Greek Salad Sandwich

Ingredients:
4 slices of sourdough bread toasted

1/2 cup feta cheese

1 small cucumber

1 tomatoe

1/2 red onion

1/2 cup kalamata olives

1/2 cup roasted red pepper hummus

4 tblsp. virgin olive oil

sea salt

cracked pepper

Directions:

1. Spread red pepper hummus onto sourdough bread

2. Add thinly sliced cucumbers and sliced tomatoes

3. Toss thinly sliced red onion with lemon juice and virgin olive oil and add to sandwich

4. Top with feta cheese and virgin olive oil and kalamata olives

Delish!

Classic Egg Casserole

Ingredients:
12 eggs, beaten
1/2 pound ground breakfast sausage
8 ounces cheddar cheese
3 slices white bread, cubed
1 small potato
1 cup baby spinach

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Brown sausage and potato in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Set aside to cool. Pour the eggs into a slightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the sausage, potato, bread, spinach and 4 ounces of cheese. Mix well and pour into the egg mixture. Top with remaining 4 ounces of chees and cover with foil.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 15 minutes, uncover, and bake another 15 to 20 minutes until casserole is golden brown and bubbly.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Cole Slaw

Pulled Pork Recipe

Ingredients:

1 - 5lb. pork shoulder roast

1 - 48 ounce chicken broth

1 -Bottle of Jack Daniel's Spicy Barbeque sauce

Hamburger Buns

salt and pepper

Instructions:

Add all ingredients to crock pot and cook on high for 6 hours. Drain broth (may want to save to make gravy) and put 1/2 of pork back in crock pot. Save other have of pork roast for later. Pour barbeque sauce over pork and simmer for another hour. Serve on hamburger buns with cole slaw. (Cole slaw recipe follows)

Cole Slaw Recipe

Ingredients:

4 cups chopped cabbage or prepackaged cole slaw

1/2 cup mayonaise

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 apple cider vinegar

1 teaspoon celery seed

Instructions:

Add all ingredients together and toss to coat. Let set about 30 minutes before serving.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

First Tuesday Book Club chose this for the September selection....

My first artisan bread!

Mediterranean Olive Bread

Ingredients:

3 cups bread flour
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped kalamative olives
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. italian seasoning
1/2 cup parmesean cheese
1 1/4 cups warm water
1 tablespoon cornmeal

Directions:

In a large bowl, mix together flour, yeast, sugar, salt, black olives, olive oil, and water.
Turn out dough onto a floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic, 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside, and let rise about 45 minutes, until it doubles in size.

Punch down. Knead well again, for about 5 to 10 minutes. Let rise for about 30 minutes, until it doubles in size.

Round the dough on kneading board. Let rise until double in size.

While the bread is rising for the third time, put a pan of water in the bottom of the oven. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F .

Gently turn loaf out onto a pizza stone that has been lightly oiled and dusted with cornmeal.
Bake loaf at 450 degrees F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F. Bake for 35 more minutes, or until done.

Croque Monsieur

Ingredients:

4 slices French Bread
Butter
4 thin slices black forest ham
2 slices Gruyere cheese

Instructions:
1. Butter one side of each piece of bread.
2. Top with ham and cheese. Top that with the other slice of bread, buttered side up.
3. Heat 2 Tbsp butter on a griddle or large frying pan over medium-low flame.
4. Add the sandwiches to the pan and grill until golden brown, about 4 minutes on each side.

Serve immediately.

Croque Madame is made by adding an egg. Often this is simply a fried egg on top or inside. A fancier variation is to cut a round out of one side of the not quite toasted sandwich, break an egg into the hole and run it under the broiler to cook the egg. Serve with the toast round back on top.

Croque Monsieur

Ingredients:
4 slices French Bread
Butter
4 thin slices black forest ham
2 slices Gruyere cheese

Instructions:
1. Butter one side of each piece of bread.
2. Top with ham and cheese. Top that with the other slice of bread, buttered side up.
3. Heat 2 Tbsp butter on a griddle or large frying pan over medium-low flame.
4. Add the sandwiches to the pan and grill until golden brown, about 4 minutes on each side.

Serve immediately.

Croque Madame is made by adding an egg. Often this is simply a fried egg on top or inside. A fancier variation is to cut a round out of one side of the not quite toasted sandwich, break an egg into the hole and run it under the broiler to cook the egg. Serve with the toast round back on top.