I certainly haven't been cooking as much as I want to the past couple of months. With a combination of triathlon training and feeling nauseous/having food aversions, I guess cooking hasn't been as fun :( Well, I'm not exercising as much anymore and pregnancy hormones at bay are allowing for even the richest foods to be more palatable!
I threw some things together this weekend, that I intend make again...
Homemade Peanut Butter - I have made this previously and did not
turn out so good. Last time I added oil, this time NO oil! I just put
about 1.5 cups of dry roasted peanuts in my food processor and LET HER
RIP for about 3 minutes. When I walked away I there were peanut crumbs,
when I came back to check on it, PEANUT BUTTER! It's pretty smooth and
tastes just like the fresh peanut butter I get at the grocery. I usually go through a jar of peanut butter a week so hopefully I'll keep making this.
Energy Balls - I've been meaning to make these little gems for awhile. Finally. They taste pretty much like a granola bar and I'll label them as 'healthy,' despite lots o' sugar. Found the
recipe on Pinterest. Very easy to whip together - used homemade peanut butter ;)
Homemade bread - Andrew bought me the cookbook
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter for my birthday this year. The author breaks down each recipe by cost & "hassel" factor if one ought to make or buy the food. "Everyday Bread" is the first recipe in the book - "Can you stir? You can make this bread." The first time I made it I think I overcooked it and it came out a little too crusty & hard. The second time I made it I upped the yeast from 1 tsp to 1.5 tsp which made it more fluffy and I didn't overcook it! Too bad you can't smell-o-vision homemade bread or else I'd post that too ;)
Here's to a better appetite to fuel more cooking!
