Consider -- Home Made Salad

You ever hear someone say "I'm going to make a salad."  A salad is what; lettuce, tomatoes, dressing, maybe cheese or croutons?  Can someone really pride themselves on making a salad, when its really so simple?  Salad Bars, so easy children can make a salad.  So making a salad isn't so difficult, unless you are actually... making a salad.

I previously have mentioned how I have a pretty awesome garden.  Well today, I've decided I'm going to make myself a salad... that I actually grew.  Now I don't mean to come off as smug, well maybe a little smug, but this is another satisfying reason why I enjoy my garden.  

And realistically, my girlfriend did the put the salad together, because she's pretty awesome.  She has a great photo blog you should really consider checking out.  She took the picture of the lettuce, the ones bellow I took.  But the salad was so fresh and tasted so good.  I paired it with a very nice Red Baron Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza and some Iced Tea.  What a delicious meal.  Consider growing your own garden.

The New Dominos: Is the Pizza really better?

You've seen them, the commercials that show real life testimonies of Domino's Pizza being compared to cardboard and the pizza makers looking distraught and down trodden.  Domino's promised to remedy these issues as they improved their pizza from the dough and sauce to the ingredients that top your pie.

Having previous experience working in a pizza place, I find myself with a little higher expectations when it comes to my pizza.  But I also have the opinion that even when Pizza is bad, its still pretty good.  I will eat Little Caesars, not because its so tasty, but because its priced to fit my budget.  Occasionally we'll splurge on Costco's pizza, which is great in my opinion.  

Which brings me to my recent experience with Domino's.  We ordered on-line, because its true, I do not like talking to business on the phone.  And the first thing that I appreciated was the Delivery Tracker.  They show you when your ordered was placed, prepared, inspected for high quality, and when its out the door for delivery.  This is awesome.  In all of my experiences in the past, I would order a pizza and wait 30 minutes, only to find out your pizza is still being cooked.  This tracker lets you know where you stand and what to expect.  To make things even better, my pizza was delivered quickly. 

We ordered a thin crust ham topped pizza and it was really good.  They added additional spices on top of the pizza that really enhanced the flavor.  And the ham tasted really good.  I'd recommend this pizza.  The other pie we ordered was the Philly Cheese-steak Pizza.  I love a good cheese steak and this was a good cheese steak, but if you are in the mood for a traditional pizza, it doesn't cut it.  Which I think is what they are going for, a cheese steak and not a pizza.  So don't order that item, if you are hoping for traditional pizza.

I enjoyed my pizzas very much.  I liked Domino's in my youth.  It was my favorite place for pizza as a kid.  But I agree with many of you that the quality had been lost.  I'm glad that they are back to putting out a higher quality pizza.  I don't know the next time I will order a Delivered Pizza.  But when I do, it'll be with Domino's.