A Snowy Day

Don't you just love freshly baked bread with a steaming bowl of thick soup on a snowy day?
It was so cold and nasty out that I knew I would stay in the kitchen all day. I love making soup because it doesn't have to be watched once everything is in the pot. I don't have a real recette for soup. I just add all the vegetables I can find (this time- onions, courgettes, carrots, chou-fleur, split peas, dill, parsley,celery and low fat chicken broth and water). I simmer it until everything is nice and soft. Oh...this time I added a little Canadian Bacon because Andy loves it.
Here it is .....
While it was cooking, I made two small whole wheat baguettes. In one of them I added some beautiful thick green pitted olives hoping that with each slice I could get a good piece of an olive along with the crusty bread. This is how they looked after they were baked in the oven.
And this is how it looked after being sliced. This was exactly what I was looking for. It was delicious. Of course you have to love olives as much as I do, but look at that beautiful green olive right in the middle of the slice. Perfect!!!!
Yesterday I baked an olive oil olive bread. I used Kalamata olives and green olives (all pitted of course). This is all that is left even though it was a bit too salty for me. I will adjust the salt next time.
There is nothing like baking bread on a snowy day. I really love the entire process but most of all I love the smell of bread baking in the oven. Ummmmmm.
Bon Appetit.
Clare.