Good eveeeening! It was pizza night in our house!!!
Karen proclaimed it to be “A rockin’ meal!”
Whole wheat crust, homemade tomato sauce base, shitake mushrooms from our favorite local market vendor, North Cove Mushrooms, plus pepper from our garden and lots of cheese.
[Bitter bolted] garden salad on the side! With a homemade dressing made from 1/4 cup black cherry balsamic (from the Boston Olive Oil Co), 2-3 tbsp olive oil, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp honey, 1 heaping tsp dijon mustard and 1/2 tsp dried rosemary.
This afternoon I snacked on a ripe nectarine and half a Hungry Bar!
And to end our day, we shared dessert from Cville’s newest sweets bakery, Paradox Pastry. Matt went by this afternoon to say hello and welcome them to the bakery bunch and bought dessert.
We split this amazing peanut butter mousse tort 3 ways. With peanut crumble on top and a peanut crust!
So You Think You Can Dance is on tonight!! Yay!
Brie @ Coxswain's Dilemma says
$)(*^)(#%)*(#% oh my god. Dessert from heaven.
Krissy - Shiawase Life says
I want to go to Paradox Pastries! THanks for the reminder 😀
DessertForTwo says
Gorgeous 🙂
kaila@ healthy helper blog! says
Can I just say… Karen is adorable! She seems like such a nice person! You’re lucky to have her as a mother in law 🙂
KathEats says
🙂
kyla says
I was going to say she looks great and healthy!
Eating 4 Balance says
My parents are watching So You Think You Can Dance in the other room. That one lady is yelling… I can’t remember her name right now though 😀
OH! And that pizza is so thick! Looks great 🙂
KathEats says
Hahahaha probably Mary!
Sarah @ Learning to Feed Yourself says
That pizza looks so good! We keep trying to make pizza dough and it ends up so tough. Definitely need to do some experimenting with it!
And having fancy dessert after a nice homemade meal is one of my favorite things!
Chelsea @ Chelsea's Lovelys says
Looks like the perfect dinner and dessert! 🙂
Brie @ Coxswain's Dilemma says
I love peanut butter.
Brie @ Coxswain's Dilemma says
So much that I commented three times on this post.
In case you had any doubts.
Christine says
OMG Karen is hot!!!!! I hope I look that good when I am her age!
Susan H. @ The Food Allergy Chronicles says
Homemade pizza would be welcomed any night of the week in our house! Looks awesome! Peanut Butter…so jealous!
Lexi @ You, Me, & A World to See says
Oh my goodness, that dessert looks amazing! Buying dessert from another bakery–how cute 🙂
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
Karen looks beautiful! Love that shot of her! We had pizza night the other night…I swear it never gets old! Have a great night Kath!
Kati Mora, MS, RD, Kellogg's FiberPlus(R) Wellness Advocate says
There are so many good things happening in this post! From the fiber-licious whole-wheat pizza crust to the chocolate-peanut buttery goodness that is dessert. Seriously – yum!!
Ashley @ Hudson on the Potomac says
Oh my. That dessert looks so fantastic!!! PB & chocolate are my favorite indulgence
Ali @ Peaches and Football says
Peanut butter mouse?? omg
Can’t believe you find the time to make homemade pizza sauce. Really impressive!
KathEats says
Well it was leftover from dinner two night’s ago – not made homemade tonight!
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
now THAT’S a dessert! Looks fabulous – and so does the pizza!
Emily @ Life on Food says
That dessert looks amazing…but so does the pizza. I am suddenly crazing pizza night for dinner tomorrow.
Bridget says
I was thiiiis far into a comment requesting a homemade pizza video and it occurred to me to make sure you hadnt already done one. THERE it was! Thank you for your videos! 🙂 Love them!
KathEats says
🙂 I really need to update some of those
Bridget says
…maybe this time with a baby boy teetering around in the background?!? 🙂
Andrea says
I’d love to see some new videos! Not that your older ones aren’t great (they are!), but love seeing people in real time! Hey, maybe a baby-related video?! Have you caught him kicking on camera yet?
KathEats says
coming to BERF on Friday 🙂
j3nn says
Summer days that include pizza and a scrumptious tort = priceless 🙂
Emily @ www.main-eats.com says
YUM! Looks beautiful and delicious!
Annette @FitnessPerks says
YAY for pizza!
lena says
Karen looks amazing!
Elizabeth says
Do you use regular tomato sauce or reduce it somehow? I often have trouble with those being too watery on pizza but yours looks great.
Btw just boughtyaelf a new skip hop diaper bag in grey chevron design and thought of you 🙂
KathEats says
our home made sauce is really thick, but we definitely have reduced sauces in a jar… or reduced fresh tomatoes with seasonings
gina (fitnessista) says
i had to leave a comment that karen looks absolutely fantastic. so healthy, beautiful and radiant! it makes me happy to see her doing so well <3
and that mousse tort looks pretty nice, too 😉
hope you're having a great night!
Hillary [Nutrition Nut on the Run] says
The dessert looks divine!
Watching SYTYCD now — it’s gonna be a heck of a season!
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
The dessert and the pizza look delicious!
Lisa (bakebikeblog) says
how good does that torte look!
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More says
Wow! That dessert looks AMAZING!! Peanut butter and chocolate are seriously my favorite combination…ever!
Khushboo says
That dessert looks amazing! So nice of Matt to welcome the new bakery :)!
Caitlin says
That crust looks fantastic! Homemade or store bought?
KathEats says
Matt made 🙂
Lynn @ the actor's diet says
Ahhh to be part of a bakery family….
Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says
Not sure which looks tastier…pizza or dessert? I think pizza wins!!
Liz says
Karen looks wonderful! So happy to see her doing well after her cancer scare.
Cait's Plate says
Karen is just looking better and better every day! It makes me so happy to see her smiling and looking so radiant 🙂
Then again, I think that dinner and that dessert could put a smile on just about anyone!
Mom says
Dessert looks gorgeous and delicious!
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope says
That pizza looks great but that dessert look heavenly! 🙂 Such a great picture of Karen!
Christa @ Edible Balance says
That dessert looks absolutely gorgeous!
I LOVE SYTYCD, it’s the only reality tv I watch… sadly our cable was out last night, I hope I can find it somewhere to watch! I heard NappyTabs did two routines, I can’t believe I missed it 🙁
Molly @ RDexposed says
That dessert looks fabulous! Perfect portion, too!
Emily @Emily's Olives says
Ohhh I love the sound of your salad dressing! black cherry balsamic sounds amazing! I’m also going to jump on this dessert train and say it looks delish!
Jen says
Karen and Matt have the same adorable crooked smile!
Katie says
That was our dinner last night, too! Cheddar cheese, jalapenos, and mushroom pizza! Weird. 🙂
Claire @ Live and Love to Eat says
That dessert looks like heaven on a plate!
Carrie @ Nutrition by Carrie says
Ahhhh…that looks similar to a peanut mousse dessert I had at Crow in Seattle a few months ago. It was heaven!
Andrew G. says
That pizza looks amazing! I’m dying to try some Great Harvest pizza! Any chance it’ll be added to the bakery menu?
KathEats says
dough likely, but not by the slice
mel says
I agree- Karen looks adorable! So glad she is doing well.
Angel7 says
Percetly ripe nectarine!
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