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Hi, Cass! So good to see you post, and know that you are checking on us still! Actually, my husband ate the brown bread, and I had my hot dog on the pumpernickel with caraway seeds that I had made a few days ago. But we are New Englanders, and we ALWAYS have baked beans with our hot dogs! Mashed potato or sauerkraut, or even onions and chili are verboten, although I love them all. My favorite hot dog is one that is cooked on a stick over a wood fire, and charred a bit on the ends. I have one of those every fall, when we do our annual corn roast. it's good for for the soul, if not the body! For many years, my husband and his father always ate their hot dogs in buns smeared with peanut butter, which we thought was an odd combination.
Had to get out my calculator for this one!
Baked beans, hot dogs, and home-made brown bread!
My husband grilled chicken on the smoker for dinner, and I made risotto with asparagus, and broccoli salad.
Joan, that is so funny! I hope you can laugh about it now. I always used to wonder about "pre-sifted" flour. It was pre-sifted at the packaging plant, and then allowed to sit on shelves, transported in vehicles, etc. where it settled, and now you don't have to sift it again? LOL How times have changed, and what fun we had once upon a time.
I screwed up my bread baking today, too! I forgot the dough was rising, so it over-rose and split open. I took it out of the cast iron bread pans, kneaded a bit, and reshaped it. In less than 10 minutes, it had risen significantly and looked like it was about to split, so I popped it into the warming oven. It didn't rise as much as it normally does, although there was some decent oven spring. It looks kind of "messy" on top, but the crumb is fine and my husband says it tastes great.
Today I baked "tropical" muffins. No recipe, just mixed pretty standard ingredients, including Greek yogurt and flax meal, until I got the right consistency. I added shredded zucchini, drained and lightly squeezed (which started as 2 cups, last fall, before I froze it), orange peel I candied in December, dried pineapple, golden raisins, and coconut. They turned out great, good fruit flavor, and not too sweet. I used only 2 tablespoons of sugar, because most of the sweetness comes from the fruit.
I made two loaves of buttermilk-oat-honey bread. So dinner was turkey sandwiches on fresh bread!
I roasted a turkey, and with it we had baked potatoes, candied carrots, winter squash, and green salad.
Pizza for dinner! thin crust with tomato sauce, spicy sausage, mushrooms, red bell peppers, onions and cheddar-mozzarella cheese.
Yesterday I made two loaves of pumpernickel bread and 4 dozen molasses crinkle cookies.
Egg salad sandwich with bread and butter pickles.
BakerAunt, I've heard the "baking boxes" sold well at Christmas time -- gifts for people who have everything, including money, I guess! I have friends and neighbors who keep ample supplies of the various mixes on hand; if developing more mixes and advertising them helps KAF's bottom line, that's fine with me -- I just wish they'd stop discontinuing so many of their "old" items. I support KAF's endeavor - they are a wonderful B comapany. They treat their employees very well, and donate to community organizations.
I rarely buy from KAF any more, although they are just 10 miles from me. I can get the signature flours cheaper at the grocery store; for convenience, I do still buy the AP in 50 lb bags at the store. And I can get the 25 lb bags cheaper at BJs or Costco etc. when they carry them. I just got an email from KAF about their twice a year sale of 25% off for Reward members, in the store. The sale emails we all get and the special deals, like for answering a survey, cannot be used in the store. When I make rye bread tomorrow I'll check my supply of pumpernickel and first clear flour and rye sour, and also look at my Harvest Grains and Super 10 blend. They do have a few things you just can't find elsewhere, and I continue to buy some of those items. I feel like they now carry more and more mixes, and have their special groupings of an expensive pan/dish, a mix, or a couple small bags of flour or fancy sugar, and a utensil - all at a ridiculous price! But if it gets more people involved with baking, I guess it's OK.
We grilled salmon, and had risotto with asparagus and a green salad. Spring is arriving, slowly!
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