d's delights- cooking and crafts

Pita Crisps Here is a quick easy snack for when you want something crunchy.   I’ve seen a bag of pita chips or crisps in the store for 6 dollars… seemed a bit pricey to me when you can have a whole package of pita bread for $1.50… Heat oven to 350.   Get out your pizza cutter, cut up the pita in square or triangle shapes, split pita open.   With the outside of the pita facing down, put the pieces on a baking sheet. Mix a tablespoon or so of olive oil with some canned minced garlic.   You can also add garlic powder if you like.   Brush the mixture on the pita pieces, sprinkle with salt, then bake at 350 for 7 minutes.   You can really flavor them however you like, or not at all… but this is how I like them! I do one pita at a time for a quick snack.   I also use the whole wheat kind. You can make up a whole bad of pita bread for a party, or just do one at a time for your own personal single-serving snack! You can do this same procedu...

Snack Time! I would say that one of the hardest things to do when you are trying to watch your eating habits is to try to figure out what kind of snacks to have.   We know by now, that instead of leaving outsnacks altogether, that it is wise to just choose some healthier choices inyour snacking instead.   It keeps your blood sugar levels in balance and you don’t go into that crazy OHMYGOSH IMSOFREAKINHUNGRY I COULD EATEVERYTHING RIGHTNOW mode.   Eating healthier snacks more often also causes you to avoid making that easy trip into McDonalds for that side of fries and big ol’ Coke.   You also want to feel like you’ve been satisfied after a snack, and that you may have even been a little naughty!   So here are a coupleof quick snacks that I’ve been eating a lot of to quell my temptation to eatcrap. Apples and Peanut Butter Cut up anapple… any kind, but I’ve been using Granny Smith because the tartness goes wellwith the peanut butter.   Spread some ...