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Homemade Pita with Hummus Dip

pita and hummus

A couple of weeks ago I signed up for the Daring Cooks and Daring Bakers challenges on thedaringkitchen.com.  The first challenge I was able to complete was the Cooks challenge, and I must say, the Bakers challenge going up later this month is quite delicious.  The challenge for February 2010 was Mezze, which is basically a Middle Eastern assortment of appetizers or small dishes that comprise a meal.  I went with the bare minimum, pita and hummus, or else we would have had entirely too much food for two people.  Read on to learn more about the challenge.

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Eggs Benedict

eggs benedict

The other morning Katrina decided that she was going to make Eggs Benedict for breakfast.  We had all of the ingredients except for the English muffins.  Instead of walking the two blocks to pick up a package of English muffins, we decided to make our own.  This turned our breakfast endeavor into a nearly two hour ordeal, but the final result was a very delicious Eggs Benedict, and enough extra homemade English muffins to serve as our breakfast for the rest of the week.

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