Good news - I will live to cook another day. In a book called Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur, I found the recipe for Olive Garden's minestrone soup, which is one of my favorites. I made it the Night of the Bad Bread, and it was FANTASTIC - far beyond even my high expectations. It's ridiculously healthy, and my family even ate it happily. It's so good that I considered eating it for breakfast yesterday morning (but that might be pregnancy talking, so take it with a grain of salt!).
And the Bad Bread didn't turn out as badly as I expected. It tasted like plain old whole wheat sandwich bread, albeit a little less soft and fluffy than I like. But because of my grudge against that recipe, I've appreciated all your tips and will try them next time!
That book also has the recipe for Applebee's quesadillas - I think I'll try that next.
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I know you like your bread fluffy, but did you know that the heavier your bread is, often the healthier it is? To make it whole grain and healthy, you can replace some of the white/wheat flour with 1-2 tbsp each of ground flax seed meal, oat bran, and soy flour. Also throw in a bit of millet. Molasses, honey and agave nectar are all good alternatives to sugar in any recipe. :) Make sure you read the ingredients if you buy bread. Steer clear of bread with chemicals/preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oil/mono and diglycerides.
My roommate's looking for people who want some Amish bread if you're interested. It's one of those keep it going every day and multiply it so you can divide and share.
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