Herby

My goal for yesterday was to use up some of the herb collection growing in my fridge from the CSA. First up, I made the rosemary and onion foccacia from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. The only difference I did with mine was that I used my half whole wheat version, which uses [...]

An Indian Feast

Brent and I love Indian food, but, much like our love of sushi, it is relegated to the “restaurant only” category because I’ve never really been able to replicate it at home. Although, to be fair, I haven’t tried all that hard because I like our local Indian restaurant quite a bit. I guess I [...]

Walnut Date Bread

I had a pretty great day! Anyone else? The weather is getting so nice. And, because I had to work a whole extra hour later today, I treated myself to my new favorite lunch: Vegetable Spring Rolls from The Fresh Market. I love them so much. Brent’s a little perturbed at this newest [...]

Some Old Favorites

Last night we went bowling with our friends Ashley and Jonathan. I like bowling, but it definitely wouldn’t be Brent’s activity of choice, so we don’t go often. That probably explains why my body rebelled. We had a lot of fun, but I just couldn’t believe how sore I was when I woke up this [...]

Crab and Corn Chowder

Brent and I totally winged it at the grocery store this past weekend. Crazy stuff, I know. Going in without a list is pretty dangerous for me. We had some general ideas of what we might want. Before we left, Brent mentioned seeing a recipe for corn and crab chowder. Of course, once we were [...]

100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread

We all know I, along with half the universe, love Artisan Bread. It makes bread baking easier than blowing my nose. However, I did not think the whole wheat sandwich bread was all that. I think I’m going to have to stick to some of my own breads for Brent’s everyday toast. The bread [...]

Experimentation

I cannot get enough of Artisan Bread! This afternoon, in between trying (unsuccessfully) to clean scuff marks off our walls, I tried to make some pita bread.
Ehh… I think my rolling wasn’t too impressive on this one. It wasn’t quite uniform, and then the pita didn’t puff into one of those pretty balls I’ve [...]

Granola Bread French Toast

Man, I have been so impressed with breakfast ideas lately. Although, today’s idea was actually one I got from Kelly’s comment!
I threw caution to the wind and decided to make the granola bread! My first batch actually came out pretty ugly. A fine tasting ugly, but still pretty deformed. It was my own fault for [...]

Deli-Style Rye

Have I mentioned my love for Artisan Bread in the last 24 hours? It is awesome. So awesome in fact, that I chose to review it for my latest English paper. We had to “evaluate” a product, and why not do something I found at least somewhat interesting right? So I’m “testing” recipes to [...]

Updates

Thank you all for the anniversary wishes! We had an awesome sushi date. I just absolutely love avocado rolls! And we’re also going out to a new restaurant Friday night to celebrate too! Something most people close to me know is that I look for any reason to celebrate. Anything, really.
Today was supposed to be [...]