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Archive for February 7th, 2010

This week’s recipe – whole wheat pizza dough!

Instead of posting the whole recipe, here’s the link to it over at allrecipes.com.

It was DELICIOUS

Not wanting to starve the rest of the family, who were nervous about what it might taste like, I made two other pizzas.  The second pizza was 50/50 whole wheat and bread flour, and the last pizza was bread flour only (It’s the second pizza, in the background there.)

The kids STUFFED themselves while we watched the first two quarters of the Superbowl.  Out of the three pizzas, the kids favored the meat & cheese pizza, and the adults enjoyed the blended and the wheat.  All three turned out quite well, so the recipe was a great success.

One addition we made was brushing a bit of olive oil along the outside crusts before cooking the pizza.  That turned out particularly well; the crust was nice and moist.

“Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind – you could call it character in action.”

– Vince Lombardi

A suitable quote for Superbowl Sunday, and one that highlights some of the key learnings on the project this week.  The ability to deny self (ie, deal with hunger) is critical to any project of self-improvement, and to a well-balanced life.

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