Just Another Monday

Today was just another Monday. Nothing special. The first Monday of a new year.

I don't really have much to write about but I want to write. It is cold outside. Seriously cold. I might lose some of my pretty plants tonight. They can take a night or two of this, but a week? I do hope that they survive.

I am trying to make good on some goals. I have bread rising on the stove. So far it looks beautiful. Warm bread sounds like just the thing for a cold night. I really want to get back into the habit of baking bread once a week. It is really therapeutic and so delicious! It will go great with the beef stew simmering on the stove. I hope to master at least two kinds of bread this year.

Dave is at work. I miss him at night. We don't get to see much of each other. It makes our time spent together more special but the weekend seems really far away. So I have Star Trek on, one of his favorite shows. Makes me think of him.

Ok, gotta get up and tend to things in the kitchen... What are you doing to brave the cold? Got any new recipes? A hearty stew?

Yummy Bread

I made a delicious loaf of bread this weekend. I made the same potato bread recipe that I made before, but changed it a bit. The recipe is from Cooking Light. You can find it by clicking on the link. This time I made it with half white whole wheat flour and half plain. It worked out wonderfully!! I also use almost two thirds of the dough for the loaf and a bit over one third for the rolls. I like little rolls, and if you use half of your dough for nine rolls they are more like buns.

This is a really easy recipe and hard to mess up. I actually thought that I had, only for it to come out great! I hope that you try it soon. You won't be disappointed.

Back to Baking

I have meaning to bake bread for a few days now. I broke down this weekend and bought a loaf. 

But tonight I baked my best looking loaf of bread yet! 

I used a potato bread recipe from Cooking Light. This is the second time I that I have made it. Both times it was easy. I thought that I messed it up this time. Nope. Look at this loaf! Dave thought it was great to put a ruler in front of it. He was pretty impressed with my bread.

Here is the money shot. Is your mouth watering?

The recipe makes a loaf of bread and a pan of rolls. We ate some of the rolls with dinner. I am going to try freezing the rest of the rolls and see how they do. I'll let you know. 

This is one recipe that you have to try!