The Healthy Snack Thread

alf101 said:
I've got one of those Salton mini ovens, and I can't find a decent tray to make a pizza on.
Using a quiche pan for that.:(

Clicks used to sell a tray with holes in it that worked well, but I cannot find them anywhere.
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Just buy a ceramic plate - or a piece of granite or something similar - a thin piece of metal won't work. The reason those metal ones have holes in them is because they don't get hot enough so the pizza "sweats". Yip, I bet you never thought you'd hear about sweaty pizza...:sick:
 
I just bake pizzas on the normal wire grid thingies you get in the oven, much better that way.
 
ponder said:
I just bake pizzas on the normal wire grid thingies you get in the oven, much better that way.
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Have you tried a pizza oven or pizza stone?
 
bwana said:
Have you tried a pizza oven or pizza stone?
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Define pizza oven?
I have used a real wood burning pizza oven on a friends farm before if that counts.

Never heard of a pizza stone, enlighten me please :D
 
Which leads to the question : Is all that melted cheese in the middle of the night strictly healthy?

I personally like chomping on pecan, wall, cashew or peanuts.
 
Nooit
To prevent cracking of the stone by thermal shock, the pizza stone should be placed on a cold oven and heated over at least 45 minutes, and it should be allowed to cool down slowly inside the oven after switching it off. Because of the possibility of rapid temperature change, pizza stones should not be left in an oven while it is in self-cleaning mode.

Some cooks recommend sprinkling cornmeal, semolina or breadcrumbs on the pizza stone to prevent the crust from sticking.

The porous nature of pizza stones does have a downside -- the stone will absorb just about anything, including soap. Use a clean, dry brush or plain water to clean the stone.
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I'll rather get the holy pan, microwave, or order from St Elmo's
 
ponder said:
Ok, now where do I go buy one of these?
Or maybe I can make one, any ideas?
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Unless you can "make" ceramic, I reckon you're fresh outta luck...:D

But you can buy them from @Home - I saw them today at Melrose Arch @Home but I see you're in Durbs - you'll probably need to find a large @Home store. Otherwise maybe Builders Warehouse stock pieces of ceramic - or they could at least point you in the right direction...;)
 
alf101 said:
I've got one of those Salton mini ovens, and I can't find a decent tray to make a pizza on.
Using a quiche pan for that.:(

Clicks used to sell a tray with holes in it that worked well, but I cannot find them anywhere.
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Woolworths home section has these now, work great :)
 
DJ... said:
Figured out an awesome healthy snack that I've been eating a lot of lately but requires prep work so it's not a spur of the moment type of recipe:

Cherry tomatoes, chopped in half and the insides scooped out. Mix the tomato pulp with worcester sauce, garlic, pepper, tomato sauce, basil, water and a little sugar. Cook on a medium heat until reduced by about a quarter. Place in muslin cloth and strain all the juices out, discard the solids. Add fresh chopped basil and gelatin. Pour the mixture back into the halved cherry tomatoes, add a shaving of parmesan cheese into each half and set in the fridge. Just before they're set, you'll be able to put the two halves back together again without spilling the juices - looks like an ordinary cherry tomato, but the favour is amazing. Well worth the effort in making them, if you like cooking that is...

I'm going to start experimenting with this recipe as well. Next I'm going to make a vinaigrette, add some gelatin and use the tomato mixture in one half and the vinaigrette in the other. Put them back together just before they're set properly and they will remain separated but bond together again. Serve on a lettuce leaf and you've got yourself a complete salad pretty much...
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That sounds really good :). Must try.

DJ... said:
I just tried something new and it works like a bomb - take a slice of bread and cut the crust off (save for breadcrumbs) - take the crustless bread and roll it with a rolling pin until squashed into a doughy texture - now you have mini pizza base. Pop into pizza oven/oven with toppings - it's thin and goes really crispy - a little heavier than pizza bases but still good...
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Figured that out a long time ago ;)
 
Also, cook some macaroni, chop some salami into tiny squares add some broken feta some halved baby tomaoes and some basil pesto, mix it up and enjoy warm or cold.
 
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