I had some leftover Pesto sitting in the fridge calling out my name to be used up. I decided to use it in a bread. Well, it turned out beautiful with a savory flavor of the basil, roasted pine nuts, olive oil and Parmesan cheese. The color is stunning and the bread is filled with [...]

It’s amazing what you can put into a bread. If you think about it, what ever you put in a sandwich you can put into a loaf of bread. Well … Ok, maybe not meatloaf. That would not make a good bread. But, Sauerkraut is perfect. It gives the bread a sourdough flavor, without a [...]

I’m not a big fan of brown and multigrain rice. I find them to be a bit tasteless and bland. However I like to use them in breads, they add a wonderful texture. I made some fried rice with a multigrain rice that I had purchased from the supermarket. One of the tricks to making [...]

Well, as you can see I’m on this roasting kick these days. Everyone loves tomatoes in a sandwich, so why not place roasted tomatoes into the bread itself. I’m using these tasty trio-colored tomatoes. I cut them into wedges with a little crushed garlic, olive oil, thyme and freshly ground salt and pepper then roasted [...]

I was at Whole Foods and found these wonderful Beets. They had both the red and some gorgeous golden beets. I decided to roast them for supper because they looked delicious. Here is the recipe on how I roasted them. Roasted Beets 6 beets 2 tablespoons olive oil few sprigs fresh thyme 3 crushed garlic [...]

I was watching the food network and they were talking about walnuts. At one point they showed these interesting looking black walnuts and I thought they looked beautiful. I knew I wanted to use them in a recipe for the blog. You know me always looking for something a little different. Anyways, I opened my [...]

The only way I’ll eat a baked potato is with tons of Sour Cream, melted Butter and chopped Chives smoothing the top of the potato. Sometimes I’ll add a little bacon bits too. I don’t know what it is about that combination, but it tastes amazing. It may not be the healthiest in the world, [...]

Cheese breads are a favorite of mine. I think cheese adds a different dimension, an interesting flavor, and texture to breads. Some of my favorite cheeses to add to a bread recipe are cheddar, gruyere and feta. Each one has it’s own characteristic, aroma and taste. This week I decided to make a Spinach and [...]

It has been awhile since I made a really nice chewy crusted bread. I’ve been trying to make a variety of breads to satisfy everyones tastes. My family was nagging me … well Ok maybe not nagging but asking me to make a good chewy bread for dinner. So, I decided to make this Roasted [...]

These have to be the cutest little bread loaves in the world. If your looking for the wow factor, here’s the bread for you. The shape of the bread and the pear stencil on the top is very cute. I tried to draw my own stencil without any success. You would think a pear would [...]