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An idea on a different track: Your son Will is very interested (and gaining skills!) in cooking/baking. Consider using some of the gift card money to buy something for him - for birthday, Christmas, whatever. I don't know what is available on Breadtopia, but you might find something perfect for him.

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Tomato soup from the freezer and cranberry-orange muffin! My husband had a meatloaf sandwich and chips.

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Today I prepared a one-pot casserole, with sliced Kielbase, yellow peppers, diced onion, minced garlic, shredded zucchini from last summer, rice, shredded cheddar and mozzarella. It was excellent, but it is pretty heavy, not the healthiest meal.

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Today I made Maple-Coconut cookies. Soft and chewy!

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Burgers on the grill, and fries. The snow held off until just as my husband was bringing the burgers inside! I think we are not supposed to get much, but the temp should drop from 40s to 20 or below. Good for sugaring!

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I made meatloaf, squash, mashed potatoes, and mushroom gravy for our dinner tonight.

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Today I made two loaves of rye bread. I also baked a muffin mix in a box, by Krusteaz, which was a Christmas gift from a granddaughter. Cranberry-Orange. They are delicious, and I was surprised. I have another one in the pantry, blueberry.

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Happy Birthday, CWCDesign! Go ahead, eat the whole cake!

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Tuna fish sandwiches on whole grain bread last night.

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I made 6 hamburger buns and 8 hot dog buns today.

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We had Korean chicken (bulgogi) and salad; and my husband also cleaned out some leftovers.

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I'm not real fond of rhubarb either, Mike. But my husband likes it, and I have a big patch of it near my garden, so I might as well use it. A primary reason for not using it more is the amount of sugar needed to make it edible. It might be good used in a quick bread, like zucchini bread?

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cwcdesign, it's basically a KABC recipe called Crusty Gruyere Loaves, I believe. I've made 2 changes. I add coarsely chopped green olives to the filling mix before rolling up the dough. And, instead of cutting the rolled up dough into 4 small loaves, I cut it into 12, about 1" slices, and bake in a 9 x 12 pan. I think the recipe calls for bread flour - if you want softer rolls, replace that with AP. They are delicious!

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I made tomato soup, using up some of the tomatoes from the freezer. My husband had clam chowder from the freezer. With the soups, we had olive gruyere rolls from the freezer.

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Today I made Rhubarb Rolls, from CWalde on the Baking Circle in 2008. Although rhubarb is a spring food that I have in my garden, this is last year's, from the freezer. I've made this once before, years ago, and recalled it was messy, my notes say "never again", so I did some research online and made a few changes. It's just OK. Over cooked, just short of burned. But is made a nice gooey sweetish but not overly sweet, great rhubarb flavor, sticky sauce. My main recommendation would be to use a regular yeasted sweet dough recipe, not this one made with baking powder. It works, but is to roll up like a cinnamon bun. That and baking it at a more typical temp and time, say 350 for 30-40 minutes, might produce a really nice roll.

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