Quarantine and Chicken Pox

Hello my lovely blog...its been too long between visits.

I have no excuses, time has been on my side. My button was exposed to chicken pox over 2 wks ago and I have had to go into quarantine mode. Alas he did not get the spots, but my poor husband did this week!!

Not a great thing to catch as an older person Im afraid. So I have been playing nurse and trying to keep a very active toddler happy and busy during the most rain I have ever seen! 

I have had plenty of time to write on my blog but to be honest I have lost my mojo...:(

So today I searched high and low for it and found it in the packet of some wonderful Pizza Flour and dried yeast.

Both my boys are having huge sleeps today. Little one is coming up to 3 hrs and My big one has been snoozing on the sofa for the last 2.

I need to make a great afternoon snack for when they wake up ravenous. Not being able to make noise I decided to go with pizzas.

My dough is proving while i write this post.

It got me thinking about our favourite foods as children and especially the food we were given when sick.

My mother always made me creamy mashed potato with chicken gravy. To this day its my favourite sooky la la food.

My husband took some soup out of the freezer for lunch today and it just so happened to be his mothers Pumpkin and Tomato. Coincidence I think not... We all revert back to our inner child when feeling poorly and there was nothing better then snuggling in to your mothers open arms for a cuddle and dozing off to the melodic beat of her heart.

I  saw a glaze go over on my husbands face as he slurped his mother's soup. Like a big warm cuddle in a bowl.

My little button loves my pizza. So today he will have some!

I always make my own dough and tomato sauce. Its really easy and very self satisfying. The romance of making dough will never be over for me. Working and kneading the dough puts me in a trance every time. Then watching the ball of yumminess grow before your eyes as it rests in the bowl will never be boring.

Today Im going to use my fresh buffalo mozzarella, salami and mint. Yes I know mint sounds strange on a pizza but I saw this combination on a TV show the other night and I have been dying to try it.

Button just likes his true Italian style...tomato and cheese.

Well the boys are stirring from their slumber so I must get on with it and be the italian mumma makin da pizza!!

Ciao.