Skillet Pizza & Cheese Sticks >

I initially created this pizza recipe trying to copy Dominos' thin and crispy crust pizza which actually proved to be quite a challenge. Turns out the cripsy, tender crust takes more technique than just extra oven-minutes to achieve.

In this recipe, I will take you through the entire pizza process of making the sauce, dough, toppings and more all from scratch! I explain nuances of pizza making that make all the difference in taste and texture, from prheating your skillet or oven stone to the secrets in achieving perfect crust texture.


I never really liked pizza that much until I began making my own. Granted, I had some pretty bad pizza before. But still, this recipe rocks.


As a bonus, we will make cheese sticks and homemade ranch dip, which are easily made right along side the pizza and are a fantastic pizza accomplice >:)


Incase you're still not convinced, here's some more pictures.






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Iced Coffee | Chocolate Milk >

Who knew? You don't need emulsifiers, or super secret ingredients to make iced coffees that will give StarBucks a run for their money.


I didn't.


But now I do, and it's so simple I go repent daily for not figuring it out earlier.
Sipping my iced coffee at the confession booth be like: "Hey, any time."


Plus, it's super cool when you blow bubbles in it so, there's really no reason not to make it.


I researched and made recipe after recipe, trying to figure out how StarBucks makes their frappuccios so thick and creamy.

I was sure, like many others, that there must be some kind of thickening agent or emulsifier involved —maybe there is IDK—, but not in this recipe!


Three simple ingredients will do it for the most mouth watering, thick and creamy iced coffee you'll find anywhere.


Well, FOUR ingredients if you want a chocolate iced coffee.




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Poem | The Other Side

- Devasi, 2018

That moment as the sunsets,
Golden sitting on the edge.

When for a moment shadows are infinite
While the fading light marks the time spent...


I've never let the seconds spend
So fast before in my life but,

I don't want this moment to end,
No, I don't want this moment to end.


I know right now, someone is on the other side.
While I am watching the sunset,

who is watching it rise?

Poem | Autumn Symphony

- Devasi, 2018

She's passing under the autumn trees,
Neath' red and gold and yellow leaves.


Her hair rides the breeze in harmony.
O, look and see their symphony!


Flashing spokes 'neath red fenders,
Leaves upon the path ahead.


Underneath her wheels they're tread,
In nature's own red carpet event.




Fable | Rules >

- Devasi, 2016


Once there was a boy and a girl who were playing together. They decided to run to a tree they saw in the distance.
"One, two, THREE!" Off they went.
The boy got there first and began climbing the tree as fast as he could.


"this is my tree, so you can't come up." he said as the girl ran up.


"Okay." said the girl breathlessly as she sat on the ground under the tree.


"And how long will that be the case?" She asked.


"Until you get down? Then can I get up?"


"No, until I say you can." He responded as he turned and sat on a branch.


"Fine then." She said with a shrug, "If that's your tree, this is my ground. If I can't come up, you can't come down."


"That's not fair!" The boy protested realizing the corner he'd painted himself into.


"How so?"


"The ground is a lot bigger than a tree. You can't have ... Continue Reading ... >




Song | The Ones That I'll Keep >

- Devasi, 2024


These are the things you will always be to me,
And as I live, they will live with me.

These are the things I’ll remember, you see
These are the ones that I’ll keep.


You heard my cry long before the light,
And rocked me to sleep, the sweetest lullaby.

“Hold my hand, and repeat what I say…”
With you that night, I learned how to pray.


This is the love that you showed to me,
And as I go, it will grow with me.

These are the things you will always be to me,
These are the ones that I’ll keep



Poem | ???

- Devasi, 2018


They have some place to go,
They have some place to be,
And it's probably a place that I've never seen.


They sail in the blue
Like ghost ships at sea,
Blotting out stars, as they pass in their fleet.




Any guesses? >

A Whole Lifetime Ago

- Devasi, age 13

The year I pray will never leave,
Is the one where I am thirteen.
Tall enough and wise enough that I could be a queen.

Past the year, just a child, to everyone I was seen,
I know right now I am the girl who lives in many's dreams.

The years I spent, I know were well,
But what for? Only time will tell.

I want to know the things I thought,
Who and where and what I sought.

When I am twenty-six I want to know,
Who and where and what I was...
A whole lifetime ago.


The Warmest Embrace


like how the sunrise colors the morning's white gown,

Igniting the lace of each twirling cloud.

Holding me dearly in his beautiful rays,

He bids me good morning with the warmest embrace.


sunrise

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