Bringing "back in the day" back to today
Today’s lunch options were limited to PB&J sandwiches. The kids probably would have been happy with that but I found some frozen fish in the back of my freezer and decided that a fish sandwich sounded mighty fine for lunch today. Eating that on my homemade bread sounded gross so I decided to embark …
We like bread, A LOT! Meals are just better with bread and for certain meals, it’s practically a sin not to include bread with it. In our house, soups, stews and pasta dishes require some sort of baked good. Unfortunately fresh bread on a week night isn’t always easy to pull off, unless you opt …
When faced with left over turkey meatballs, in our house we choose between eating meatball pizza or meatball subs. This week meatball subs won. Sticking to our “no purchased bread” rule meant figuring out how to make sub rolls. My quest resulted in the ugly ducklings pictured above. Do not let these pictures discourage …
Do you like bread? Do you like bread with jam? If you like eating bread with jam then you’re going to want to try this recipe out. It’s quite delicious and makes some top notch toast. My first order of bread making business was to get a rock solid white bread recipe for my oldest …
This recipe represents my first attempt at a homemade yeast bread item and it’s success is largely to blame for the insanity that ensued. Had these rolls been disgusting, I do believe we may have never moved forward with our quest to rid our house of store bought breads. I LOVE rolls and always have …
Update: After several months of making this recipe there a couple of additions we want to add. Firstly, the more that you make this recipe, or any bread recipe for that matter, the better you get at forming the loaves and before you know it, they will look like bread from your favorite bakery. Another observation is …
Living less than a half a mile from Dunkin Donuts means that my kids clamour for a greasy, nasty breakfast all too often. For the most part I’m a pretty mean mom, but there are days when a fresh banana nut muffin would really hit the spot. So when Eric pointed out that our …
Homemade White Bread from Scratch For months, my daughter has refused to take a sandwich to school. Little did I know, that she’s been trading whatever I sent in, for a ham and cheese sandwich on white bread. Apparently she doesn’t care for whole grain wheat bread. From my experience, white bread is one of the most …