Bread!

I've tried to make bread before. Well, I've made bread before, but it resembled a door stop or small rock. Not the sort of bread you'd like to eat unless you were the Rock Biter from The Neverending Story. Which I'm not. So, my lovely mother (at my request) bought us a bread machine for our birthdays. (Mine &  Simon's birthdays are within 4 days of each other). It's bloody fantastic! Even Simon thinks so & he hasn't even used it! Long gone is the arduous task of kneading & the first proving. The beautiful machine does it for me! I made a garlic focaccia the other day for lunch when some friends visited and today I made  something that was bloomer shape, but the recipe was forwhite bread roll dough so it had that texture, but a bit lighter. I'm quite big on food aesthetics (believing that half the battle is won if it looks pretty) so I clearly need to work on presentation, but it tasted great - really fresh and went perfectly with what-veg-is-left-in-the-fridge? and lentil stew for tea - yum!

Isaac liked it too :-D

No more store bought bread for us! I never thought I'd see the day...