summer bread

um, literally.
this is my first loaf of bread from my new bread machine.
my neighbor got the machine at a garage sale for 5o cents...and she already had, 2 so she gave it me.
and it works! delicious ground pepper and goat cheese bread.
but, apparently summer thought so too.

full disclosure...i left it wrapped up on the counter. dumb.

silver palette

i think they were the “joy of cooking” for my generation.
i learned how to..and to love cooking...by spending hours pouring over their recipes.
my books are now filled with grease stains, small food particles(yuck!), dog ears and random pieces of stuff used as bookmarks.
and i still pull out the new basics a lot...as i have a mental block about how to boil an egg.
anyway, driving home today and trying to figure out what to make for dinner...i mentally tallied up my assets. LOTS of tomatoes, basil, pasta and a hunk of brie left over from a party last weekend.
bing! the infamous tomato brie salad! well, with the pasta added to make it more of a meal. (also knowing that olivia will pick out most of the tomatoes)
i must have made that salad for every single summer party i went to back in the late 80’s. it still looks and smells as good as i remember.