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Pita Chips

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Homemade Sea Salt Pita Chips

Our favorite household snack? Hummus and pita chips. Therefore, it was only a matter of time before I tried my hand at making pita chips at home. Seeing as it was my first attempt at making these crispy chips, I kept it simple. I didn’t want to admit defeat when it was only a poor choice of seasoning that turned this experiment into a disaster.

Homemade Sea Salt Pita Chips

With the oven pre-heated, I sliced pita bread into triangles, toss them in avocado oil and added a dash of sea salt. When the timer beeped, I opened the oven to a tray of warm, crispy pita chips. I had to bat Ian’s hand away a few times so I could take these photos before he ate the whole tray full! I guess that means they were a success, right?!

Homemade Sea Salt Pita Chips

While the convenience of buying a bag of pita chips at the store is tempting, it’s nice to have control over your own seasoning and snack on the warm crisps right out of the oven! Next time I’m planning on being more adventurous and try adding Cajon spice for a bit of heat.

What seasoning are you excited to try?

Pita Chips

Ingredients:

  • 6 pita breads
  • 3 Tbs avocado oil
  • 2 tsp sea salt

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 400˙F
  • Slice pita bread into triangles
  • Toss with avocado oil in a bowl
  • Evenly spread on a baking sheet and sprinkle with sea salt
  • Bake for 7 minutes then flip chips over
  • Bake for an additional 7 minutes, or until pita chips are a light golden brown

Pineapple Orange Soda

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Pineapple Orange Soda

I’m a plain jane when it comes to my beverage of choice – water. That’s right. I will pass up a tall glass of ice tea on a warm day for a chilled bottle of water. But that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy a sweet treat every now and then.

Pineapple Orange Soda

Recently, I’ve been craving something sweet to cap off the last days of summer and quickly fell in love with this homemade fruit soda. It’s simple to make, refined sugar-free, and a fun alternative to traditional soda. Bonus: the recipe is flexible and you can experiment with your favorite flavor combinations!

Pineapple Orange Soda

Pineapple Orange Soda

Ingredients:

  • 1 Pineapple
  • 6 Oranges
  • 1 L sparkling water

Recipe:

  • Peel the pineapple and oranges and place in a juicer to extract their juices
  • In a pitcher, pour in the pineapple orange juice and add stir in the sparkling water
  • Place in the fridge to chill, or serve immediately with ice cubes

Lemon Sugar Pancakes

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Lemon Sugar Pancakes

Move aside maple syrup! Lemon sugar pancakes are making their debut! Maybe I have been living in a hole up until this point, but I never heard of lemon sugar pancakes until I was scrolling through Instagram and saw a perfectly style brunch snap – including these delicious pancakes.

Lemon Sugar Pancakes

I quickly double tapped the photo, knowing I wanted to try these pancakes asap! That weekend I mixed up a batch of batter and heated up the griddle. Uncharacteristically, I kept the maple syrup in the pantry and sliced up a fresh lemon instead.

Lemon Sugar Pancakes

With the pancakes warm off the griddle, I squeezed a bit of lemon juice over them before topping them off with a sprinkle of sugar. I was curious if they would be bitter and tart, but the pairing of lemon and sugar created the perfect sweet and sour combination. If you’ve never tried this combination before, it’s a must!