Bagels Bagels Bagels

I have made bagels a few times since we moved in and they are deeeeelicious! I even made some extras and put them in the freezer. The first day I made these I had one at each meal. They were so good right out the oven with melted butter or toasted with butter. I highly recommend everyone making their own bagels!!! First I boiled them and then I baked them. It doesn't take long at all either! The longest part is letting the dough rise.

Mcdonald's

When your in Florida with Tim's family you don't have much of a choice but to have fast food for at least one meal a day and the other meals are at a restaurant or something else not cooked in your own kitchen. This is something that did impress me though. There is a huuuuuuge McDonald's down there and we went. They have a huge menu with so many selections and they even had ice cream, real ice cream! You could get omelettes or sandwiches or pasta or the regular nasty items. I got this turkey club and I must say it was pretty delicious. This was over thsi past summer when we went to visit and we were in downtown Disney late and of course his stepmom had to go to McDonald's. But at least I got to see this nicer McDonald's!

Tortillas then.... Tortilla Chips

So I made homemade tortillas. So easy and soooo delicious. We didn't even have tacos but we ate them with other stuff. I can't remember all the different things we put in them but I know one night we had a leftover night and mixed it all together in a taco and it was sooo good! After I made the tacos I then used them to make tortilla chips. The thing I still need to figure out is how to get the chips and tortillas to stay thinner. I rolled them out with my marble rolling pin as thin as paper and then when they cooked, they poofed up! The tortillas don't matter so much but I wish the chips were thinner. I just added some salt to the chips and they were delicious though! Tim and I could eat chips and salsa everyday. Since the chips weren't thin they didn't get completely hard either because the outside would cook fast and the inside still soft.

Choc Chip Cookies Friday Night!

This will be one of many posts I am about to put up. I guess I could do it all in one but I always take pictures and don't want to mix them all up! Andrew and Dre slept over friday night and I have been craving cookie dough. So I made them cookies!!! I used the recipe Debbie gave me from a little cookbook she got with the kitchenaid mixer because I love how the dough tastes. I didn't use a kitchenaid mixer though and I used chips from Aldi's instead of Nestle's. They were still delicious. Bobby took some home and ate them pretty quick and I cooked up the last of the dough tonight after eating it all weekend. I didn't eat alot of it....I'm not sick. Here's my cookies.... More food to follow since I haven't had my computer up for a few weeks.

pure cacao

I just enjoyed some 99% cacao that I purchased at the chocolate store in the strip.  Yum!  I tried it with dates, but it's actually quite enjoyable solo.  In case you are wondering, the 1% that is not cocoa includes cane sugar, spices, cocoa butter, and Bourbon vanilla bean. Try some for yourself.