How to Make Delicious Heart-Shaped Pizza!

One of my favorite Valentine's Day traditions is making heart-shaped pizza for dinner with my family. This year we made cute personal pizzas that everyone could customize with their favorite toppings. Here are picture instructions so you can make your own heart-shaped pizzas with loved ones!

Ingredients:
Pizza dough (I used this recipe)
Pizza sauce
Shredded cheese
Toppings (pepperoni, mushrooms, spinach, etc.)

1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.

2. Roll out your pizza dough after rising, into a heart shape. Roll it pretty flat as it will rise in the oven.

3. Make a crust by folding the edges of the dough. I made my crust pretty textured, but it doesn't have to be.

4. Spread pizza sauce thinly inside the crust border.

5. Spread shredded cheese on top of the sauce.

6. Spread toppings on pizza, then add some more cheese.

7. Bake for 15 minutes, preferably on a light-colored pan. (Note: the pizza I made is pictured on parchment paper, but we discovered that parchment paper burns easily. Aluminum foil probably works best.)

8. Enjoy your delicious pizza and celebrate the amazing people you have in your life ♥

Happy Valentine's Day!

Arm-Knitted Infinity Scarf

I made this super cozy and chunky arm-knitted infinity scarf awhile back. When I say it's cozy, I mean it's really cozy. It kept me warm through the winter months, and is so easy to make. I used this video tutorial to make it, and I used two balls of Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Wheat.

I hope you try and learn to arm knit! It's so easy and quick--you'll be making plenty of these in no time. I even arm-knitted a small cowl with the leftover yarn.

Winter Lights

My evening view outside the window of the room where I work is beautiful this time of year. I can see a little of the lake by my house, silhouettes of trees, and the light of lampposts on the snow. The pinkish glow on the cool blue snow is truly beautiful.

I'm trying to stay warm these months, and I hope the spring weather begins to show up soon!

Cake Pops & V-day Idea

My family recently bought a cake pop maker, which I'm so excited about! It's a huge kit of all the supplies you need to make cake pops, excluding the batter and icing, of course. Well, my sister got right to it and began making some delicious cake pops! And I thought, wouldn't these make a great Valentine's Day present?

Dipping cake pops in icing

On the drying rack

Wrapped and bowed

I'm planning on making a ton of these and giving them to my friends on the 14th. What a great way to make your friends feel loved!

Guacamole Recipe

After a long day sledding and being out in the cold, my friends and I got ice cream (I know, are we crazy or what?). But after I got home, I was really craving something salty, so I busted out the chips and salsa, with my other favorite dip--guacamole! It's become one of my favorite things to eat, and has become part of a big obsession with avocados. I've included my guacamole recipe and some yummy pictures for reference!

Guacamole Recipe:
For the small amount that I made today, use the following directions. However, many times I want to make more, so scale up ingredients if needed. Many of the ingredients also depend on preference in taste, so feel free to change it up!

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe (soft!) avocado
• 1-2 tbsp diced tomatoes, from a can or fresh
• pinch of salt
• 2 drops lemon juice (I read somewhere that lemon juice and salt helps preserve avocados, as they tend to turn brown and go bad easily after opened)
• diced jalapenos, for taste if you like a bit of a kick!

Directions:

1. Slice the avocado lengthwise and break apart.
2. Use a spoon to scoop out the seed inside, discard.
3. Use the spoon to scoop out the fruit of the avocado, into a bowl.
4. Mash up the avocado! If it is ripe this should be easy. I like to keep some chunks in my guac.
5. Add the salt and lemon juice, and continue to mix.
6. Add the tomatoes and (optional) jalapenos.
7. Enjoy with chips!

More Snow

When I woke up this morning, there was a fresh layer of snow on the ground. Now the streets are as white as ever, but that also means it was covering the layer of ice on my sidewalk! While heading out, I slipped on the ice that I couldn't see and hurt my back. I hope it'll be okay...

Anyway, there were bird prints on the ground, and they were so cute I just had to take some pictures!