Dinner, 03-26-08 - Olive Beef with Oat Wheat toast

This one isn't quite as lovely on the plate, but was quite tasty.

Recipe for the olive beef

The toast is homemade bread as well. I love making bread and was gifted with a bread machine for christmas. The purist in me weeps a little inside, but the practical and busy side of me dances with glee every time I pour things in the excellent machine, walk away and three hours later have bread. This recipe I first tried back in October sans-machine, and made a few alterations.

Here's the recipe with my amendments:

• 1 1/4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour - 1 c whole wheat, 2 c unbleached white
  
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup corn meal
  
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tbsp honey
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Add into bread machine, bake on 1.5 lb setting (I like the light crust) and wait for the beeps to tell you your bread is finished. As a side note, this makes an excellent toast to go with chili or stew, and rocks for sandwich bread.

Cheers!