Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Torpedo Subs by Quiznos

We tried the new Torpedo Subs from Quiznos last night for supper. Having a broken toe, makes cooking a bit difficult.

These things were awesome. Bear pointed out that they were small and for a dollar more you could get a foot long sub with everything on it at Subway, but nothing Ive ever gotten from Subway was this good.

It was so good it has inspired me to try my hand at making Ciabatta bread and my own sandwiches. Ive found a few recipes I'm going to play with. When I'm done, Ill post the best of them here.

In the mean time, Supper tonight is coming out of thin air. I'm making some of the loaves of Artisan Bread, Bear has gotten tired of pasta in a tomato sauce, but he will eat it with a cream based sauce. So I'm probably going to make a homemade Mushroom Cream sauce with ground turkey and serve it over noodles or rice. That will go nice with the Bread and then this weekend Ill try the Ciapatta bread and post how well it turns out.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Great Bread Recipes

Ive been focusing on finding cheep healthy and quick bread recipes.

The first one I found was in Mother Earth News. Five minutes a Day for Fresh Baked Bread. Its a bit on the salty side if you cook it right away but when served with cheese or along side a good pasta dish, you don't notice it. It has a sour dough taste if you leave it for a few days. It does really only take five minutes after the initial creation of the dough and you don't have kneed it.

If your looking for Sandwich bread, then this is the prefect recipe. It has to do the whole rise and re-rise thing but ultimately, it turns out wonderfully.

If you want great homemade hot dog or hamburger buns then try these. Just be careful because if you don't get the liquid cool enough before you add it to the flour mixture you will kill the yeast. Unless you have a thermometer, leave it until you think its cool enough then leave it a bit more.