Oppss.. sorry!

I read a couple of my old posts today... and was quite horrified by my own English in one of them.

You see, being quite impatient.. I tend to type out what I think or feel in a rather hasty manner. Then, I'd hurriedly load a couple of photos and quickly publish my post WITHOUT even reading it through.

I do sometimes read my own post before publishing.. but I have to admit.. I don't do that a lot...

And so, if you come across posts that are really badly written and have been irked by the English...

Oh dear.. I'm so sorry... I'd be more careful in future.

20 Minutes Pizza

Lunch for one needs to be quick and simple.

For me, at least.

Since I'm eating alone, I see no point in making a big fuss over lunch.. but there are days when I want something a little nicer.

This pizza is really simple.. and easy to make. It only took me about 20mins to make, including all the washing, slicing, assembly of ingredients and baking! (Although I did switch the oven on earlier to preheat it up.)

The 20 minutes pizza

And no.. I didn't use a ready-made pizza dough. (The scrooge in me cannot understand the prices those go for at the supermarket. When I really want a real pizza dough, I'd make one myself. See recipe here.)

I used a thin soft bread from Ikea to make these. This bread is really handy. I find myself getting a packet each time I go Ikea. They come frozen, so you can take your time to use them up. You can use them for sandwiches, as a wrap.. and as a pizza.

I made this pizza today with baby spinach, baby portebello mushrooms (finely sliced), some fresh cherry tomatos, bottled pasta sauce and lots of mozarella.

10 minutes for washing, slicing and arranging. 10 minutes in the oven at 190 - 200 deg C. It'd be good to pop the soft bread into the oven for about 5 mins before arranging all the ingredients on it.. to make the base of this pizza crispier.

Pizza before baking - the base looks very much like a normal pizza base..

One of them is Pink

My hibiscus seedling has finally flowered! I was really pleasantly surprised to see this bloom this morning.

I germinated a couple of pink hibiscus seeds and a couple of white hibiscus seeds some time ago. And I mixed them up during the process. Only 2 of the 4 seeds germinated, so I have been waiting to see what colours they would turn out to be.

So now I know.. one of them is pink. And such a nice bright pink. The other seedling hasn't flowered yet so I'd have to be patient.

I like the names of this species of hibiscus.

It is called "Dinner-plate Hibiscus" due to the size of its blooms. The flowers can measure anything between 6 to 12 inches in width, the size of dinner plates and hence the name.

The one I have measures 6 inches wide.. but it is only a short plant, because I have been not transferred it to a larger pot. Standing at less than 18 inches tall, the flower is one third of the plant's height.

Another name for this hibiscus, I found out today, is Hardy Hibiscus. That must be the reason why it has survived attacks from the red spider mites and all kinds of neglect from its owner.

This seedling is very "productive". It has another bud waiting to flower soon..