For supper tonight I made a veggie sandwich on a pretzel bun. It was really good but not awesome. I guess my expectations for the bun was to high.

I was also disappointed in this Veganaise horseradish sauce that I tried on the sandwich for the first time. It didn’t have that take your breath away quality that I think horseradish sauce should. The flavor was ok just no heat to it.

Anxious for this new Whole Foods to open. The existing stores here aren’t the nicest.

Cubed polenta tossed in a pan with chopped onion and red bell pepper.

Hmmm. I assume since the lid is too small for the pan it sits too low and got to hot? I don’t know but I’ve done it many times before with no problem.

A kind friend put together and gave us this kit for making a loaf of Pumpkin Beer Bread.

I was a little apprehensive about pouring out what appeared to be a perfectly good beer just to make bread.

The end result was worth it. I really never bake and don’t know what is considered a large bread pan. All we had is what I assume is a little bread pan so I split the batter and made two loaves. I maybe could have gotten by with most or all of the batter in the one pan. So I don’t know if this is how it should look or not but I don’t really care because it sure tastes good. Thanks Stephanie.

Notes: I substituted Earth Balance for the butter. I used an electric hand mixer to mix the batter. Possibly my first time using one I can’t recall. Continue reading “Pumpkin Beer Bread”