It turned cold again last night so I have spent today indoors cooking and baking bread. Yes, I dug out the old bread machine and tried one of my old recipes – olive, Parmesan, and garlic bread. Turned out great and I enjoyed a slice of the warm, fresh bread smeared with olive oil or butter.
Now I’ve got a cranberry, raisin and cinnamon breakfast bread kneading away in the machine. This place smells wonderful. I didn’t realize how much I missed the smell and taste of fresh bread until today.
Had a nice break this afternoon when my friend, Ron, stopped by with a book he is sure I will enjoy and a calendar featuring some of his best photos of last year. A favourite waitress and I am in one of them - for the month of February. We visited for a while and had a nice chat before he hit the road for home.
I shifted into dinner mode prepping ingredients for a spinach salad – I’ve been craving one for a week, must need iron – then sliced chicken breast for stir-fry. A pretty good day.
Time now for a shower and I think I smell olives in my future…
And so it goes.
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That olive loaf looks great!
ReplyDeleteYes it was a good day. I thought I smelled baking bread.
ReplyDeleteI love my bread machine
ReplyDeleteAlas, Someone doesn't care for bread; when I make a loaf almost always half the loaf goes bad before it can be consumed.