We've been cooking a lot more, here - partly because we don't have our Trader Joe's instant dinners or DiGiorno frozen pizzas, anymore. (Yes, I realize that sounds pathetic, but cooking has not been our forte the past several years.) But I also think our cooking habits have changed because our perception of time. At Purdue, we just never felt like we had the spare time for making a real home-cooked meal. But time is just different here, and we don't feel that 'US grad-student guilt' if we take the time to make a real meal.
So our 'new recipe of the day' is Turkish Pide (PI-DAY). There are Turkish food stands everywhere that sell kebabs and pide (which has been nick-named Turkish pizza). Turns out it's really simple to make at home, too. So here's the basic idea:
1) buy pide bread
2) cut up a lot of fresh vegetables
3) score around the perimeter of the bread and pull out the top layer. Then fill the centre with the fresh veggies and some cheese
4) stick it in the oven for 15 min
5) eat it and marvel at your new-found cooking skills
YUM! What time is dinner?...we'll be right over (I'll bring the tomatoes and basil from the garden).
ReplyDeleteThought of you especially when we found a $50 gift certificate to Brennans in our ticket drawer - we had FUN spending it, but kept thinking you would have enjoyed it, too - xoxoxo
Looks really good! Turkish food is one of my favoriates. Ben may be thinking, what kind of food Annie dislikes... That is about right, I do like everything, but Turkish is by all means the best. I love the way they cook beef, lamb, and all vegetables, just like their culture, the bridge between west and east.
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