So, I got off my lazy ass and did some cooking and baking last night. Well, food processing and baking. I’ve been whining about the lack of affordable salt-free peanut butter in my neck of the woods. For five years. Get a clue, right?

So, a couple of weeks ago, I bought two 12-oz cans of unsalted, roasted peanuts. Total cost, $5.32. From that I made a pound and a half of fresh unsalted peanut butter. Made some more last night, and the hardest part, which wasn’t that hard, was cleaning the food processor.

I had to do that, of course, but then that left it free to make a batch of fresh hummus. In between, I made a batch of dough for whole wheat pita bread. It had to rise, get punched down, rest, get divided into separate balls. Most of that time was spent sitting at the computer waiting for the next stage. Then, while two pitas were in the oven, I threw the stuff for the hummus in the food processor. By the time they came out of the oven (6 minutes) I had hummus to go with them.

Hummus and pita. Such simple food, and so bloody good! Let’s see, yeast, flour, water, sugar, salt, and garbanzo beans, lemon, garlic, olive oil, sesame seeds. Oh yeah, and a dash of sriracha in the hummus.  Brilliant!

And I have 8 balls of dough in the freezer to make 8 more pitas, and enough hummus for 3 days. Well, more than three when you figure I’ll be eating peanut butter and bread, too.

So yummy, so healthy, tastes like spring. Even if it DID snow last Saturday. And even if I am dreading summer. And I’ve had my tea, I think it’s time for breakfast. Toast and peanut butter sounds like just the thing. I’m that proud of myself I should be curled up like a cat and preening in the sun!

Excuse me while I go make breakfast and pat myself on the back.