Pretzels

We love eating pretzels when we go to the mall so I wanted to make my own at home. They are SO easy and YUMMY!

*recipe from Melskitchencafe.com

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 t salt
1 t sugar
1 package of instant yeast
1 cup warm water

Mix ingredients in bowl (I used my kitchenaide with the bread loop) Knead the dough for 5 minutes. Lightly flour dough and place in plastic bag....close and let sit for 30 min.
Preheat oven to 500*
Roll your dough into long "snakes" and twist into pretzel shape. Dip into mixture of 1/2 cup warm water mixed with 2 T of baking soda.
Bake for 8 min
Brush with melted butter and top with course salt--enjoy!

Paprika Potatoes

5 Yukon Golden Potatoes, washed, peeled, and sliced

course sea salt 1 1/2 t

Paprika 1 1/2 t

3 T butter

put sliced potatoes in microwave until tender (about 3 min)

add butter to pan until melted, add potatoes, sprinkle with paprika and salt

cook about 10 minutes stir often to prevent sticking to pan
(Serves 4)

YUM!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

I made this pizza last month & after searching for a good pizza dough recipe for nearly 2 years I am happy to say that this is the BEST one yet!! The pizza is pretty darn good too. I made half the pizza BBQ Chicken and the other half just sauce & cheese for the kids. The dough recipe is enough for 2 large pizzas so you can save the other half for the next day.

Chicken Gyros with Tzatziki

I have never had Greek food before so when I saw this recipe for Chicken Gyros I thought I would give it a try and I am SOOOO glad I did. I also made the homemade pitas rather than using store bought. And, instead of using the tzatziki recipe on the same website I made it the way my friend, Monika showed me.

Tzatziki

1/2 large cucumber or 1 whole small cucumber, peeled & grated into bowl

cover with 1 tsp. of salt (helps suck moisture out)

add 1 cup plain greek yogurt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 garlic clove minced or pressed

put in fridge at least 1/2 hour before serving

YUM!

It was so nice outside we had to eat al fresco!

and my kids LOVED it!

look at Kai chomp it up!

Kali brought out some blueberries & carrots to jazz hers up a bit.