Tonights dinner: Easy Mujadara, pita, and tzaziki

Seems all i do is cook lately.. honestly im loving it! It's so much fun discovering new flavors, and reinventing old ones. Here are some of this week's victories.

My favorite? No knead refridgerator flat bread

6.5 cups all purpose flour
1.5 Tbs yeast
1.5 salt
3 cups warm water, approximately 100 degrees

Mix yeast, salt, and warm water. Slowly stir in flour until combined. Dont knead! Cover in a lidded container with the lid popped just enough to let gasses escape. let rise for an hour or so, then pop in the fridge to cook the next day

For pita, preheat oven to 500 degrees. Flour the counter heavily, the dough will be really sticky. With wet hands, quickly roll out a handful of dough into a ball. Drop it on the flour, sprinkle flour on top, the roll out 1\4 thick. Flip while rolling if its too sticky. Bake in REALLY hot oven 3-5 minutes

For naan:
Roll the same as pita
Instead of oven, preheat skillet high. Brush 1 side with ghee or melted butter, and cook butter side down 2-3 minutes. Brush other side, and cook 2-3 minutes.

Mujadara
2 cups brown lentils
2 large yellow onions, chopped
4 Tbs butter
1 tsp salt, pepper, and allspice
2 bay leaves

Boil lentils, salt, pepper, and bay leaves in 8ish cups water until tender
While those are cooking, sautee onions in butter until they caramelize. Add a little water to deglaze the pan, then add allspice. Drain lentils and discard bay leaves, reserving some liquid.. i dump the excess from the pot, and save myself from washing the strainer. Mix with onions, and simmer for a few more minutes

This tastes great on it's own, over rice, or especially delicious in a pita with fresh tzaziki, a dab of mayo, and spicy brown mustard. So few ingredients, so much flavor!

Tzaziki sauce
2 small containers of plain greek yogurt
1 cucumber, de-seeded and finely chopped
1 bunch of chopped scallions
2tsp lemon zest or lemmon pepper
1Tbs garlic

Mix and chill, tastes even better the 2nd day

Makes a TON of food, im guessing jason and i could have this for dinner all week. Get those freezer bags out!