It's been TOO long since I've written down a menu and stuck to it! I'll make an attempt here today....
Sunday - Baked ziti, french bread, salad.
Monday - Ham and Scalloped potatoes, veggies (different ones for everyone - why can't we all like the same veggies?!), fruit.
Tuesday - beef roast in the crock pot, garlic mashed potatoes, veggies, fresh bread.
Wednesday - I think I'll try pork chops with caramelized onions and apples, pasta, salad
Thursday - Chinese Take Out Lemon Chicken, rice, fruit
Friday - Tacos, salad, fruit
Now yesterday I tried this Fabulous French Bread recipe. As you know, I use my bread machine a lot to do all the work. This one didn't sound too difficult and I really wanted to try it. The flavor was great. HOWEVER, if you try it, do NOT make the same dumb mistake I made and put the yeast into the boiling water instead of the warm water. I guess I read the recipe too fast and completely missed the whole warm water line. Despite my instincts of knowing that the yeast will die a quick death in boiling water, I did it anyway. So I had dense little loaves. Like I said, the flavor of the bread was great but they were flat and dense. You can bet your sweet petunia I am making it again today! Flour is cheap in the grand scheme of things. I buy my yeast at Costco (just opened a fresh brick and I've used some from it prior to yesterday so I know it's not my yeast) and that's pennies. So I'm trying it again and I will not make the same mistake twice. Dammit. I know better! I know how to "finger test" the water for the yeast like my grandma taught me. Stupid, stupid mistake! If it works, I may change out a recipe this week to french bread pizzas. I haven't made those in a long time. I've also been hungry for Lemon Chicken. Haven't made that in forever either. I guess maybe I should go back through all my old menu plans and revisit some recipes!
I'll let you know how the bread turns out this time. I'm hoping to find a winner. It wasn't difficult to mix up since I let my mixer do the work. Believe it or not, it was the first time in 11 years I've used the dough hook! With my bread machine, I just never have had the need.
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I have been wanting to do Monday Menu's again for some time now, you started me on it....I just need to do it! Thanks! ps I wish I know how to make bread outside of a bread machine!
UPDATE!!! I made the french bread again and it turned out perfectly! Lisa, TRY this one. It's inexpensive because the ingredients aren't much. It made three large loaves since I didn't murder the yeast this time. I used grandma's finger test, knew the water from the tap was too hot so I measured it and let it sit for a minute. Then finger test again and it was the right temp and my yeast definitely worked. It's cooling now - can't wait to eat it!
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