Purpley-Pink Bread

[Fruit and Nut Bread]

I did a Baking Spree and made enough bread and cake to last me for a month (if eaten sparingly...). Other than the ones mentioned below, I also made pita bread, maple, yogurt and lemon pound cake, and black sugar, date and rum cake.

Sitting down this morning, with a cup of tea and two slices of the fruit and nut bread toasted and spread with jam was a sweet moment. My first taste of this gave me a pang of nostalgia, they taste so similar to the teacakes that my Dad buys back at home.

[Purple Sweet Potato Sandwich Bread]

Nope, no artificial food colourings were added during the entire process. I'd bought a packet of purple sweet potato flakes aka. dehydrated potato on my Kagoshima trip, and thought I'd try and use them in my bread making. And lo and behold, I made a purpley-pink bread. The novelty of it when I sliced into the loaf made me giggle away like a ninny.

Except for the colour, it tastes like how a sandwich bread should, light, soft crust, and just the right crumb for sandwiches. For lunch today, I made a sandwich of avocado, sundried tomatoes, cheese and a smear of mayo sandwiched between two slices of this pink bread which I accompanied with homemade vegetable soup... bliss.

[Dark Beer and Rosemary Ciabatta]

I got to work on the holes on this one, I would like larger holes in my ciabatta, and it needs to be holeyer. I love the flavours in this though, and the sturdier structure makes it really easy to slice. Toasted cheese sandwiches just leveled up ;)