A Loaf of White Bread

This recipe is based on Ina Garten’s “Honey White Bread” recipe in Barefoot Contessa At Home.  It’s an easy to follow recipe for plain, but good (and sturdy!) white bread perfect for sandwiches, toast, and making bread crumbs. Since there’s butter in the dough, the bread bakes up wonderfully fragrant, and homemade bread also has…

Thanksgiving Panini (+ Cranberry Chutney)

OK so while I’m on a panini kick, using my empty-pot-with-canned-beans method (see last post)… I gave into an odd craving for Thanksgiving food in the middle of Spring and made an all-in-one sandwich.   You can use canned cranberry jelly if fresh cranberries aren’t available this time of year to make your own cranberry chutney. …

Repairing My Stand Mixer

This is a bit of a different post today… I’m going to show you how I took apart my stand mixer and replaced a broken gear. Ah, the KitchenAid stand mixer.  A must-have on every bride’s registry wishlist!  Yes, mine was a generous gift from a group of friends – and they definitely reap the…

Eating Out: Honey Bits

Honey Bits is a more recently opened bakery/cafe on Buford Highway, near many popular bakery/cafes such as Sweet Hut, Mozart Cafe, Paris Baguette, and White Windmill.  It is located in Pinetree Plaza near Chef Liu’s and BoBo Garden (restaurants). When entering, you’ll notice that it’s very spacious.  It doesn’t feel overly full of furniture, and…

Easy Garlic Bread

I love making garlic bread as a side for spaghetti.  It adds more delicious carbs :) and is also great for soaking up the last of that wonderful tomato sauce left in the bowl.  This version is super easy! You will need: (serves ~4) 2 bolillo rolls (short French bread loaves, with crunchy crust. also…

Homemade Breadcrumbs

Here’s a tip for something I do with leftover bread ends (the dried-out pieces on the ends of sliced loaves that are a bit too tough to enjoy as my morning toast).  I put them in the freezer until I’ve amassed enough to fill a baking tray (8 or so). Then I bake them at…