10-1 dinner

Since I had spaghetti leftover from the night before when I did the spaghetti with garlic and EVOO I decided to simply fry it up.  Just mix some parmesan grated or roman or whatever cheese you have (not cheddar!!!!  hahaha) up into the spaghetti mix and sprinkle in a bit of flour (about a tsp. and a couple of eggs and mix it up.  Make sure you coat all of the noodles. Add whatever you like in the form of herbs or veggies or just leave it as is.  Dump it into a pan with some oil and fry until the bottoms get crispy(about 2-3 minutes per side)  Cut it into wedges and serve with a salad like I did.  I had all of this spinach so I made another spinach salad with a slice of mozzarella for a protein.  This was a satisfying meal.  Even though there wasn't a lot of protein, it satisfied for the evening.

man that is a dark picture sorry!!  The spinach
salad was delightful..I made the dressing with
balsamic rather than red wine vinegar....to die for!!

Oh almost forgot, I made a few loaves of no knead wheat bread too so I had a slice of that.  I used a recipe from a show called Chuck's day off so here it is.

This moist bread keeps well for a few days if placed in a seal proof plastic bag. Also can be frozen for many weeks.

Yield: 2 loaves

Ingredients

3 cups very warm but not hot water

1 tablespoon dry active yeast

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 tablespoon vinegar

3 cups white flour

2 ½ cup – 3 cup Whole Wheat Flour

1 tablespoon coarse salt

A sprinkle of raw sugar

A sprinkle of steak spice

Directions

Mix together in your large bread making bowl and allow to bubble up and foam: The yeast, sugar and water. Wait a few minutes till yeast starts to work then add vinegar and oil

Add the white flour cup by cup stirring well after each addition. Then add the whole wheat flour mixing in the salt at one point, cup by cup stirring well after each addition. This dough will still be a little bit wet and spongy.

Cover with a damp tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 30 – 40 minutes or until it has doubled in size.

Using a big spatula, spoon out into 2 well-greased loaf pans. Using your fingers if needed, press the sides down, helping to create the perfect loaf shape. (do not knead)

With a knife make 2 or 3 diagonal shallow incisions in the loaves.

Top with your favourite herbs or spices. For the savoury loaf sprinkle with steak spice. For the other sprinkle with demerrara (raw) sugar.

Bake the loaves about 50 minutes @ 375 degrees F or until they are golden brown and crusty on top and sound hollow when tapped on the underside.

Let sit if you can wait, for at least 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving with butter.