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made this over the weekend. cheesy olive bread. it was from that pioneer woman blog someone posted a while back. certainly not healthy but good. and i'm sure you could change up the ingredients with ease, like artichokes or some chopped spinach or both

MaryBeth, cheesy bread like that is one of my weaknesses. I am going to have to make it now!

liamsaunt wrote:MaryBeth, cheesy bread like that is one of my weaknesses. I am going to have to make it now!

do you know where to find the recipe? if not let me know and I will link it here.

Thanks MaryBeth, I bookmarked her site after promoguy posted a link to it. I just have not had time to look at all of the recipes yet, including that one. I did make marlboro man's second favorite sandwich from that site and it was a hit with John. (OK, I added tomatoes and red onions and arugula and served it on a toasted baguette, but it was KIND OF similiar!)

that site is funny. marlboro man cracks me up. btw, he won't eat this bread, says it's chick food! LOL
haven't made anything else from there yet. I think few and far between from there for me!

I heard this romantic poem today on the radio that reminded me of all the food-lovers on this thread...

"You made crusty bread rolls... " by Gary Johnson.


You made crusty bread rolls...

You made crusty bread rolls filled with chunks of brie
And minced garlic and drizzled with olive oil
And baked them until the brie was bubbly
And we ate them thoughtfully, our legs coiled
Together under the table And then salmon with dill
And lemon and whole-wheat cous cous
Baked with garlic and fresh ginger, and a hill
Of green beans and carrots roasted with honey and tofu.
it was beautiful, the candles and linens and silver,
The winter sun setting on our snowy street,
Me with my hand on your leg, you, my lover,
In your jeans and green T-shirt and beautiful feet.
How simple life is. We buy a fish. We are fed.
We sit close to each other, we talk and then we go to bed.

[You made crusty bread rolls filled with chunks of brie
And minced garlic and drizzled with olive oil
And baked them until the brie was bubbly

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2372051099/" title="brie rolls by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/237 ... dcca66.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="brie rolls"></a>

And then salmon with dill
And lemon

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2372051833/" title="salmon by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/237 ... c74692.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="salmon"></a>

and whole-wheat cous cous
Baked with garlic and fresh ginger,

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2372886158/" title="couscous by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/237 ... 072b09.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="couscous"></a>

and a hill
Of green beans and carrots roasted with honey and tofu.


<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2372886520/" title="roasted veggies w honey by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/237 ... f1502e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="roasted veggies w honey"></a>

Thanks for the inspiration, Steve S! It was yummy.

I just love that you did that!

And it all looks so delicious...

We are going to Portland tonight, but if I was staying home, I think I would have to make that same dinner. Maybe later this week.

Auntie:

John is one lucky guy!!!

I did add one more course that was not in the poem. Seared jumbo sea scallops:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/2374459671/" title="seared scallops by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/237 ... c3d7fa.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="seared scallops"></a>

The couscous was really excellent. I even had some of the leftovers for breakfast this morning!

(BTW, this was dinner for four people, so no green t-shirt and feet part. )

I wish I like scallops but I don't! Those look pretty though.

Becky, do you have a recipe for portabello lasagna? can you share?

here's what was doing in my kitchen this weekend:

Saturday brunch - a savory bread pudding


Sunday dinner - a Southwestern meatloaf. It doesn't look that good in the photo but it was pretty tasty. A little crumbly though so maybe it needed more breadcrumbs


Recipe is from here http://coconutlime.blogspot.com/2008/03 ... tloaf.html

Dessert - some berries and toasted angel food cake.

Marybeth, I love the portobello mushroom lasagna recipe from the Barefoot Contessa. I think it is in her most recent cookbook--the pink one. If you don't have that book I'll type it out for you.

One caveat, though....it does not reheat well.

Your bread pudding looks really good. What's in it?

I have one of her books but not sure which. I will look there first or on food network. maybe it's there.

the bread pudding was just something I put together myself. I used some whole wheat croissants that I had in the freezer for the bread. Then I made an egg mixture of eggs, milk, salt, pepper,green onion, herbs de provence and some parmesan cheese. It was tasty but could have eggier for my tastes. I used a total of 4 eggs and made 2 of those dishes you see.

Becky, is this it? Or similar?
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes ... 24,00.html