grandma’s in Poland. Grandma cooked dinner fairly early, around 2pm everyday, so we would have plenty of day left to eat dessert and supper. One of my favorite desserts was racuchy (rah-tzoo-hyh), made from yeast and fried, kind of resemble a doughnut, but it’s flat enough to seem like a pancake. Served sprinkled with powdered sugar, fresh fruits, sometimes whipped cream or ice cream, they’re a delicious treat for any kid, even the one in…

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    Pizza Fridays!

    I happen to eat a looooot of pizza. We order delivery at least once a week or we go get slices to go. Today, I decided to see how hard it is to make a home made pizza (er, how easy it is to save 10-20 bux!) I’ve dealt with yeast dough before so I figured I’d wing it and got to work. Here’s what I did: Dough Ingredients: 2c flour pinch of salt 3/4c milk 2T fresh yeast 2t honey 3-4T Olive oil   I have a super tiny kitchen that doesn’t have much work surface, so I made my dough in a bowl, but you can work on…