Apple Cinnamon Bread

Banana Nut Bread

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

Chocolate Bread

First thing is first, I found a recipe for the Starter Kit!  The day 10 instructions for this recipe are quite a bit different then the instructions I linked in the original story.  What I found out is that this starter kit is the starter for multiple varieties of Amish Friendship Bread!  The original recipe I posted is for the Cinnamon Bread.  See the list below for some of the other kinds I found:

• Apple Cinnamon Bread
  
• Banana Nut Bread
• Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
  
• Chocolate Bread
• Sour Dough Pancakes

I’m very excited to try some of the other flavors!  My original plan was to make one these recipes and then to write a post about it, but I’m so excited about the different options I couldn’t wait that long!  May 26th is my next cooking day (you can only make the bread every 10 days), I’m not sure which bread I will make, but I’m excited to try something new.

Amish Friendship Bread

…and giving, and giving, and giving!  Over mother’s day weekend, my mother-in-law came to visit and with her she brought a loaf of Amish Friendship Bread and a starter kit.  The bread is delicious.  It’s a sweet, dessert-like bread that’s great with coffee or just as a snack.  The starter kit is just a 1 gallon zip lock bag labeled with a date and the words “Day 1″.  The instructions for the bread seem simple enough, it’s just a set of directions broken out over 10 days.  Eight of the ten days, the instructions simply read “Mush”.  With such an easy “recipe” to follow, I figured I’d make the bread…after all, it is VERY yummy.

Today is day 10 for me.  So I got to complete the starter, and put my two loaves of bread in the oven (Yippee!).  However, after you put the loaves in the oven, you will find yourself with 4 new starters!  The idea is to give 3 of your starters away (to make friends), and keep one starter for yourself.  Since the starter is a secret Amish recipe, once you lose your starter, you lose the bread. 

I find this whole thing very interesting.  I’ve never found a “chain” food before!

Daily Instructions for Amish Friendship Bread

Wes and I are at home today and I was looking for something to complement our leftover Outback salads for lunch.  I got it in my head that baked potatoes with cheese sauce would be good, but since I didn’t have a cheese sauce recipe I started looking through allrecipes.com.  The recipe needed to be easy and something that I could put together with ingredients that I had on hand at the house.  Here’s what I found and both Wes and I really like it.

Cheese Sauce over Cauliflower

I cut the recipe in half and only did step 2 for our baked potatoes.  I threw in some diced chicken and served it over the baked potatoes.  If I had some broccoli that would have been a great addition, so next time I make it I will be sure to throw some broccoli in.  Here is the nutrition information I came up with for just the cheese sauce, using Kraft 2% mild cheddar cheese and skim milk.