Pinch Your Dough

I use cooking terms to relate to life.  I don't know, maybe it's because food is always fun to talk about.  Sometimes we find ourselves at a point where we know we have plenty of interesting ingredients in the kitchen, but we just can't seem to figure out something interesting to create out of it all. 

If you're anything like me, you have days where you feel like you can take on the world Emeril style.  And then there are those days where you are just happy that Chef Boyardee decided to put spaghetti in a can.  You got nothin.  But it's okay. 

Have you ever made homemade pizza?  Like with dough you rolled out yourself?  I love the feeling of dough in my hands.  The cool and squishy feeling of a very forgiving slab of flour, yeast, and water.  It moves with your pressure.  If you spread it too thin, you can always reshape it.  If you accidentally make a hole, all you have to do is pinch it together and it disappears from sight.  That's what's so cool about it.  There's really no way to mess it up.  Anyone can do it.  Even when you struggle with confidence in your ability, if you want an instant surge of empowerment, just roll out some dough and experience the therapy.

So here we are in a brand new year.  A counter top full of fresh ingredients.  A pantry of possibilities if you will.  The first few days of 2014 have already come and gone.  Maybe yours started really exciting.  Maybe not.  Perhaps grief struck you.  Or maybe you're still stuck up to your ears in snow and Christmas boxes that are staring at you, waiting to be put away. 

Whatever you're marinating in right now, I hope you are finding yourself well and ready to take on the journey of a new year's promises with hope, energy, and optimism.  You may want to play it safe for awhile.  Or you can kick it up a notch with something spicy or herb-infused.  But wherever you are, there you stand with a brand new fistful of dough.  It's ready to turn into something you create with your two hands.  What will you make with it?

Do your best.  Take a risk.  And if you fail?  Just pinch your dough.

Instructional Video: Easy Homemade Pizza Dough in 30 minutes

 

P.S. I have made several phone calls to the Kraft headquarters just this morning, begging them to please get it together with this "Velveeta Shortage" we're hearing about in the news.  For the love of nachos, Super Bowl is less than a month away, people! 

 

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