What better way to launch my menu plan posts than with the offerings that I made for my mother’s birthday today? 
The reason I came up with this category is cos I know how overwhelming it can be sometimes to decide what goes with what. Sometimes you just want someone to put together the combinations for you. Well, I know I do! LOL!
OK ok ok. On to the food. What did I make?
Well here was the morning’s offerings (yes morning… the lady has gone off to a bday tea. aiaiaiai!)
Bread: Freshly Baked Ciabatta
Entr?ɬ©e: Chickpea Fettucine
Dessert: Rumprint Cookies
Yummers no? I think so!
No-Stress Methodology (leaves plenty of gaps for cleanup + things to go wrong, cos they will! 
) :
The Afternoon Before: Prepare sponge for Ciabatta
4 Hours Before: Continue Ciabatta dough
3 3/4 Hours Before: Ciabatta’s First Rising
3 1/2 Hours Before: Make dough for Rumprint Cookies – put in fridge to chill
2 1/2 Hours Before: Bake Rumprint Cookies, Form Ciabatta into loaves (second rising)
2 Hours Before: Make icing for Rumprint Cookies
1 Hour 45 Minutes Before: Pipe icing onto Rum Cookies – Chill
1 Hour Before: Bake Ciabatta
30 Minutes Before: Prepare Chickpea Fettucine
Last month I was invited to participate in the blogging collective “Kwanzaa Culinarians“. Linking writers throughout the African diaspora it includes such heavyweights as Chef Bryant Terry, as well as known foodies like Sanura of “My Life Runs On Food“, ...
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I am loving how the fettucine looks Nikki!
I am loving how the fettucine looks Nikki!
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nyam nyam nyam
It looks so good Sarina! Ciabatta is one of my favorite bread and that pasta looks absolutely mouthwatering.
It looks so good Sarina! Ciabatta is one of my favorite bread and that pasta looks absolutely mouthwatering.
Aw thanks Veron
It was a really great day 
I had heard soo much about Ciabatta on the Food Channel. Now I understand why it is soo loved 
Definitely will be a staple in my breadmaking 
Aw thanks Veron
It was a really great day 
I had heard soo much about Ciabatta on the Food Channel. Now I understand why it is soo loved 
Definitely will be a staple in my breadmaking 
i am looking for a multi grain ciabatta recipe?
i am looking for a multi grain ciabatta recipe?
[...] loaf, soft and chewy on the inside with a thin crunchy rustic crust. I originally made it for my mom’s birthday in 2006, before she developed a gluten allergy and it was a huge hit. Since that time it has become [...]