The kids are are still sick. Lil Guy no longer has a fever but anytime he moves he nearly hacks up a lung and his chest starts hurting. TTops woke up feverish this morning and was hacking so much last night that she lost her voice. She is high risk because of her disabilities…she got a flu vaccine but our area is not distributing H1N1 vaccines to regular folk…or even high-need kids.

There are so many kids gone at school, it is ridiculous that it is still open. How can you teach when over 50% of the second grade class is absent? Several of the kids have been confirmed with swine flu…yet it is difficult to even get a kid in to see the doctor. The clinics are backed up and since my kids are not dying or even that bad, I just wait on a call from the doctor for some guidance.

Karen asked if I would share some recipes….so we will start with my hands-down new favorite: Pizza Loaf.

 

Pizza Loaf is so easy!

Buy a bag of frozen bread dough. Mine came in a bag of four which is awesome because I made up four of them. One pizza loaf feeds our family of five with some light sides.

You will need: pizza sauce, pepperoni, grated parmesan and shredded cheese. I also used basil and savory. I only lightly followed the original recipe…thaw out a frozen dough or all four (takes 3-4 hours).  Flour it and roll it flat (I make my husband do this because it resembles baking too closely).

While hubs or your children roll out the dough, mix together the pizza sauce, a heaping Tbl of Parmesan and some Basil and Savory in a bowl.

When dough is flattened, spoon some sauce on and spread it like pizza but don’t get too close to the edges or it will get messy when you roll it up. Then add your pepporoni and cheese. I change it up by adding something different each time like onions, sweet peppers, or whatever as well.

Then roll it up starting with your longest side, pinch all the edges shut so it looks like a big French bread and paint the top with an egg white. Bake it at 350 for 45 minutes. Keep an eye on it cause everyone’s oven is different…it is SOOOO good and you can change up the ingredients to whatever your family likes on a pizza! Enjoy!