I made bagels!!!!

Well it seems that my daughter has developed an apple intolerance. We have noticed for the last couple of months that she gets a rash on her tush every so often. At first we thought it was a new detergent...nope. Then we went to apple juice. Seemed to show some signs of improvement. And now with there being such a stockpile of apples in the house due to my choice of theme for Veganmofo.... we see that anything with apples seems to turn her butt bright red. So sad, this girl loves her red apples. Loves to just munch on a bowl of peeled, sliced up, crisp apple. She is very sad about this discovery, too. So to help her have an easier time, we won't be buying apples for awhile. Giving her body a break. Which means that I won't be blogging about foods I make with apple as the main ingredient. Let me have a moment of silence......Okay. Done.

Over the weekend, I cracked open Vegan Brunch and decided it was time to attempt making bagels. ( I had thought about doing it ever since the book was released in the middle of 2009. ) I live two blocks away from a bagel place that we like, but why walk two blocks when you can make 'em right there in your home? And guess what? The family loved them. Ate them in two days kind of love. So I made another batch of bagels. So good. They don't take that much time and they don't call for a long list of ingredients. Flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and water. Good to go. If you have some poppy seeds or sesame seeds around the house, you can doll them up, but it isn't necessary. Perfect just the way they are. Sometimes it pays off to face your cooking fears, it did for me.