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BBQ chicken and caramelized onion pita pizza. My obsession with pita pizzas continues.

I made baked yam chips today. Purple yams are just sea salted, orange yams are smokey and spicy chipotle flavoured. So delicious, and much healthier than the potato chips I crave too often. After much trial and error I've finally found the best way to make these nice and crispy. I toss in a bit of oil (I used grapeseed oil to avoid a flavour) and desired slices. Layer on a pan covered in parchment, single layer! Bake at a higher temp to cook through about 350 for 5-8 minutes depending on your oven. Reduce heat to 250 and continue baking until dried out. This took about half hour. Remove from oven and let cool. They'll seem like they are a little bit chewy while still hot, but once cool they are nice and crispy.

For lunch. Thai chicken pita pizza. Base: pita bread. Sauce : hoisin sauce, peanut sauce, Thai chili sauce. Toppings: julienned carrots, bean sprouts, orange bell pepper, red onion, grilled chicken, and a sprinkle of grated cheese. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Garnish: green onion, roasted peanuts and cilantro (optional), and a drizzle of Thai chili sauce. shondalee remember when we were obsessed with these 6 or so years ago and lived off them for days? Yeah, this may be my third in as many days.

Christmas baking today. Scottish shortbread. No bake chocolate cookies and these white chocolate covered peppermint chocolate cookies.

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