[RiversideLen]

Yesterday I made KAF's Ultra- Thin Pizza Crust. I cut the yeast in half, reduced the salt and cut the olive oil in half. The dough rolled out incredibly easy. I let it rise a bit after I rolled it out so it wasn't so thin. The recipe makes 2 pies and I think for tonight's I won't let it rest after I roll it out, I want to see just how thin it's supposed to be. I topped it with leftover pieces of pork roast and thin sliced onion. It was pretty good.

[RiversideLen]

I really didn't know what a bread cloche was so I researched it a little and that led to the Dutch oven option. Obviously, you can do a lot more with a Dutch oven although it might not replicate a cloche exactly. I looked at Dutch ovens on Consumer Reports and see they tested Dutch ovens and one of the tests was bread baking. The expensive Le Crueset did a decent job with that but the much cheaper Lodge enameled cast iron did better. However, the Le Crueset out performed the Lodge in other areas. I thought about it and decided it would be nice to have a Dutch oven for a variety of tasks so I ordered one. I almost bought the Le Crueset but the price of the Lodge kept tugging on my value mindedness at about $300 less. So I ordered the Lodge for about $65. While the primary reason for getting it is not for bread baking I do want to give it a try. Since now I know you're suppose to uncover it about halfway through, it will be easy to test it for doneness. I like the idea of using a parchment paper sling.

[RiversideLen]

Just curious about this, when you bake bread in a cloche or a Dutch oven, do you start it in a cold oven and do you adjust the temperature and time?

[RiversideLen]

I made mac & cheese from the Jenny Can Cook site. The recipe calls for shredded cheddar, I used half mac & cheese blend from Kraft and half Valetta. It's easy enough, doesn't use any butter and it came out ok. I had it with a bbq pork sandwich.

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That's why it's good for a man to know his way around the kitchen.

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I made my usual sandwich buns but today I added some ground flax seed to it. I hydrated a 1/4 cup of flax seed in an equal amount of water and added it. The buns baked up real nice but I won't know about the texture or taste until tomorrow as I have a bun left from last week to use for tonight's dinner.

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I made a pork roast on the bbq yesterday. For tonight's dinner, I'm going to make a sandwich with it.

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I made a pork chop and had it with noodles.

[RiversideLen]

Joan, I'm so happy my advice was helpful to you and that you got your oven sorted!

I'm going to have a breaded chicken sandwich and am thinking about making soup to go with it. I have a container of chicken broth in the freezer, I'll simmer broccoli, cauliflower and carrot in it with some dried onion, put the stick blender to it and then thicken it with potato flakes.

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Happy Anniversary, Mike!

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Congrats Joan on your 50th!

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Chocomouse, corn tortillas need to be heated up to make them pliable.

I made meatballs today. I have enough left for the next couple of days.

[RiversideLen]

Mike, for the dishwasher, have you tried Abt? They're not local to you but they will ship many items. You'd have to arrange for the install.

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edit, Never mind, it looks like the Bosch's are only available for their local delivery area (150 miles from the store).

• This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by RiversideLen.

[RiversideLen]

Joan, I'm glad you were able to find it. Truth be told, I was afraid your oven was too old and they wouldn't have parts for it anymore but it's always worth looking. Even though it should be an easy install, I suggest you go to youtube and look up some videos that may help you with it.

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I made Sloppy Joes tonight.

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