Rice Rice Baby.

I believe it was yesterday, perhaps the day before, that I mentioned a rice cracker recipe I wanted to try. Today just might be the day. But first, some good news! We found roommate number 3! She seems like she'll fit right into our weird little nest of sarcasm and African dancing. We are very very excited. It's crazy to think that in just a few weeks it'll just be Alyssa and I in the apartment. Until the newbies move in, that is. We still need to find number 4, but we want to give number 3 the chance to be a part of the picking process, since it will be her roommate after all. Anyhow we can't wait to switch things up. We're both ready for a change of pace and I think that this will be a very positive experience indeed.

But back to the crackers. I'm drawn to this particular recipe because it's essentially a blank slate. It's a cracker dough to which you can do whatever you want. There are so many flavor options! Each batch makes about three dozen which is pretty good considering how little it calls for, ingredients wise. It's basically flour, cooked rice, oil, and water. If it's a success, I'll probably be making these quite a bit. They're healthy and easy and I love having snacks around. Especially ones that I made. So for my first batch, I'm thinking maybe a garlic salt variety? Perhaps salt and vinegar? There's also the cinnamon sugar option. Or teriyaki. Shit! Do you see what I have to deal with?! The utter and complete stressor that my life has become?!

I just reread that last paragraph and I'm laughing to myself at how I said "I love having snacks around". Biggest understatement of the century. It's at the point where I don't buy them for myself because otherwise I eat them all in an hour. Example: last week when I made the candied citrus peels, I bought a bag of baked cheese crunchies from Trader Joes. I decided to crack them open and have a few while I worked on my lemons and oranges. The bag was empty before I was done with the prep work. To be fair, the bags aren't very large, but I mean jesus christ, woman, where's your self control! At least my addictive personality applies only to food and hoarding, and not drugs and porn. I got lucky there.

Aaaand to wrap this up, I may or may not have some exciting news tomorrow night so stay tuned. Well, it's not really news. It's more like I may or may not be doing something tomorrow night that will end up being worth mentioning. So stay tuned.

-LG