Sunday Morning French Toast

I had made some pretty heavy whole wheat bread from scratch. I wanted to enjoy it and really use it to the best of its ability. I decided to smother it in butter, egg, and sugar in a delicious French toast.

           

         

           

 I started by cutting the bread pieces thick. This technique is used to give room to the wet ingredients.

 The wet ingredients are    

4-6 eggs

6 Tablespoons of melted butter

Add Spices:

 1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Nutmeg

1 tsp All Spice

1 tsp Ginger

1 tsp Cardamom 

       Add pieces of bread to the wet mixture and let the butter, and eggs soak into the bead for a few minutes. Flip and wait some more. Then add to hot nonstick pan till egg cooks and is right consistency. Flip.

Put butter on immediately. 

Add maple syrup. Serve with half a grapefruit and tea.

My First Loaf of Whole Wheat Bread, like ever.

 We received a kitchen aid mixer for a gift and were so excited to make bread with it. I followed the directions in the recipe book. The recipe calls for powdered milk when making whole wheat bread. I tried to convert it to actual milk and needed SOOOO much flour to compensate. I just kept adding and adding. It was a disaster actually. I was supposed to have gone out with a friend, but I had to cancel because I was stuck, adding flour to my wet ingredients. I had to take the dough out of the mixer and kneed by hand! It was too much.

Yeast

Flour, 

 I got out my grandmother’s baking mat. It is Tupperware brand and has lasted Since the 70’s. I keened the dough until I had the right consistency. I wasn't quite sure what that was because this was my first time. I separated the dough and let it rise for an hour. I rolled it up. I let it rise for another hour. Some of the separated parts rose longer than others and some had more dough.

Waiting for the dough to rise

Roll it into a long rectangle

Roll it up like a fruit roll up

Place dough in dish with oil all in it

On right: dough that is rising

  

Spiral

The best loaf

The one that did not make the cut

Loafs for sandwiches 

        

             5 loafs came out and 4 of them were eaten. The last one did not come out great and it eventually molded after 3 days. Two were smaller and were used for the chicken sandwiches.  One loaf I gave to my neighbors, and the best one, we made French toast with. 

I Love Mexican Night!

Ground Beef, Taco Shells, Olives, Avocado, Sour Cream, Cheese, Lettuce, Cabbage and Cilantro

    The most important part of Mexican night is having a lot of different ingredients to choose from. We did the taco shells ourselves from store bought corn tortillas. We use a high heat cooking oil. (grapeseed) We put the oil in a large pan on the stove top and heat the oil on high. We place the tortillas in the oil and then flip it creating a shell.  This is a hard task and we have practiced a few times before. Set aside.

          The beans are from a can and we just heat them up with some sautéed onion and garlic. We used black beans.

    

          We made ground beef on the stove top. Saute a pound in own juices with added spice mix.

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

  

          The Spanish rice was made by adding tomatoes with their juices, to the rice during the cooking time. Add salt to taste. Enjoy with cerveza.