561118 Mon Sep 29 12:58:16 -0700 2008 12 31 Home Cooking 0 4070329 I often make soups and casseroles from whatever I've found in the fridge/garden or odds and ends I've brought home from work (at a restaurant). I like to make homemade bread to round it out- but these quickie dinners don't usually allow for a risen bread. Other than the obligatory corn bread, does anyone have thoughts on a savory quick bread or biscuit to accompany a fast dinner? Thanks! Mon Sep 29 12:58:16 -0700 2008 62469 happybellynh 1 4070813 This recipe looks promising. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bacon-Cheddar-Chive-Muffins-2/Detail.aspx Read the comments for tweaking. Also, I Googled for bacon muffins and came up with a lot of choices. Why couldn't you use the basic batter formula and substitute other cheeses and herbs for the bacon or sausage. Like mozzarella, chopped sun dried tomatoes, oregano for a pizza flavor. Monterey jack and chopped canned jalapenos. Shreddred carrots or apples with cheddar. Muffins bake up faster than a loaf, but you could make a loaf on your day off. Isn't Irish soda bread a fairly fast one to throw together? Although, I don't think that keeps well, so you might be making savory bread pudding out of it in a couple of days. Which is not a bad thing! Mon Sep 29 16:20:40 -0700 2008 4070329 84890 nemo 1 4070915 Beer bread...easy and can be made more interesting with addition of jalapeno cheese and fresh herbs! Mon Sep 29 17:03:45 -0700 2008 4070329 18940 LoN 2 4072256 I was just about to suggest beer bread! I love this recipe - http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Whole-Wheat-Beer-Bread/Detail.aspx especially the whole wheat part :) The first time I made it I skipped the rest of dinner and just ate the whole loaf, steaming hot, with butter. Tue Sep 30 10:05:04 -0700 2008 4070915 135311 mpjmph 3 4074759 Thanks, all! I think I'll be trying the beer bread tonight- possibly with the last of the herbs from the garden, before the frost kills them off! Wed Oct 01 11:44:49 -0700 2008 4072256 62469 happybellynh 1 4072431 This month's BA has a recipe for Bacon Cheddar Quick Bread with Dried Pears. I'm planning on making it this weekend, I'll let you know what happens! http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/10/bacon_cheddar_quick_bread_with_dried_pears Tue Sep 30 11:18:46 -0700 2008 4070329 12144 CeeBee 1 4072482 The sesame paprika muffins from the Dairy Hollow Soup and Bread cookbook are adictive! Quick, colorful and very, very good. Too ignorant to be able to post the link correctly.. http://www.bigoven.com/56038-Charlisas-Extra-Good-Sesame-Drop-Biscuit-Muffins-recipe.html Tue Sep 30 11:44:37 -0700 2008 4070329 24930 kmr 2 4072812 Posting a link is simple -- you just paste it in exactly as you did, and it linkifies! Tue Sep 30 14:36:16 -0700 2008 4072482 2 The Chowhound Team 1 4072878 My mom swears by the Best of Bridge cookbooks, and as such, always made their version of 'Fergosa Bread'. While it uses Bisquick, I have to say, it's really yummy - topped with sauteed onion, poppyseeds, and cheddar cheese. Here's my paraphrase: 1/2 C chopped onion 1 tbsp. butter 1 C. TeaBisk/Bisquick 1/2 C grated cheddar cheese 1/3 C milk 1 C grated cheddar cheese (I use less, around 1/2 cup - also good with swiss, gruyere) 1 egg, slightly beaten poppyseeds - about a tablespoon Saute onion and butter until the onion is transparent. Meanwhile, combine the biscuit mix, 1/2 cup grated cheese and milk and beat with a fork until smooth. This will be sticky. Knead 10 times on floured board working in small amount of flour if it's sticking too much. Butter 8" cake pan or deep sided pie pan, and also your hands. Spread this mixture on the bottom of the pan. Combine the cup of grated cheddar and egg. Spread on crust, sprinkle with onion-butter mixture and poppyseed. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes. To serve, cut in wedges. Tue Sep 30 15:02:50 -0700 2008 4070329 83022 MrsCris 1 4073952 CI has a great broccoli/cheddar/green onion bread that is kind of bicuit-like... and easily adaptable to other types of cheese & veg as longe as it isn't too wet... i'll see if i can dig up recipe... it is great w/ soups & casserolesand the like... only downside is that it doesn't keep well... but i have had some luck making muffins and freezing them. Wed Oct 01 06:38:23 -0700 2008 4070329 10524 withalonge 1 4074256 The easiest thing to make are hoe cakes -- equal amounts corn meal and boiling water, add some salt (and green onion if you want), cook like pancakes on a hot griddle. Nothing is simpler to make, and they're delicious with a little butter on them. Wed Oct 01 08:43:43 -0700 2008 4070329 34558 roxlet 1 4074428 Here's a nice one. I usually leave out the peppers, and I sub half the butter with yogurt to keep it a bit more moderate, calorie-wise. http://www.cookingbread.com/recipes/savory_bread/breakfast_bread_recipe.html Wed Oct 01 09:40:06 -0700 2008 4070329 87249 katecm 1 4074493 Buttermilk Biscuits. Alton Browns recipe is excellent. DT Wed Oct 01 10:04:27 -0700 2008 4070329 11291 Davwud