{Bread Macine} Potato Bread

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Angi

We finally broke down and decided to buy a bread machine so we could quickly make sandwich bread and stop buying it from the store. It’s way healthier to make our own but without a bread machine can be time consuming.

Our normal go to sandwich bread is wheat or potato so of course those after making a classic white sandwich loaf, we tried both a wheat recipe (included with the machine) and a potato recipe we found online. The wheat recipe didn’t make our repeat list but the potato one we’ve made at least a few times now.

{Bread Machine} Potato Bread

Ingredients

  • 3 cups bread flour (14 3/4 oz)
  • 1/2 cup instant potato flakes (1 oz)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 tablespoons oil (1 oz)
  • 3/4 cup milk (6 oz)
  • 1/2 cup water (4 oz)
  • 2 teaspoons active dry yeast (approx 1/4 oz packet)

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients as recommended by your bread machine manufacturer.
  2. Select settings and press start. For our machine, it’s basic – light crust – medium size loaf and takes 4 hours.

Quick notes

I prefer to weigh most of the ingredients for my own sanity. This recipe is not ideal for timer/delayed making since it has actual milk. However, I would think you could use powdered milk and water and if you try that, let me know how it turns out.

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

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3 Reasons Why Organic Plant Food Is Better For Your Garden

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Angi

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Whitney Farms. All opinions are 100% mine.

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We try our best to keep everything we add or use in our garden as natural and organic as possible including using organic plant food. Whitney Farms has a whole line of plant food that is all natural but why should you pick natural plant food over the other choices out there?

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  1. No manure odor – If your garden is near your house sometimes plant food can give off a very strong manure type smell but organic plant foods have little to no manure odor.
  2. Low to no dust – Less dust is always a plus especially if you or your family suffer from allergies.
  3. Nothing artifical – Natural plant foods are made with ingredients from the earth which means you and your family are eating healthier.

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The soil in the house we recently moved into has been neglected for a long time and Whitney Farms® products will help to bring the soil back to life.  You can grow much bigger tomato's using tomato and vegetable food.  We found that out the hard way.

If you want to try having an all natural organic soil for your garden, Whitney Farms® is offering a $3 coupon for plant foods and soils.  Whitney Farms products are already reasonably priced so the coupon makes an even better deal.

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#AtoZChallenge Is Over – Our Topic Was Food

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Angi

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Here’s the recap of all 26 posts that we covered during the month long challenge.

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#AtoZChallenge – Zucchini

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Angi

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1232719 64361429 300x225Zucchini is a versatile vegetable that we eat regularly. It can be added to almost every part of the meal from appetizers to main dish to dessert.

Hands down our favorite way to eat zucchini is battered and fried. Of course, you need to dip it in buttermilk ranch dressing. It pairs well with french dips, pizza, steaks, and so many other meals.

Recipe: Batter

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Mix ingredients together.
  2. Dip bite size meat or veggies into batter.
  3. Fry in 400* oil until golden brown.

Preparation time: 5 minute(s)

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#AtoZChallenge – Yellow Squash

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Angi

A to Z April Challenge zebra 002 This month we’ve taken on a challenge – one that involves blogging through the alphabet. Did you miss a letter? Catch up now.

Yellow squash produce 1 150x150Several years ago, we went to a local restaurant and placed our normal order for fried zucchini. The manager came out to apologize that they were out of zucchini and were not planning on keeping the item on the menu any longer. The manager could tell we were quite upset and offered to make a special appetizer of fried yellow squash – the vegetable of the day. We reluctantly accepted the offer. Boy were we thrilled when the fried yellow squash was just as tasty as fried zucchini.

Tomorrow we’ll share the batter recipe that has been handed down for generations in my family. With a few ingredients, you can have fried zucchini, fried squash, or even chicken nuggets.

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