Pizza Stuff

This recipe was created after I gave up all flour and I still wanted pizza.

Pizza Stuff

Pizza Stuff

Ingredients:

  • 1 lbs. Ground Meat
  • 1 lbs. Italian Sausage
  • 4 Slices of Cooked Crispy Bacon crumbled
  • 50+/- Slices of Pepperoni
  • 20+/- Slices of Canadian Bacon (optional)
  • 1/2 small onion chopped (optional)
  • 1/2 bell pepper chopped (optional)
  • 8 oz. of shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • 12 oz. of shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Garlic Powder
  • Onion Powder

Needed Items:

  • Skillet
  • Baking Dish – I usually used a deep pie dishes but any baking dishes will work.
  • Spoon to stir mixture

Preheat Oven to 400 degrees

Place Ground Meat in skillet and season to taste with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.  A 1/4 teaspoon of each is usually sufficient.  Add Italian Sausage, Onions and Bell pepper. Cook until the meat mixture is brown.

After meat is brown add approximately 20 slices of Pepperoni and 20 slices for Canadian Bacon to ground meat mixture.  This is strictly according to your taste.  I usually add both to the bottom of the skillet and stir.  Let the mixture simmer while you prepare a baking dish.

  • Layer the bottom of baking dish with Pepperoni
  • Cover the Pepperoni with half of the meat mixture
  • Cover the meat mixture with half of the Cheddar Cheese
  • Add another layer of Pepperoni
  • Cover the Pepperoni with the remaining meat mixture
  • Sprinkle crumbled Bacon over meat mixture
  • Add another layer of Pepperoni
  • Cover entire dish with the Mozzarella Cheese

Bake in Oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees or until all cheese is melted and turning golden brown.  I usually cook for 20 minutes and  then check every 5 minutes until done.

Let sit for 5 to 10 minutes and slice and serve.

This dish maybe low carb, but it does have a lot of fat.

Afton Villa Gardens

Afton Villa Gardens, St. Francisville, is in my top three list of beautiful gardens in Louisiana.  The gardens are built on the ruins of the plantation which was destroyed by fire in 1963.

Afton Villa Gardens

Afton Villa Gardens

Afton Villa Garden Statue

Afton Villa Garden Statue

During the Audubon Pilgrimage, which is held towards the end of March every year, the field of daffodils are in full bloom.

Field of Daffodils

Field of Daffodils

Tulips were in full bloom all around the garden.

Daffodils

Daffodils

Junk Mail Beware

I use Microsoft Outlook for some of my email.  However, I have it set up to send almost everything (with a few exceptions) automatically to Junk Mail.  At last count, I have 680 items sitting in Junk Mail and that with Outlook deleting junk mail over 30 days old.

Daily I get at least one of these from Outlook:

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Around 90% of the time, I click the button to tell Outlook whether or not it is Junk Mail.  If I have every done business with the person or company sending it, it is Not Junk.  Because of my settings, it will stay in the Junk Mail folder.  If it is not someone I remember, I flag it as junk.  If it is a really offensive or dangerous, I block the email sender or report it to Outlook as phishing.  This is my little way of getting even with all the Spammer out there.

It was not until today, I never read the response screen from Outlook.

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I agree that spam is one of the great evils of this world. If you sent me some unsolicited, I will either block you or worst report you for phishing.

Natchitoches – The City of Lights

Today, my travels took me to Natchitoches, Louisiana.  It is called the City of Lights because at Christmas time they light up the city with thousands of lights.  Last year, 2014, they celebrated their 300 birthday.

They have a wonderful park located on the Cane River in their downtown historical district.  I walked by the shops, but many was closed today because of the Labor Day holiday.

Many Bed and Breakfast establishments are located in Natchitoches, but I choose to stay somewhere else.  One day, I will stay at a Bed and Breakfast.  But, it will be longer than just overnight and in either a Plantation or Castle.

Rogue House - Natchitoches

Rogue House – Natchitoches

Cane River

Cane River

Water Fall

Water Fall

Lunch was at Maglieaux on the Cane.  You can check out the review here: Maglieaux’s Review

Coloring

“Adult Coloring” has become very popular.  I think I my have started the trend with the purchase of the “Secret Garden” coloring book.  And then, my niece asked to color in it.  Afterwards, I gave her the book and purchased another one.  Not to mention the time I have spent on Amazon looking for other books.

For the last week, the only Internet I have been using is through my phone.  So, here are some pictures I have colored when I wasn’t out taking pictures.

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Connecting Laptop to TV with HDMI

Traveling again!  Many of the hotels of today (at least the ones I stay at) offer many cable TV choices, but you can not longer purchase in room movies.  And, since we are in the rerun season there is not much on TV.   Amazon Prime to the rescue.

I plugged in my Laptop to the TV using a HDMI cable.  Yes, the cable travels with me.  However, this was the first time connecting the TV since the Windows 10 upgrade.  Easy enough, it like plugging in a lamp to a power outlet.  Then I switch the input on the TV to HDMI 1.  Nope, no signal.  Then I tried HDMI 2.  That was the input.  My laptop is displaying on the TV.

I logged onto Amazon, selected a video, and clicked play.  Wait, the sound was only coming out of the laptop speakers.  I’ve checked the sound settings, and there is no HDMI listed there.  Let me try installing new device drivers.

Click Start -> Settings -> in the search bar type Device Manager -> expand Sound, video and game controllers -> and right-click on the first sound device -> click Update device driver -> select Search automatically for updated driver -> wait for driver to install and repeat these steps for other sound devices.

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After all the sound devices were updated, I rebooted the machine. It was like magic. My video now has sound coming from the TV.

Yes, I am using the Chrome browser.  Amazon’s Instant Video would not play in the Microsoft Edge Browser.  That is another adventure.

Rosedown Plantation

Rosedown Plantation is in my top 3 list of the most beautiful plantation gardens in Louisiana. However, the garden’s has the most distinguish history. Daniel and Martha Tumbull build Rosedown in 1834. The gardens were overseen by Martha who keep record of every plant that was planted in the garden and where it was planted. Her journal of the garden is keep in the LSU Archives and a copy is used to maintain the gardens.

Rosedown Plantation

Rosedown Plantation

Rosedown Plantation - Back view

Rosedown Plantation – Back view

Rosedown Plantation - Gardens

Rosedown Plantation – Gardens

Rosedown Plantation - Gardens from Balcony

Rosedown Plantation – Gardens from Balcony

Work with Mosaics Title

I created the Mosaic Tiles then I placed the on stained wood items.

Jewelry Boxes - closed

Jewelry Boxes – closed

Jewelry Boxes - open

Jewelry Boxes – open

End Table

End Table

End Table - Top (Shapes)

End Table – Top (Shapes)

Bottom Shelve End Table

Bottom Shelve End Table

End Table - Top

End Table – Top

End Table - Top (Hearts)

End Table – Top (Hearts)

End Table - Bottom Shelf

End Table – Bottom Shelf

Family Tree cake stand

Family Tree cake stand

Plate - LSU Colors

Plate – LSU Colors

Houmas House

The Houmas House Plantation is in my top three most beautiful plantation gardens to visit in Louisiana.  It is located in Ascension Parish and dates back to the mid 1700’s.  The Cafe Burnside, at the Plantation, is a wonderful lunchtime dining experience.

Houmas House

Houmas House

Houmas House Fountain

Houmas House Fountain

Houmas House Bridge

Houmas House Bridge

Houmas House Fountain

Houmas House Fountain