Bread and Beta

Tag: Snack

  • Spiced Roasted Squash Seeds

    Here we go, NaBloPoMo day 2. I quickly realized the problem of an imageless post. You see, I designed this site specifically to showcase an image on the homepage. So an image-less post has an empty look when sitting next to the others. I guess there will be pictures this month, and every month! Yay…

  • Inspired by Beet Fries

    Our CSA has finally started! I do love all the edible joys that summer brings. Thanks to Stillman’s Farm, we’re enjoying the start of another season of farm fresh produce. Our first box contained a bunch of beautiful, long beets, perfect for beet fries! Ever since our first encounter with Grass Fed, Jamaica Plain’s newest…

  • Cong You Bing – Chinese Scallion Pancake

    Although you may think of rice as the main starch consumed in China, there is actually a surprising variety of wheat-based foods. Wheat is grown in northern China as abundantly as rice is grown in southern China. The wheat is transformed into many forms of glorious products like dumplings, noodles, breads and buns. It’s hard…

  • Everybody must get sconed

    My notoriously bad puns just keep popping up here. I can’t seem to help it.  Before Passover starts next week, I’ve been trying to get all the urges to cook with leavening out of my system. Maybe this played a part in the weeks of anise cookies, or the slew of bread baking, or the…

  • Coming up Rosemary

    I’ve been really into baking lately. I think it has something to do with the changing seasons. I also find the act of measuring ingredients very therapeutic, and, well, I really like to eat. Bread-like products might be my favorite category of foods. I’m visiting my parents, who have a giant, beautiful kitchen that is…

  • Spiced Chickpeas – better than popcorn

    I recently discovered spiced chickpeas. I hit upon the idea one day, and I’ve been quite pleased with the results ever since. Sometimes I make them as the main star of a dish, and sometimes they’re only a bit part. They’re delicious in the carrot soup. They’re also really good with bitter leafy greens or…