My food-day started super early today. I had a class at 8:30 a.m., so I had to order and prepare breakfast before 8. I like to take my time to go through all the materials while enjoying my coffee and peace.

I had a quick cup of coffee, my first in the morning, at 5:30 p.m., then hurried up. TBelow is my second cup of coffee along with my husband's.

We had breakfast at 7:45 a.m. I made arepas, fried some slices of bologna and grated fresh cheese. I added oat flakes to the arepa dough. First I hydrate the cornmeal for about 10 minutes and then I add the flakes, just before shaping the arepas and putting them on the fire.

Ah, we also ate tangerines. They were sweet and juicy. Delicious.

We were definitely in the mood for homemade pizza at lunchtime. I usually make two medium pizzas to fit in the electric oven. But today the power went out just as I was about to start working on the dough. Trying to look on the bright side to the misfortune of our electric service, I decided to make it in the 35 cm pan and bake it in the big, gas oven.

I ate two slices of pizza and that was it. My stomach was full 100%. My husband ate 4 slices. We saved two for dinner, just in case I wasn't in the mood to cook (I have a lot of work in the studio during the week).

The power went out today for three hours. I usually make pizza sauce in the blender. Not today. And you know what? It was perfect.

Someone very special gave me his recipe for pizza dough and pizza sauce. The owner of a famous pizza place in my city taught him (they were friends when he was alive). According to his lessons: the pizza sauce has no onion and is not pre-cooked; and the dough has no eggs, or milk or margarine. I'll show you how I prepare pizza at home, following his culinary teachings. Only this time I won't use a blender.

For a 35 cm pizza, I used:

• 200 ml of sauce approx.: 2 tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of crushed garlic, 1 tablespoon of oregano, 1 tablespoon of white vinegar, 1 tablespoon of basil pesto, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of rosemary).

• 300 gr mozzarella cheese

• Toppings: 1 julienned onion, 100 gr bacon, 50 gr green and black olives (you can use what you want, just don-t use too many different toppings or it's going to be hard for you to appreciate the different flavors in your pizza)

• 200 gr pizza dough: 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1 cup warm water, 1 teaspoon instant yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon olive oil

First of all, you need to prepare the dough and while you let it rest, you can make the sauce.

For the dough to be perfect, it is not necessary to knead a lot. But it is necessary to make a pre-ferment and respect the leavening times of the dough, so that it is soft and crispy.

Take the cup of warm water and pour in it the yeast (I used instant granulated yeast), 1 tablespoon of sugar and a little of the wheat flour; it can be 1/4 cup. Let it sit for 20 minutes to activate the yeast and then use this mixture to add everything else and knead. Next, let the dough rest for at least one hour before spreading it out and placing it on the greased baking tray. To make it crispier, I prefer to pre-bake it for 3 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

In the GIFs I'll show you how I kneaded it, but you can skip the kneading and just fold the dough over itself every half hour x one hour and a half. I prefer to knead and wait only 30 minutes.