Voilá! Dakota Bread

For the first time, I successfully made bread - it is delicious, rather than dense or dry (which is my usual outcome for homemade bread).

The recipe comes from the owners of Cafe Latte, and can be found in Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (Authors: Dooley/Watson).

A few other easy recipes that I found and threw together this evening -- caramelized brussels sprouts and roasted potatoes with smoked paprika. I ended up going out to dinner with cousins, but still made these recipes at 8pm, just for the fun of it (and for the leftovers). Might as well get it in while I can, as I have three trips crammed into the next two weeks, which will be great, but will not allow for any cooking time.

Recipe from the blog: Eat, Live, Run

Roasted with oil, salt, pepper and smoked paprika

PS. While I'm writing this I'm watching Julie & Julia! Very inspirational.