Thursday, November 01, 2007

pumpkin pretzels et cetera

We didn't really do much celebrating this Halloween, despite it being my favorite holiday ever. So while Ken was busy watching (sleeping during) the live episode of Ghost Hunters, I made a batch of Kittee's soft pumpkin pretzels.

kittie's pumpkin pretzels

These were very good, but not completely with an authentic soft pretzel taste. I'm pretty sure that's my fault, though as I didn't prepare in advance by purchasing atta flour. I substituted more ww pastry flour for it. I had fun making these! I've never made any bread stuff that required boiling before, other than dumplings. I wish I would have had pumpkin seeds for them, too. But still! Very good with mustard!

Over the weekend I decided to take our favorite butternut squash ravioli and batter/deep fry them. Yeah, I'm fat. Damn you, Paula Deen!

fried ravioli. yup.

These were awesome with goddess dressing as a dipper.


In non-food news, I'm really enjoying Ken being with me at the store full time. I like getting random kisses throughout the day. Plus, we are going to be able to do more things together now. After we closed up on Sunday, we went for a walk on the Freedom Park trail, which runs behind the store. Good times.

under freedom pkwy

bridge poetry

4 comments:

Celine said...

those pretzels are making me thirsty! sorry, Seinfeld just popped out of nowhere to make me say that. yours are beautiful! and the raviolis are amazing too.

Leigh said...

Ha. We made the same Seinfeld joke after eating them, too. I should have made some black and white cookies to go with them.

lizardsmells said...

Deep fried ravioli? This Paula Deen character sounds like a real whore.

Leigh said...

Haha, K. I've said it once and I'll say it again. Paula's a saucy southern temptress.