SPAM I am.

On Friday,  I made pizza using homemade dough.  Several friends sent me great recipes for dough and I used my stand mixer's dough hook for the first time.  The toppings were caramelized onions and oven-dried tomatoes (I'll put the easy and delicious recipe under the recipes post) and then Scott came home from work.  And he had a can of SPAM.  Actually, it wasn't even SPAM, it was generic meat in a can. 

Scott cooks SPAM

Yikes!!!  What should I do?  I'm sure the look on my face said it all.  Scott is so sweet, he knew our pizzas were going to be a little light on toppings and he really wanted some kind of meat.  Sausage was expensive, so was peperoni and ham steaks.  He briefly considered getting several pounds of ground beef, but since our meals are already planned for the week, he worried that it'd spoil before we could use it all up.  Then Scott saw a sale on SPAM and he remembered that one of his Hawaiian friends used SPAM in a lot of recipes.  Why not be creative with our pizzas?

Mmmm, looks...interesting.

I'll admit, I've eaten SPAM before.  One of my dad's closest friends was really into SPAM so about 20 years ago, dad bought several cans and we tried a few recipes.  The smell of it cooking is a little reminiscent of corned beef hash or cat food, and the taste is about the same.  It's not a taste I prefer, but Scott and Connor liked it.  I couldn't even taste it on our pizza because the onions and tomatoes were so flavorful, but the cooked SPAM did add a great texture.  We only used about half of the SPAM on our Friday pizza, so the rest of it went into Saturday's dinner.  This time, however, I passed on the SPAM, I guess SPAM I am not.

I don't foresee SPAM becoming a pantry staple, but it was good to try something completely out of the norm and my comfort zone.  I look forward to trying another pizza dough recipe for next week's pizza and trying more unusual toppings.

Here's what we ate today

Breakfast
- S Cereal with Milk and Tea
- SKC&G Omelets with Cheese
- C&G Milk, Blueberries, and Yogurt
- G Bread
Total $2.28

Lunch
- SKC&G 5 Bean Taco Soup w/ Leftover Homemade Cheese Puffs
- C&G Milk
- S&K Orange
- G String Cheese
Total $3.82

Dinner

- SKC&G Chicken Thighs with Seasoned Rice & Acorn Squash

- C&G Milk

Total $3.45

Dessert

- SKC&G Leftover Homemade Cookies

Total $0.04

Total Spend $9.59

Tomorrow, The Bone Collector