Here at our house pizza is a favorite. I love pizza, but only if it is made at home. Ordering pizza out is way too expensive, laden with lots of calories and just plain not good to me. Now there is one place I would go for pizza and for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina. It has the best pizza and greek salad. If you know the one I am trying to think of let me know and I will link to them. When we were there the line was way out the door, but worth the wait.
I have been making pizza since high school. My favorite was a pizza made in an electric skillet with a biscuit dough crust. It was a treat! Now I will make pizza dough in the food processor, bread machine, mixer or use refrigerated or frozen dough that I pick up at the store.
Making your own dough is very easy. You just measure and let the machine do the work. But, that will have to be another post. It is way too much information for now!
Here is a dessert that is made in heaven. It is Homemade Banana Pudding. If you haven’t figured it out by now in class I am teaching a unit on eggs and dairy products. This is our Swan Song. So we are learning the in’s and out’s of making a creamy pudding as well as a beautiful meringue. 
Everybody loves a good cheese dip. This one is a little different, but is so good. I found the recipe on an Atlanta Gas Light calendar that was published by their home economists. Which means that it was tested many times before it was published. I have a great cookbook published by the Atlanta Gas Light Company that so far has not produced anything but good food. My point is that these are tried and true recipes. 
French Toast looks so sophisticated, but it is simple to put together. This is one of my favorite breakfast foods. When I was in high school it was my breakfast choice almost every day. I did not use a recipe nor did I make it fancy. All I did was whisk an egg with a little milk , dip white bread in the egg and cook in a cast iron skillet with a little butter. I drizzled with hot syrup and enjoyed with hot coffee. 
I haven’t found too many people who did not love macaroni and cheese! It is super easy to pull together, but the key is to make a smooth and creamy white sauce. When discussing this in class today one of my students said, ” No worries Mrs. Lupo, just pull out a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. It is smooth and creamy every time.” 
Chocolate chip cookies are one of America’s most favorite cookies. Did you know that Americans eat 7 billion chocolate chip cookies a year? That equals to 19.2 million a day! WOW is all I have to say! That is a lot of cookies. Most everyone that I know loves chewy chocolate chip cookies. I personally like a more crispy cookie. 
You either love it or hate it. Canned tuna that is. In my case I love it. When I was in college my mother would make a Tuna Noodle Casserole for me every time I came home. It was comfort food for me. It made me feel loved and at home. Some of you are probably thinking that I was probably starving and I would have loved anything that mother made for me, but that was not the case. We had great food in the college cafeteria and believe me I ate my share of it. We never had dessert growing up and I quickly learned after eating dessert after every meal in college that I had to give it up because I was too broke to buy new clothes! 
The Teacher Cooks 