On Saturday I baked four loaves of whole wheat bread. I was hoping that they would last us through the whole week, but I’m not sure they will. The Brit goes through a lot of bread, and I find it kind of hard to resist when it’s homemade and fresh. It’s cheaper than buying bread, but I may have to supplement with store-bought. Either that, or bake twice a week. Also, our bread intake will probably go down a bit once homemade bread stops being such a novelty and becomes the norm.
Meanwhile, I’m really enjoying it. I’d forgotten how much better fresh home baked bread was than store bought. Here it is starring in a tempeh BLT:
And here accompanying some tart lingonberry jam:
Delish.
For lunch today I made baked marinated tempeh with pan-fried polenta and peas.
I used a store-bought marinade (Annie’s Naturals Island Marinade), and while I thought it was ‘okay’, The Brit did not like it at all. He ate about two bites of the tempeh (at least he tried!), but it was a definite ‘no’. I managed to confirm that it wasn’t the tempeh he didn’t like – he said the texture was just fine – but that the marinade tasted too ‘vinegary’.
I’m afraid I have to agree. I didn’t find it unpalatable, but I wouldn’t buy it again. That’s what I get for taking shortcuts! It did remind me a little of a Jamaican Jerk type flavor, so I plan to use the leftover tempeh in a Jamaican Jerk style sandwich, ala Spiral Diner. I’ll let you know how that goes.
On the bright side, he ate all of the polenta.
love the title! i’m a huge alice in wonderland fan
I keep seeing everyone bake bread! I need to make my own, I love the smell of freshly baked bread =)
the bread looks fabulous! wow!
believe it or not, i’m scared of making bread. i’m not scared of eating it, just making it. i’m afraid the yeast will explode or something. silly me.
i love your food porn pics soooo much. esp. bianca’s wafflewich. that was really good, no? after that nomfest, i couldn’t believe i ate the whole thing.
Your bread looks great, i love homemade bread too.
Your polenta looks seriously good as well!
The loaf of bread looks so good! I can completely understand it not staying around too long…how could you resist fresh homemade bread?
Woohoo for fresh bread! I baked some yesterday .. and saw some on other blogs too.. must be in the air.
Your tempeh looks great!
Ooh, you’re bread is so bread-ish! Like sandwich bread-ish! When I make bread, it’s always too heavy for sandwiches! You gotta give me your recipe, ho.