Homemade Salsa

David and I eat Mexican food at least twice a week.  We never get tired of it!  We don’t go out to eat very often because I’d rather cook at home, but I do really love eating chips and salsa at Mexican restaurants.   We’ve already been frying our own chips using corn tortillas, but I [...]

Soft Pretzels

My husband is a sucker for soft pretels.  When we’re at the mall, he looks at Auntie Annie’s longingly, wishing for some of that warm, doughy goodness (and I almost always encourage him to just get one!).  He doesn’t make many requests, but he has been requesting some homemade pretzels, so I decided to make [...]

Classic Granola

I was looking through my drafts, and realized that I had a couple updates that I have forgotten about!  I made this back in May for the out-of-town bags for our wedding guests.  This was a really great recipe, so I wanted to share!
I had been interested in making granola for a while now, and [...]

September Daring Bakers: Lavash Crackers

This was a new experience for the Daring Bakers group this month, as the hosts made it easy for the bakers to go gluten free.  Natalie of Gluten a Go Go and Shel of Musings from the Fishbowl chose the Lavash Crackers from Peter Reinhart’s book The Bread Baker’s Apprentice. I was excited about this [...]

Hummus

I first tried hummus for the first time almost two years ago. I had heard about how great hummus is from a few people, but I categorized it into a food that I wouldn’t eat because I thought it was too weird. This is unusual for me, because I will try almost anything [...]

Bagels

I actually made these at the end of June, but am just getting around to posting!  I had been wanting to try homemade bagels for quite some time, and when I was flipping through Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, I knew that I wanted to give his recipe a try. The recipe is [...]