At lunchtime today I finally tried naan!
For those of you not in the know about naan (like me as of two days ago), it is a leavened, oven-baked flatbread that basically rocked my taste buds!
I’ve seen naan for sale at the grocery store forever, but always passed it up because it looked somewhat dry and flavorless to me.
I finally tried naan thanks to some samples I received from the kind people at Stonefire and fell in love.
It was doughy. Smoky. Flavorful. Airy. Delicious!
Honestly, it was even fun to eat! I felt like a two-year-old, as I picked off the "bubbly" pieces of the naan to eat first. (I do this with pizza, too.)
I had plans to use the naan to make a cheesy pizza of sorts, but once I tasted it, I just wanted to gobble it up and ate it with a side of hummus for dipping.
I ate Stonefire’s whole grain tandoori naan and loved that it was packed with protein and fiber.
Ten grams of protein and eight grams of fiber in one naan! Sweet!
I already have a breakfast idea for naan swimming around in my brain.
Room Update
I finally started reading Room, the book we all selected for the PBF Book Club, last night and it’s pretty interesting. I’m not very far at all, but I want to discuss it with you guys already! I suppose we must wait until October 3 – the official “discussion date” – but I’m antsy! Who is this “Old Nick” guy!? (<— Don’t answer that.)
The Sing Off
Moving right along…
I am in love with Straight No Chaser, an a cappella group that originated at Indiana University (any IU readers out there?), and can’t get enough of a cappella music in general, so I am super pumped that the new season of The Sing Off premiered last night!
(Please go listen to Straight No Chaser’s version of the 12 Days of Christmas if you’ve never listened to it before. Phenomenal!)
I basically listen to every a cappella song out there with my mouth open and love watching the different a cappella groups compete and perform songs from all different genres on The Sing Off.
I have been listening to this song performed by The YellowJackets last night on The Sing Off all day today (fast forward to 2:06 for the beginning of the song).
It’s such a happy and fun song!
Great music for powering through your daily to-do list!
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I go to U of R! GO yellowjackets! NIce to see that you liked em:)
I do too!! Yea Rochester 🙂
Same, GO Yellow Jackets!!
ha! i love this! 🙂
Straight No Chaser is the best!!! I love their version of “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved.” Too good! 🙂
My fiance went to U of R and brags about the YellowJackets all the time! 🙂 So exciting!
I love naan its so awesome as a pizza!!
ohhh I loooove Naan!!! Ain’t it amazing??? I kind of attempted to make it the other day, and it was delicious!! Although, it’s still not the same because I had no stonefire 😛
I love Naan! I used them to make pizza. So yummy!!
I love listening to acapella music. I’ve seen Michael Buble in concert twice and both times this group called Naturally 7 opened up for them. They have amazing voices. They sing acapella and make insrument noises just using their voices. It’s crazy! Random fact, I used to be in an acapella singing group in college. So fun 🙂
I’ve never had naan bread either or Indian food! I’m dying to try though!
oooh i’m going to youtube them!
Love naan! FYI, Trader Joe’s sells whole wheat naan that is phenomenal. We actually freeze it and put it in the oven to reheat.
No blog talk Tuesday? 🙁
I love Straight No Chaser, and I love the Sing-Off! I was so pumped it came back on last night. My friend first introduced them to me, we’re from KY to a friend of hers went to IU and knew about them. I L-O-V-E their Christmas CD and all the songs they record. They seem so fun and it would great to see them in person!
My university had an acapella group as well, one of all guys and then one of all girls. Their concerts were always awesome
Do you watch Glee? I’ve never been much into musicals, but I love that show. Thankfully it starts back up tonight! Big tv week 🙂
oooh i forgot glee is back on! yayyy! i love that show! i actually caught up on glee by watching the past seasons on DVD over the summer.
I love The Sing Off too! Amazing talent. Have you ever tried Indian food? Its so flavorful and distinctly tasty.
I love naan! If you ever go to an Indian restaurant, try it stuffed with garlic. It’s to die for!
I second the stuffed with garlic naan notion—it is so yummy that way! I prepare naan at home sometimes and it’s still good, but at an Indian restaurant, it’s pretty much amazing!
Try the garlic Naan! It’ll be a party in your tummy. I really like making pizzas with it or eating traditional indian food. Making homemade naan isn’t that hard either if you’ve got some patience and an indian/asian market near you!
Keep reading 😉
And Naan is a MILLION times better in an actual restaurant than the store version so you will love it even more next time you have Indian!
I’m an IU reader – go Hoosiers! Although I had NO idea they originated there…so cool! 🙂
woohoo! a couple of my best friends went to IU! when i fell in love with straight no chaser, they were the ones who told me they were from bloomington!
Aw, now I’m missing Bloomington! Especially now that it’s fall and still so hot in Florida!!
I am a Hoosier reader as well!! Straight No Chaser used to come sing at our sorority and make us all swoon 🙂
I miss Bloomington too, Molly – fall down there is the BEST!!
another IU reader here! love straight no chaser and your blog too! 🙂
another one here as well!! just got a little nostalgic reading this post. am heading back to bloomington next weekend and this definitely brought back memories!
IU Grad here as well, HOLLA! (yes, I know this is three days later, but I’m catching up on my reader and had to SHOUT MY PRIDE.)
I adore naan!
I actually make it all the time, and it’s so awesome to make it, and then devour it with some home made hummus.
And its not even complicated!
Julie, have you never gone out for Indian food and eaten 10 baskets of Naan??! well you must! many people are scared of indian food because it looks like mush, but that’s what the naan is for to scoop up all the amazing flavors. you can choose chicken, lamb or vegetarian options and it is one of my favorite dining out treats!
AHH!! I live in Rochester so I MUST be a yellowjackets fan! Go U of R!
I use naan as a pizza crust sometimes. Delicious!
I agree with the person above who said you need to have naan in a real Indian restaurant…you probably won’t like the grocery store stuff after that:). Of course, I live in the Millwoods area in Edmonton Alberta, which is basically little India, so I have lots of great places to choose. I highly recommend doing a lunch or dinner buffet, especially if you’ve never had Indian food, so you can try lots of things. (Channa Masala and Kheer for dessert are a must!)
I also love The Sing Off. I don’t like reality shows or competition shows in general, but this one actually has lots of great talent and we don’t have to see people embarrass themselves or ridiculed.
On the Sing Off I loved “Vocal Point” -they did SUCH a great job! Those guys were awesome 🙂
I LOVE Naan! Such a good Indian bread. YUMM.
WOW! Good for you! Naan ROCKS doesn’t it? I’m Indian so my mom makes it a lot. And it isn’t that hard to make from scratch. Try it with tandoori chicken curry or regular chicken curry- that is the way we usually eat it. Best combo ever! There are also flavors like garlic, butter, and spinach available. Gotta try garlic! BTW- I stumbled on this hilarious post from one of my favorite blogs that made me laugh soooooooo hard. I thought you would like it so here’s the link http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2011/02/lemon-cornmeal-breakfast-cake/ I am not trying to spam you at all and don’t know the blogger personally- cross my heart 🙂 I just think you would have a good laugh to brighten your day. It certainly brightened mine!
Naan is amazing and I also had it for lunch. Dipped in hummus. All from Trader Joe’s.
I am about halfway through Room and don’t want to put it down most nights. Although it can be disturbing.
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That naan sounds awesome! Love all the protein and fiber too! 🙂
And I LOVE Straight No Chaser!! They are absolutley amazing!
I love naan! I picked up some pumpkin hummus (I love all things pumpkin!) the other day at my local farmers market, and I’m wishing I had some naan right now to eat it with.
I make Naan pizza all the time! My hubby and I love love love it!
Love Naan! I use em for pizza’s, ugh soooo good! 🙂
I love naan, I use it for pizza and with our favorite curry dishes. I keep meaning to try and make my own but haven’t yet!
I am so happy I found a fellow Sing Off fan!!! No one has been talking about it on FB or in the office. I went to IU and LOVE SNC. I am obsessed with their Christmas CD. If you get a chance they are even better in concert (and cute to look at). There were some good groups last night, but I hate that they knock people off the show right away.
I love naan!! Do you like Indian food?? It is served like chips and salsa at Indian food places…yum!
I just bought that exact naan last week to try your crock pot BBQ chicken pizza. I thought it was a flat breat like what you used in your recipe (whatever brand you discuss isn’t sold in the Seattle area that I could find). Anyway, the naan wasn’t really the right idea for a pizza crust, as it is soft. Woops. it was still okay… I will have to look for a better option next time!
Well thank you for helping me get in the know about naan! That’s some good ol’ nutritional stats 🙂 Adding that to my grocery list right now!
P.s. were dancing to the 12 days of christmas as I’m writing this haha
I absolutely LOVE this Sing Off! My husband loves watching it, too, and I can’t get him to watch any other singing show on television! It really shows just how talented these people are!
Naan makes me HAPPY!
I loved when I saw your tweet about it, make some Naan Pizza! U and Ryan will love it ; )
I love naan! I always eat my fair share when I go to Indian restaurants.
Indian food is my absolute fave!!
Are you done w/blog talk Tuesday??
thats so funny because the other day i tried naan too at an indian restaurant and it was so yummy! i had naan flatbread and it was tandoori chicken. it looked like a little pizza. it was so yummy too!
I love naan, you’ve been missing out! I always have it instead of rice when I eat Indian food.
All I have to say is Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoosiers!!
I love to use naan for pizza instead of traditional pizza crust.
I am reading Room as well — I should be done by the end of the week because I cannot put it down!!! I can’t wait for the book club discussion 🙂
A part of my soul dies when I see packages with nutritional information saying that half of something is a serving. It takes a lot of self-restraint to keep from an eating an entire naan (or can of soup, etc).
Nan grilled cheese…try it. Love it.
Love naan!!! Also, if you haven’t tried the Publix brand jalapeno cilantro hummus yet…you definitely should!!
I looove using naan for pizza! Perfect size.
I’m from Rochester so I guess I have to cheer for the Yellowjackets 🙂 I really liked their performance last night and thought it was cool that they took that trip to Kenya! However, I think my favorite group is a tie between Afro-blue and Vocal Point! Should be an awesome season.
I think a cappella is awesome too…my school (UPenn) had a bunch of really good ones and going to see them perform was always a treat 🙂
As for naan, if you think that grocery store version is good, you really should go eat the real-deal in an indian restaurant. You’ll find that while the kind you ate was tasty, the authentic version is much different and even more buttery, flaky and delicious.
I LOVE naan! I could eat it plain, as pizza, with hummus, it’s the best base EVER.
And SO addicted to the Sing Off!!!
Julie! First name naaner?!? Congrats! 😀
This stuff is AWESOME. Use it for wraps, make grilled cheese, and scoop up pretty much anything. I like guac, hummus or babaganoush because I haven’t figured out how to make Indian food. But my absolute fav? Put some good quality olive oil on a plate the grate fresh peppers, herbs, salt ect onto the oil, heat up the naan a bit and get dipping!
LOL I eat my naan bread the same way as you do! When I lived in the Middle East, we’d get it freshly baked from the stalls in the markets.. SO good!!! And it smelled divine. Glad you finally had your first naan experience!
I am an alumni of Indiana! Go hoosiers! Straight No Chaser is awesome. I went to many of their concerts on campus. Loved them!
I loooove Straight No Chaser’s Christmas stuff!
aaand my relationship with naan started when I was a kiddo.. my parents love indian food, and since I wasn’t a fan, I’d stick with a dinner of naan bread.
I wish I was kidding. 😉 I still love it, though! I feel like it’s pita’s cousin.
My hubby loves naan bread! He’s obsessed! Without me even knowing, he’ll have thrown a package of naan bread into the grocery cart. He eats it for lunch, snack, part of dinner. I suppose it is really good, though. 🙂