Who says dogs can't taste!

Our Koby has such a picky taste. He is the only dog I have ever known that hates peanut butter. He actually eats the pretzel outside of the peanut butter filled square ones, and will leave the little "pillow" of peanut butter sitting on the floor. Koby once ate an entire plate of jalapenos that we left on a plate on the coffee table, since we picked them off our pizza because they were too spicy. His absolute favorite food (and the only "people" food we give him), is pizza crust. It's homemade, so I know exactly what it's made out of, and when he smells it cooking, he gets really excited. Well, the newest venture was trying to get him to eat carrots. Carrots help detoxify the liver, which is an area that Koby needs some fortification. So, first I tried just cutting them into sticks, but he spits them out. Next I cut them into little circles, and I pretended they come from his cookie cupboard, like it was a cookie, but he spits it out too! I pretty much gave up on getting him to eat carrots, until just recently, I tried again. Koby didn't feel good for a few days, and wasn't eating his breakfast. Then he was puking a bit, and having problems with his back end. So, coincidentally or not, right when we got a new bag of food, he started acting this way. He didn't have much interest in his food until late in the evening, probably since he was starving. Possibly the food is a bad bag, but I decided to give him a break for a few days, just in case, and to see if he got better. I fed him rice for a day, which he loves, and gobbled right up. I thought, "what a could be a better time to try to get his carrots in him!" I chopped them up really small, and even cooked them a bit to try to change the flavor, thinking he might like them. I mixed them with the rice to try to sneak in the carrots, and this was the result...

Psst. Pizza is good for you!

http://www.wildblueberryhealthblog.com/2010/03/true-or-false-pizza-is-health-food-hint.html

It's a girl!

So congratulations to one of my BFFs, Jill! She just found out that her 2nd baby will be a girl! What a funny thing to say, "it's a girl." Really, "she's a girl," but the "it" of not knowing just turned into "she." Anyway, I can't wait to meet her! Now the Jill won't be outnumbered in the Doudican home. 2 boys, 2 girls!

Snowshoeing with my bear

The last time it snowed, I took Koby to Chapin Forest. Here's my bear, ready to go with mommy! We're going snowshoeing!!

Koby loves to be outside, even in the snow. He bundles up in his Bean Coat and off he goes!

Koby fell in a hidden creek and got a little muddy on the way to take pictures of this big rock.

Happy dog!

Here's our footprints, Koby likes to walk in other people's tracks so he doesn't have to walk in the deep snow.

All worn out and going home.

One of my favorite pizzas to date!

Oh my gosh! So I'm standing in Heinens, wondering what in the world kind of pizza to make, and there it was! Mac n Cheese! Now, what goes with Mac n Cheese? Hot Dogs!!!

This pizza may look incredibly high calorie and fatty, but I ended up buying some high quality ingredients so the pizza would be reasonable. It's made with whole wheat pizza dough, organic hot dogs, organic whole wheat mac n cheese, Newman's organic alfredo sauce, and low fat all nautral mozzarella cheese! I'm telling you, this pizza was unbelievable! The "real" hot dogs and mac n cheese made it phenomenal! This is really one of my best inventions I've ever had! Just look...

One of my FAVORITE foods!

Although not topping my favorite food S'mores, Wild Maine Blueberries sure are tasty little things! If you haven't had them, I encourage you to seek out Wymans blueberry products. They sell juice (at BJ's), and frozen blueberries (at Heinen's). Just a sip or bit, will make you understand why these are so very superb! In my opinion, they are more flavorful, and tastier than our regular grocery store variety. I sprinkle them in my oatmeal in the mornings to remind myself of Maine, before I go to work in stupid Cleveland for the day. Wild Blueberries are a cousin to our grocery store variety, high bush blueberry, and are a different low bush wildly growing plant. They are literally everywhere in Maine. Last May, I saw the flowers of the plant, that look like little white-but-blueish-tinted, bells. They are harvested with an "Edward Scissorhands" tool that scrapes the berries off of the plant. They are all still hand harvested. Really not much beats a fresh thick Maine blueberry pie! Or blueberry pancakes, with blueberry syrup. Or blueberry muffins, with blueberry juice. Or wild blueberry beer! I think every day in Maine, I tried to get something blueberry because of how amazing the taste is. Blueberry ice cream at Brown's is really one of my favorite things on Earth.

Eating our double scoop Brown's ice cream, Robb: blue moon, me: half wild blueberry (already gone) and half ginger.

So, I'm a big fan of Wild Maine Blueberries. I'm a member of the Wild Blueberry Association, and would like to welcome their blog to our blog. (Go all the way to the bottom of the blog, and click on the link.) I'm so glad for Wild Blueberries!!

BLT

This is not the pizza from this Pizza Friday. I was looking at this memory card to find the pictures of my Valentine's Bear, and how could I not show this pizza!?! This is a BLT pizza, which was inspired by a pizza I used to get when I worked at the florist. There was this little pizza shop down in the strip mall down the street. They used to make all these specialty pizzas and were so good! For the life of me, I can't remember the name of it and it was only open the few years I worked at the florist. Here's our rendition of the BLT pizza, really, really, really, really, really fabulous!
Note the new "pan pizza".Sauce: Mayonnaise mixed with Italian seasonings.Baked with Roma tomatoes and fresh organic bacon.Topped with fresh lettuce! Delicious!