Elle Can't Cook: Quick Breadsticks

If you're new to Elle Sees, every week or so I feature something I've cooked, that turned out well, and that people SURVIVED eating. I *usually* try to feature meals that are easy and healthy to cook. It's a long-running joke that I can't cook, hence the title of this post. Enjoy!


Ok, so maybe you're cooking a little spaghetti or some sort of dinner that needs a little extra something. Or the kids need a snack, you don't have long to cook anything AND you haven't shopped for groceries lately. Homemade breadsticks to the rescue! But you wanna make these quickly, easily, and cheaply. Here's how I do it. And they're really tasty! You need--

• hot dog buns

Seriously. I buy these super cheap for 59 cents or so. I buy them right before their expiration date (if I want them super cheap) and freeze them. I love the wheat ones best, but the regular ones will do in a pinch.

I cut them in half (which equals 4 sticks per bun), brush on some oil or butter substitute (trying to be healthy), and add garlic or garlic powder.

Pop the sticks into the oven under BROIL and watch them cook into golden deliciousness. Or 375 for about 5 minutes if you're bad at watching the oven!

Here they are in a lovely grilled chicken pasta penne dish.

These could be used for bruschetta, as cheesy breadsticks, for dipping with a little marinara, as pizza sticks, with sun-dried tomatoes and cheese, with Italian seasoning, with salt for a sorta-pretzel, as breadcrumbs, or croutons. And of course hamburger buns could be used as a substitute.

Is this something you'd try? How would you eat your breadsticks?


PS--HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my bestie, L, who refuses to allow me to post pics of her on the Web! xoxo