Welcome to my new blog series: Food and Mood!
We all know about comfort food, and it’s potential to cheer us up on a gloomy day, but in this series I will be exploring how food relates to all kinds of different moods. When you’re happy do you crave pizza? Cantaloupe? When you’re worried do you reach for the steak?
Over the next couple months I will be welcoming guest bloggers who will share a recipe along with the mood that best represents it. It’s going to be informative AND delicious!
I’m going to start things off today with a recipe that I like to make when I am feeling:
RELAXED
Here goes:
ZESTY CRACKERS
Ingredients:
Ingredients: 2-3 sticks butter, Italian Seasoning, Seasoned salt, 3-4 sleeves saltines
Step 1: Preheat oven to 275 and melt butter in large pan on the stovetop
Step 2: Add seasonings
I added about 1 teaspoon of each seasoning. That makes for some salty crackers! If you like less salt, adjust seasonings accordingly.
Step 3: Whisk gently until combined
Step 4: Carefully dunk crackers in butter mixture. Some days I have especially tough fingers and can dunk them in with my bare hands. Other days I need tongs. Who knows how that works?! The crackers only need to be submerged for a couple seconds. Longer than that and they absorb too much of the liquid.
Step 5: Place crackers on cookie sheet in a single layer.
Step 6: Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden
Step 7: Enjoy! These little treats are addictive, so beware! I usually store them in a ziploc bag or tupperware in the pantry. I haven’t experimented with other seasonings, but I bet cinnamon and sugar would be delicious too!
Happy eating and stay tuned for the next post in the Food and Mood series!
Recipe adapted from The Pioneer Woman.