J: Okay, guys, we owe you all an apology for being on hiatus for so long without any warning. Truth be told, the last couple of weeks have been difficult in terms of cooking; I’ve been traveling a lot and going out to eat a fair bit since my parents were in town last weekend, so I’ve been eating pretty simply when I do get a chance to eat at home. And Erik has been busy with the end of the school year, graduating from college (!) and moving all his stuff back from his dorm room, and getting ready to move down South with me (!!!). But things are calm for the next week or so, for me at least, so we do have a couple things lined up for you, and hopefully once he’s settled in here we’ll be able to return to our regular schedule of posting once every three days.
Those of you who’ve been reading for a little while might remember this post, in which I referenced some “drop-dead-delicious” pecan bread that I made with the leftover streusel I had sitting around once the muffins were done. I didn’t photograph that because I had no idea how it would turn out, but as it happens, it was kind of amazing! So now I’ve recreated it, with a few changes and additions, and it was, if possible, even tastier this time around. Also, it is an absurdly easy recipe. Give it a shot!
J: We’ve got a simple but very versatile little recipe for you today. Tortillas are a really useful thing to be able to just throw together — they can be used as a base for so many dishes, and when you know how to make them yourself, why on earth would you go buy ones from the store, especially when they’re likely to have all sorts of different preservatives in them? No, these little tortillas are easy and worth the hour or so it takes to put them together. You can definitely make them (as we did) on the side while you’re making another main dish to go on top of them. And don’t you fret, we’ll give you the delicious main dish in not too long!
EDIT: Note that you can take a shortcut and make these in about 20 to 25 minutes. At that pace, you could pretty much make them whenever you need tortillas.
J: HOMEMADE BAGELS, GUYS. Do I even need to say anything else? Well, probably not, but I am going to give you a bit of background anyway: since moving down here to start grad school, I’ve been totally bread-independent. I haven’t bought a loaf of bread in five months and it’s been awesome (and probably also saved me a lot of money). But I was still buying bagels, because I thought they were more difficult to make and didn’t want to bother.
No more, my friends. No more.
Want to be a real boss in the kitchen? Next time your friends come over, casually point to the stack of huge delicious bagels in your pantry and say, “oh, those? Yeah, I made those, no big deal.” Nobody else has to know how easy it is to make bagels!
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. It’s go time.
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