Author: The Best Kind of Busy

Hello! Welcome to The Best Kind of Busy. I'm Andreana, a wife and mama to our two spirited babies sharing experiences through my life, loves, and all those sticky situations in between. Thanks for popping in!
Lifestyle, Motherhood, Travel

Bring it on, Fall!

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Bring it on, Fall!

Never did I think this day would come, but here I am.. ready for yah! This summer has brought on a lot of changes for us! Packing up and leaving Vancouver was tough, but we quickly found ourselves settled into our new summer home in the Okanagan!! If last minute changes came into play, I think it’s safe to say we were certainly open to staying and extra week.. or two! Continue reading “Bring it on, Fall!” →

Home Renovations, Lifestyle

10 Things We Learned From Our Home Renovation

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10 Things We Learned From Our Home Renovation

Going through a home renovation can be a tough and daunting task no matter how many times you’ve dared to tackle a project. There will always be unexpected surprises.. especially in older homes and sometimes things simply just don’t go as you had planned. This was our first crack at remodelling an older home and the crazy part.. Continue reading “10 Things We Learned From Our Home Renovation” →

Food, Lifestyle

Simple Steps to Family Meal Prep

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Simple Steps to Family Meal Prep

It’s a lot of work to plan and prepare meals for your family. Let’s be honest.. our kids are always hungry, so having their favourites on hand, prepared ahead of time can only make our life that much easier! Right!!? Am I organized and prepared all the time.. ahhh NOOO!! I feel like I’m constantly preparing meals and cleaning up and some days I’m just over it! At a bare minimum though, I try to keep our pantry well-stocked with the essentials, so that I can quickly whip up something even if it’s just PB&J for dinner! Continue reading “Simple Steps to Family Meal Prep” →

Food, Lifestyle

Simple Steps to Family Meal Prep

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Simple Steps to Family Meal Prep

Nothing beats the lazy days of summer..

Slow mornings, limited schedules, snacks all day, and sunny late night dinners. Annddd then good ol’ September 1st rolls around and we all enter PANIC MODE!! September can be one of the most hectic times of year with adjusting to new schedules, school drop-off and pick-up, before and after school programs, you know the drill.. Continue reading “Simple Steps to Family Meal Prep” →

Dinner, Food

Rustic Pizza Crust

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Rustic Pizza Crust

This recipe has become a family All. TIME. FAVOURITE!!! Grab your keys, your wallet and your kids because you’re going to want to make this for tonight’s dinner! Ever since visiting Europe in 2012 my hubby has been obsessed over creating the perfect, authentic pizza crust and you guys.. I think he has finally NAILED IT!! Now he will argue this recipe can only be created by weight as he hasn’t found consistent results measuring in cups, buuuttt shhh don’t tell him.. I’ve listed it down below for you anyways, incase you aren’t crazy pizza obsessed (yet.. ) and don’t own a scale.

I highly recommend leaving yourself with plenty of time to make the dough and allowing it to rise for at least 8+ hours. We typically make the dough in the morning, if not the night before, along with our own sauce and let that simmer throughout the day, so come dinner we just need to chop up our toppings, mix up a leafy salad and start the process of creating our own pizzas!

Makes 2-4 pizzas

Pizza Dough

  • 500g Tipo 00 Flour (3 c.)
  • 300g water (1 1/4 c.)
  • 2 tsp. sea salt
  • 3/4 tsp. yeast
  • Cornmeal (for sprinkling on the pizza stone)

Directions

  1. Put the flour, salt and yeast in a mixing bowl of a stand mixer. If you do not have a stand mixer with a dough hook you can most certainly knead the dough by hand.
  2. Add the water and mix on low for about 10-12 minutes. If the dough does not come together add a little more water to the mixture. The texture of the dough should be smooth and when stretching out the dough it should hold together well.
  3. Cover the bowl in plastic wrap and set aside for a minimum 2 hours, but ideally 8+ hours until bubbly and has doubled in size.
  4. Once the dough is ready, preheat the oven or bbq to 500F (as high as it will go) and preheat a pizza stone or baking sheet.
  5. Divide the dough into 2-4 pieces and on a well floured surface coat the dough and with your fingers shape the dough into a pizza crust.
  6. Either remove the preheated pizza stone from heat or if you have one on a pizza peel, sprinkle with about 1/2 tablespoon of cornmeal and place your dough on the pizza stone.
  7. At this point you’ve hopefully thought about which toppings you would like, sprinkle a handful of your favourite cheese and into the oven or bbq.
  8. Bake until the crust is browned and cheese is bubbling hot. Remove from heat, serve and repeat the same steps with your remaining dough.

Notes: This pizza crust is thin, so try to resist piling on too many toppings.. in this case less is more! We have found the best results in using a bbq, but whichever way you choose to bake your pizza make sure your pizza stone is as hot as possible!!

I really hope you will give this recipe a try! It’s honestly one of our favourite things to make as a family especially in the summer months because, no one likes making dinner indoors when you could be out enjoying that beautiful sunshine!

Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!

Happy Weekend!

Andreana xo

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