An Honest Review of The New Domino’s Pizza Recipe

Again, I’ll start off by saying nobody is paying me to post this and my Domino’s order was paid out of my own pocket. I just got intrigued by the new concept and by the bold marketing approach Domino’s is taking enough to place an order tonight. My order: 1 Medium(12″) Hand Tossed Pizza Whole: [...]

Again, I’ll start off by saying nobody is paying me to post this and my Domino’s order was paid out of my own pocket. I just got intrigued by the new concept and by the bold marketing approach Domino’s is taking enough to place an order tonight.

My order:

1 Medium(12″) Hand Tossed Pizza
Whole: Cheese, Original Marinara
Left: Pepperoni, Mushrooms $8.99

1 Medium(12″) Hand Tossed Pizza
Whole: Cheese, Original Marinara, Shredded Parmesan
Left: Onions $9.99

1 8-piece Cheesy Bread
Marinara $4.99

1 2-Liter Diet Coke® $2.49

It took slightly longer to arrive.

The Old Dominos Flavor

In the old days, Dominos pizza really didn’t have much of an aroma when it arrived. It was a very flat smell, and very flat taste. However, I grew up on the pizza as it was the defacto sleep over a friend’s house dinner or day camp lunch. Not to mention there wasn’t much of a mom and pop pizza shop infrastructure back in the day where everyone lived. There wasn’t a desire for great taste back in the 80′s. Now we have the Food Network and other shows where people care about what they eat and expect some modicum of quality.

Dominos has launched a revolutionary ad campaign by being extremely honest. Having studied advertising in college, I was very intrigued and impressed with this ad campaign and I know advertising classes will study this ad campaign for years.

The Dominos Pizza Commercial “The Turnaround”

Dominos Giving Their Harshest Critics The New Pizza

I have to agree with the critics. I haven’t ordered Dominos in maybe 10 years+. Since the campaign and since this first taste, I’ve ordered Dominos 3 times.

My Pizza Knowledge

I’ve eaten pizza all over the world (have not been to Chicago though, but have in Italy) and some of my favorite is still from Lombardi’s in New York. However, I do enjoy the fast food type pizza once in blue moon. Domino’s has certainly elevated its quality considerably.

Home Talkers Forums merged

Just a heads up that the Home Talkers Forums have been merged with the forums from Baby Talkers and they are now all together over at Mama Meetup. You should be able to log in with your HT user name and password.

Just a heads up that the Home Talkers Forums have been merged with the forums from Baby Talkers and they are now all together over at Mama Meetup. You should be able to log in with your HT user name and password.

40% Off Holiday Photo Cards

It’s not too late to order your holiday cards this year! Custom printed Christmas Cards and Boxed Christmas Cards are available. You can enter your own text and preview your cards before ordering them. From Eco-Friendly to Modern to Whimsical, there is a huge variety of choices. You can even get 40% off photo cards.

It’s not too late to order your holiday cards this year! Custom printed Christmas Cards and Boxed Christmas Cards are available. You can enter your own text and preview your cards before ordering them. From Eco-Friendly to Modern to Whimsical, there is a huge variety of choices. You can even get 40% off photo cards.

South Beach Diet Phase 1 Menu

I tried doing the South Beach Diet last week and by Friday night I bailed. I had a fun, splurgey weekend and thought I’d try again this morning. No such luck. I love my fruits, whole grains, cereal, and snacks way too much. I did, however, make a great dinner menu for the week and [...]

I tried doing the South Beach Diet last week and by Friday night I bailed. I had a fun, splurgey weekend and thought I’d try again this morning. No such luck. I love my fruits, whole grains, cereal, and snacks way too much. I did, however, make a great dinner menu for the week and still plan on following it. I know that I was always looking for ideas and menus so I thought I’d post this in case anyone was searching.

Sunday: (turkey)sausage with onions and peppers, mashed cauliflower, salad

Monday: steak, mashed cauliflower with cilantro and cheddar cheese, caesar salad

Tuesday: shrimp, black beans, avocado and tomato salad

Wednesday: turkey chili, salad

Thursday: tilapia, caesar salad, broccoli

Friday: steak, zucchini and yellow squash saute, tomato and mozzarella salad

Saturday: salmon, edamame salad, mashed cauliflower

Oh and a fabulous Phase 1 dessert idea:

Take one “no sugar added” fudgsicle and scrape it all off the stick into a bowl. Add some peanut butter. Mix together and eat like ice cream. It is ridiculously delicious. Tastes like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup!!

Menu of the Week: August 4

This week my goal is to double up on at least three of my meals and freeze half of each one, in preparation for my new baby. I don’t want to have to worry about feeding the rest of my family those first couple of weeks. It’s definitely a bit hot here for such warm, [...]

This week my goal is to double up on at least three of my meals and freeze half of each one, in preparation for my new baby. I don’t want to have to worry about feeding the rest of my family those first couple of weeks. It’s definitely a bit hot here for such warm, hearty meals, but hey – we have air conditioning and I need to plan ahead so it is what it is.

Tonight (Monday) – White Chicken Chili

Tuesday – Eggplant Parmesan

Wednesday – Shepard’s Pie

Thursday – Grilled Shrimp and Salad (gotta go light after all those heavy meals)

Friday – Pizza

What’s cooking at your house this week?

Big Brother 10 – episode 2

I didn’t get a chance to watch BB10 last night, but I am watching the second episode now and will watch tonight’s episode (3) after. What the heck is up with Brian being so cocky already?? Isn’t it way too early for this? Renny, the New Orleans lady, is so crazy. I can’t believe she [...]

I didn’t get a chance to watch BB10 last night, but I am watching the second episode now and will watch tonight’s episode (3) after.

What the heck is up with Brian being so cocky already?? Isn’t it way too early for this?

Renny, the New Orleans lady, is so crazy. I can’t believe she didn’t realize how annoying she was in the middle of the night. I thought Jessie handled it fine. He was very calm and just told her that he was sleeping and she woke him up. Big deal – she was going on and on and on and on and kept saying how immature he was. Huh?!?!

April is a freak. Crying over Ollie. It’s like the first day. Oy! I can tell this is going to be a dramatic season.

The veto competition was so disgusting, but I am glad Jessie won. I can’t wait to see who Jerry nominates and who goes home.

It would be so cool if Brian was put up……

Menu of the Week: July 14

Just made my meal plan for the week and went food shopping. Here’s what our week looks like: Monday: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms, onions, & broccoli Tuesday: Cheese pizza, broccoli and cauliflower, salad Wednesday: Pesto chicken, stuffed portobella mushrooms, grilled zucchini Thursday: Sausage w/ peppers and onions, salad Friday: Pasta with shrimp and broccoli [...]

Just made my meal plan for the week and went food shopping.

Here’s what our week looks like:

Monday: Angel hair pasta with mushrooms, onions, & broccoli

Tuesday: Cheese pizza, broccoli and cauliflower, salad

Wednesday: Pesto chicken, stuffed portobella mushrooms, grilled zucchini

Thursday: Sausage w/ peppers and onions, salad

Friday: Pasta with shrimp and broccoli

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What’s cooking at your house this week?

Menu of the Week: May 26

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve meal planned and man, can I tell the difference. Basically we don’t eat. Ok, that’s not entirely true, but I don’t end up really cooking much if I haven’t planned a menu. I have a mental block at the grocery store and end up buying fruit, cereal [...]

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve meal planned and man, can I tell the difference. Basically we don’t eat. Ok, that’s not entirely true, but I don’t end up really cooking much if I haven’t planned a menu. I have a mental block at the grocery store and end up buying fruit, cereal and snacks. Nothing for dinner.

So anyway, I have already made my menu for next week. It doesn’t matter what day we have what. I will shop on Sunday or Monday and go with whatever we feel like on that day or how much time I have to prep. I am just determined to cook and eat yummy home cooked meals.

Here we go:

Parmesan chicken cutlets, mixed greens salad

Fish (not sure what kind yet – basically whatever looks good at the market); avocado, tomato and cucumber salad

Spaghetti and (turkey) meatballs, steamed broccoli, garlic bread

Shrimp w/ mango and cilantro salsa

Chicken taco salad with cilantro ranch dressing

Menu of the Week: April 21

It has been a long five or six months without a meal plan. I was nauseas for the first 4 months of my pregnancy and the past month or so we’ve been working on our kitchen remodel. I finally have a working kitchen again and I have a great appetite. I also feel extremely guilty [...]

It has been a long five or six months without a meal plan. I was nauseas for the first 4 months of my pregnancy and the past month or so we’ve been working on our kitchen remodel. I finally have a working kitchen again and I have a great appetite. I also feel extremely guilty for totally copping out on any cooking for so long. My family and myself have definitely suffered…and I am so sick of eating out. So, this is the week that I am starting back into my meal planning. I cannot wait to start working in my brand new kitchen!

Monday: chicken taco salad with cilantro ranch dressing

Tuesday: spaghetti and turkey meatballs, salad, garlic bread

Wednesday: shrimp with mango cilantro dressing, salad, corn

Thursday: pizza and greek salad

Friday: chicken curry with chickpeas and tomatoes, rice, zucchini

What’s cooking at your house this week?

Kitchen Remodel Steps

I know we’ve been talking about this for a while, but we are finally really knee-deep into the process of remodeling our kitchen. I’ll post about each step individually in more detail, but for now, I wanted to post a list of all the steps we’ve been taking and still need to complete in order [...]

I know we’ve been talking about this for a while, but we are finally really knee-deep into the process of remodeling our kitchen. I’ll post about each step individually in more detail, but for now, I wanted to post a list of all the steps we’ve been taking and still need to complete in order to finish this entire project! It definitely takes a lot of time and energy, but I know it will be worth it.

1. First of all, we had to come up with a kitchen design.

2. Pick out kitchen cabinets. The hardware can essentially come later, but needs to be done at some point too.

3. Buy new appliances. This needs to be done in order to measure correctly for the cabinetry.

4. Find contractor(s). J and I are working as the general contractors, but we needed to find people to do the actual work. I wrote about this step here.

5. We figured since we would be replacing our cabinets with taller ones that go up to the ceiling, we needed to scrape the popcorn off the ceilings and of course repaint.

6. Pick out granite for the counter tops.

7. Pick out tile back splash.

8. Choose new sink and faucet. We are going to keep our current garbage disposal and let it run it’s course.
9. Decide on whether or not we are getting new lighting fixtures and get an electrician for some other minor electrical changes.

10. Speak with phone company to see about adding a new phone jack. We changed things when doing the design and need to make sure that what we planned will actually work.
11. Empty all of the current kitchen cabinets to get ready for demolition. What a job!!!

12. DEMOLITION

13. Install the new cabinets, reconnect all of the appliances, sink and counter top installation.

14. Putting it all back together……..

Stay tuned for photos and updates.