Showing posts with label bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bread. Show all posts
Monday, September 7, 2009
More evidence to the fact that when I'm unemployed on Labor Day, I make things
Mostly yummy things. Case in point, this recipe for Banana-Zucchini bread out of a desperate need to use zucchini in the fridge before it rots. (It was already starting to go soft.) It's super easy too!
INGREDIENTS
* 3 eggs
* 3/4 cup vegetable oil
* 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 cup grated zucchini
* 2 bananas, mashed
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup dried cranberries
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch bread loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light yellow and frothy. Add oil, brown sugar, white sugar, grated zucchini, bananas, and vanilla; blend together until well combined. Stir in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in the cranberries and nuts. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Allow to cool in the loaf pans on a wire rack before removing and serving.
INGREDIENTS
* 3 eggs
* 3/4 cup vegetable oil
* 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 cup grated zucchini
* 2 bananas, mashed
* 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
* 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup dried cranberries
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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* Customize Recipe
* add a personal note Add a Personal Note
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch bread loaf pans.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light yellow and frothy. Add oil, brown sugar, white sugar, grated zucchini, bananas, and vanilla; blend together until well combined. Stir in the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in the cranberries and nuts. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Allow to cool in the loaf pans on a wire rack before removing and serving.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Detox, Day 4
Today being Sunday, I found it difficult to continue with this silly little plan of eating. But alas, I did.
I woke up later, around 11pm, and had some Naked berry blend juice shortly afterward. Then, after working on the computer doing a mixture of writing/planning/prepping for the week ahead (ALC starts this week) and I had a letter to write, I found out that my roommate had made a lovely speghetti squash and tomato/tofu sauce that complimented my afternoon quite nicely. Good thing too because I was getting ready to gnaw through my fingers. This kept me quite full up until after my YOGA class, which was delightful.
I stopped by LUND's which I know I shouldn't stop by because it's the most expensive chain grocery store in the Twin Cities but it was closest to the bank and needed to pick up cash...long story short I ended up buying another Green Machine Naked Juice and a fruit cup. Such a convenient dinner. Haha. I sound like I true crazy person, no?
I also found some eggnog flavored herbal tea, caffiene free of course, that I might try later tonight.
I still want a piece of bread like its going out of style. I wonder if all this detox bit, other than making me excrete waste, is doing much good at all?
It is making me think about my eating habits, however. How much I reach for things to snack on when I'm not really hungry, what's there. What's a moderate snack or meal...like any restrictive diet will do. I wonder if it will make me binge on certain foods when it is all over, therefore defeating the purpose? Or if I will still keep the moderate attitude going after this is through and bring it to the foods we add back gradually. Hmmmmm....food for thought? No pun intendend.
I woke up later, around 11pm, and had some Naked berry blend juice shortly afterward. Then, after working on the computer doing a mixture of writing/planning/prepping for the week ahead (ALC starts this week) and I had a letter to write, I found out that my roommate had made a lovely speghetti squash and tomato/tofu sauce that complimented my afternoon quite nicely. Good thing too because I was getting ready to gnaw through my fingers. This kept me quite full up until after my YOGA class, which was delightful.
I stopped by LUND's which I know I shouldn't stop by because it's the most expensive chain grocery store in the Twin Cities but it was closest to the bank and needed to pick up cash...long story short I ended up buying another Green Machine Naked Juice and a fruit cup. Such a convenient dinner. Haha. I sound like I true crazy person, no?
I also found some eggnog flavored herbal tea, caffiene free of course, that I might try later tonight.
I still want a piece of bread like its going out of style. I wonder if all this detox bit, other than making me excrete waste, is doing much good at all?
It is making me think about my eating habits, however. How much I reach for things to snack on when I'm not really hungry, what's there. What's a moderate snack or meal...like any restrictive diet will do. I wonder if it will make me binge on certain foods when it is all over, therefore defeating the purpose? Or if I will still keep the moderate attitude going after this is through and bring it to the foods we add back gradually. Hmmmmm....food for thought? No pun intendend.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
One day, when I have a lot of time on my hands...I would like to try my hand at this:
Delicious Oatmeal Bread
From the NY Times Natural Foods Cookbook
1 ½ cups boiling water
1 cup rolled oats
¾ cup molasses (or honey or ½ cup sugar)
3 tablespoons soft butter
2 teaspoons salt
1 packet yeast
2 cups lukewarm water
8 cups unbleached white flour, approx
(or 4 cups whole wheat, 4 cups white)
1.
Pour the boiling water over the oats and let stand 30 min
2.
Add the molasses (or honey), soft butter and salt
3.
dissolve the yeast in the warm water and add to the oat mixture
4.
Beat, and work in enough of the lour to make a medium-soft dough. Turn onto a floured counter and knead until smooth, adding more flout as needed, about 10 min.
5.
Place the dough in a clean buttered bowl, turn to butter the top, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about one hour
6.
Turn out onto the counter again, divide and shape into two loaves and place in well-oiled loaf pans (9” x5”x 3”).
7.
Cover and let rise until double in bulk, about 45 min.
8.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
9.
Bake the loaves five minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees
10.
Bake 40 minutes longer, or until the loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
11.
Brush the tops with butter for a soft crust.
From the NY Times Natural Foods Cookbook
1 ½ cups boiling water
1 cup rolled oats
¾ cup molasses (or honey or ½ cup sugar)
3 tablespoons soft butter
2 teaspoons salt
1 packet yeast
2 cups lukewarm water
8 cups unbleached white flour, approx
(or 4 cups whole wheat, 4 cups white)
1.
Pour the boiling water over the oats and let stand 30 min
2.
Add the molasses (or honey), soft butter and salt
3.
dissolve the yeast in the warm water and add to the oat mixture
4.
Beat, and work in enough of the lour to make a medium-soft dough. Turn onto a floured counter and knead until smooth, adding more flout as needed, about 10 min.
5.
Place the dough in a clean buttered bowl, turn to butter the top, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about one hour
6.
Turn out onto the counter again, divide and shape into two loaves and place in well-oiled loaf pans (9” x5”x 3”).
7.
Cover and let rise until double in bulk, about 45 min.
8.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
9.
Bake the loaves five minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees
10.
Bake 40 minutes longer, or until the loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
11.
Brush the tops with butter for a soft crust.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Why I've been MIA lately
On Friday, I went to hear this dude read from his new book and it was amazing. It was so amazing I need a new word for amazing. I bought the book. True genius is all I'm gonna say. I'm not even going to go on because you need to buy it yourself and read it and then we can talk. Saturday I worked and then went to a poetry slam, which I have never been to before but really enjoyed. On the way home from the poetry slam (we biked) my housemate A who was pedaling behind me screams "they just threw away the day old bread" at the top of his lungs as we ride past the Franklin Street Bakery a block from our house. As we pull up to the house to park our bikes, A suggests to my roommate A and myself "hey they just put a bunch of bread in the dumpster behind the bakery, do you want to go dumpster diving?"
Since A and A are a pair and I'm the trusty sidekick for the evening, and A decides to go along with A, I decide to come too. Because either a. I don't have a brain or b. I need some more entertainment for the evening. I've never been dumpster diving before and it might must make a good blog post or chapter for my novel later. We get there, and there's a "no trespassing" sign on the gate to the dumpster, but the gate is open. There are not one but THREE large trash bags full of day-old bread. Tied up, non-punctured, and sitting in the dumpster, which is about a foot over our heads. Male A reaches up and punches a hole in the bag, and doesn't hesitate to grab a slice of sourdough and take a bite from it. We contemplate taking it, see a cop drive by, and walk away slowly. "It's too heavy," male A says ashamed of himself. All of sudden, female A can't be outdone and challenges male A to a competition. The two of them race toward the dumpster again and proceed to dig it out, lift it up and run toward the house. It starts to fall, and they beg me to grab it before it hits the ground.
So I know this isn't funny now, but at the time, we were in so many stitches of laughter we could not hold the bag and what's more, the hole in the bag was creating a Hansel and Gretel effect all the way back to our house. At least the squirrels and birds won't starve. We get home, and none of us has a house key, so we beat on the door until M answers it only to find the three of us whacked out on breadcrumbs and carrying a body-bag size bag of bread. It should be said now that M is allergic to glutin and can't eat bread. But she goes along with it. We dump the bag out on the floor and J just stares at us from the covers on the couch. "What the hell" I think just about covers her response. For the remainder of the night we bagged the bread into individual bags and started giving it away and putting it in the freezer.
Not one of my brightest moves, but then again, I won't have to buy bread again, ever. And I'm not dead yet. It was a pretty sweet evening. I bet you've never dumpster dove for bread?
Now that I've shared, what was the stupidest thing you've ever done as a younger person? Speak up now!
Since A and A are a pair and I'm the trusty sidekick for the evening, and A decides to go along with A, I decide to come too. Because either a. I don't have a brain or b. I need some more entertainment for the evening. I've never been dumpster diving before and it might must make a good blog post or chapter for my novel later. We get there, and there's a "no trespassing" sign on the gate to the dumpster, but the gate is open. There are not one but THREE large trash bags full of day-old bread. Tied up, non-punctured, and sitting in the dumpster, which is about a foot over our heads. Male A reaches up and punches a hole in the bag, and doesn't hesitate to grab a slice of sourdough and take a bite from it. We contemplate taking it, see a cop drive by, and walk away slowly. "It's too heavy," male A says ashamed of himself. All of sudden, female A can't be outdone and challenges male A to a competition. The two of them race toward the dumpster again and proceed to dig it out, lift it up and run toward the house. It starts to fall, and they beg me to grab it before it hits the ground.
So I know this isn't funny now, but at the time, we were in so many stitches of laughter we could not hold the bag and what's more, the hole in the bag was creating a Hansel and Gretel effect all the way back to our house. At least the squirrels and birds won't starve. We get home, and none of us has a house key, so we beat on the door until M answers it only to find the three of us whacked out on breadcrumbs and carrying a body-bag size bag of bread. It should be said now that M is allergic to glutin and can't eat bread. But she goes along with it. We dump the bag out on the floor and J just stares at us from the covers on the couch. "What the hell" I think just about covers her response. For the remainder of the night we bagged the bread into individual bags and started giving it away and putting it in the freezer.
Not one of my brightest moves, but then again, I won't have to buy bread again, ever. And I'm not dead yet. It was a pretty sweet evening. I bet you've never dumpster dove for bread?
Now that I've shared, what was the stupidest thing you've ever done as a younger person? Speak up now!
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