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I made a loaf of black olive bread, and it rose so high the top burned on the upper elements in the Breville countertop oven! It's huge - about 5 inches about the sides of the bread pan. We'll see what it tastes like tomorrow.
I marinated and sauteed chicken thighs which I had with leftover potato salad. My husband was at a barbeque all day and wasn't hungry, so I have leftovers for lunch.
Our dinner was ham steak on the grill, potato salad, and spinach salad. I got the recipe for the spinach salad from a friend in San Francisco when we lived there in the 70s. I made it often then and when we moved away, but I have not made it for probably 45-50 years! It's just as good today as it was then, and I won't wait another 50 years to make it again. It has spinach, sliced water chestnuts, bean sprouts, bacon, and a special dressing. The spinach came from our deck garden.
Today I made a carrot cake with pineapple and walnuts, and a cream cheese frosting.
Dinner tonight was boneless pork chops and roasted potatoes on the grill, and Greek salad.
My sympathies, Joan. I will be thinking of you.
Italian Cook - I agree! I first made the baked pancakes a couple of months ago, and said never again will I stand at the griddle, flipping pancakes!! They came out exactly like my regular pancakes, except square instead of round.
YES! BakerAunt, that would be a great dough to try. If it is too soft to easily form the braid, I think, not sure, that you could add a little more flour? I don't what else would help. Maybe Mike can chime in with suggestions.
Yesterday was finally dry, but not much sun; today was gorgeous - no rain, full sunshine all day. The rest of the week should be the same, but getting warmer and possible storms on Friday. Today I spent hours in the flower beds - reweeding things I weeded in May, planting flowers I bought the first week in June, and mulching. My husband weeded the small in-ground garden in areas we had not yet mulched, as well as in the raspberry and blackberry patches. We're eating from the planters on the deck - spinach, several kinds of lettuce, beet greens and radishes. There are baby tomatoes on the Sweet 100 plant, and the herbs are overflowing their pots.
So sad for you, Joan, but you have a good attitude. I'm glad to know you rest when you can; continue to take care of yourself so that you can keep supporting Sonny. It's so good to know that you both have the support of family. I continue to think of you every day.
Dinner was grilled chicken, Greek salad, and ramen noodles. It's the first time I've ever cooked ramen, but my husband ate the spinach pasta salad that I had planned for dinner, so I had to dig into my "emergency meal" supplies.
BakerAunt, I'm pretty sure I have used several different dough recipes for this braid. I also believe I've used my basic go-to pizza/calzone dough, using a few tablespoons of butter instead of olive oil, adding a few tablespoons of sugar, an egg, etc to enrich it. Do you have a rich, sweet dough recipe that you've used?
Around here, most of the vendors at the farmers' markets have farms with nice farmstands. There are 5 farmstands within about 5 miles of my house. There are also some vendors selling baked goods, jams, maple syrup, etc. It is a ton of work, and costs the owner money, also, because they need to have more employees to cover the market place and the stand at the farm. All the farmstands are doing CSAs these days, which require less labor and yield more profit. But with so many of them in the Upper Valley, the competition is tremendous and the farmers have become very creative.
Mike, did you buy a finished cake or a boxed mix at Trader Joe's for the lava cake? The nearest TJs to me is about 2 hours away, but I shop there about once every couple of months. Years ago I tried the KAF mix, and was not impressed.
BakerAunt, I used the KABC recipe for Braided Lemon Bread for the dough, as I couldn't figure out what recipe from my files I have used in the past (I save and annotate all recipes I use, even if they are "bad"; that reminds me to never make it again!). I subbed sour cream for the yogurt, reduced the salt to 1 teaspoon, and skipped the Buttery Dough Flavor. This made a nice dough, easy to handle, although it was way too much. I made the sponge and let it sit in the fridge for about 6 hours before I continued. I used the same recipe for the cream cheese filling, but subbed 3 tablespoons of lime juice (from a bottle) for the lemon juice. I used my usual blackberry jam recipe, with added lime juice. The braid is really tasty, not too sweet; blackberries are perhaps my most favorite fruit. Don't be intimidated by the looks of the finished braid (and the ends of these braids don't look great, I had to crowd all three of them onto my rimmed (in case of leaks) baking sheet. The braiding is so simple - I've never had one come out not looking great. The first time I made one, it was so perfect, the folks at the potluck where I shared it insisted I tell them which bakery I used.
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