Bagels

Of everything I make, bagels are probably my favorite. They’re much easier than I would have originally thought, the flavor combinations are endless, and they are just totally delicious!

I’ve posted this recipe before, but I’ll do it again to make it easier for everyone, myself included. The only difficult part for me is shaping, but [...]

Seasonal Bagels

Brent is out for the weekend visiting a friend in Ohio, so I took the opportunity to make a royal mess out of the kitchen without him complaining about it. I decided to try a new bagel flavor: Cranberry-Orange Bagels! Tart and delicious. I used my half whole-wheat bagel recipe and added about 1.5 cups [...]

Bake-athon

Because I had a three day weekend, I really felt like I could spend one of the days just baking and not worry about cleaning the house and all that other boring stuff. So after breakfast, the gym and the grocery store, I set off to start my bake-athon.
First up was to use the last [...]

More Bagels and Some Cupcakes Too

I wanted to make bagels for my friends and family, mostly because a lot of them seemed surprised that I made them to begin with. I heard a lot of “I’ve never heard of anyone making bagels.” So last night, I made up a few new flavors:
Pesto:

Sun-dried Tomato:

I also made Cinnamon-Raisin for my mom, but [...]

Bountiful Harvest

I have been patiently trying to grow red bell peppers and cherry tomatoes in my front yard, and I’m finally seeing results. Nothing really edible yet, but things are definitely growing. Here is my pepper plant. It’s so cute!

And here is my cherry tomato plant!

Dinner
For dinner tonight we used our last bagels as buns for [...]

Bagelmania!

When we lived in Torrance, one of our favorite breakfast places was The Bagel Factory.
Unfortunately, we have been unable to find an equivalent bagel that meets our (Brent’s) high standards in the Fort. Because bagels are delicious and we were unwilling to live without them any longer, I decided to try my hand at [...]