Bread to Bake (and a Snack to Make)...

Tomorrow is Student Council Pizza Day and, as I've said before, I cannot compete with a pizza day. So, no lunch for tomorrow. I did decide to make her a snack since I'm sure there will be no fruits or vegetables on her pizza! This is the snack bento for her pizza Friday:

Edamame, Black olives, Apple bites and pistachios.

I gotta be honest, I didn't mind the lack of lunch-making today. My mind was on bread making instead of lunches. I was waiting on a man with a pan. I learned about Pullman pans last week. Pullman pans are the long lidded loaf pans that make perfectly square loaves of bread with a thinner, softer crust - perfect for sandwiches. In all my years of bread making, how could a Pullman pan have escaped my sight? So I went on a shopping frenzy looking for one and found that they are surprisingly hard to find (and really expensive!). I finally found one on King Arthur Flour's website AND it was on clearance for $19.99. It was meant to be! So, today I learned that the three greatest words are not "I love you" - they are "Out for Delivery" and I stalked the UPS man.

As soon as the thing was in my hand, I whipped up a batch of Whole Wheat Honey Oat Flax bread. This is the bread just before placing the lid on to bake.

And here it is fresh out of the oven:




I can't wait to bake more bread in it. I really like being able to make our own bread, but have never liked the shape of the loaves from a bread machine or a regular loaf pan. Plus I heard that I can make European Black Bread (my absolute favorite bread) in it because the lid keeps black breads from burning during their longer cooking times. I see LOTS of breads in my little foodie's future lunchboxes!