Day 18 and recipe 16

I had high hopes that this would have been a "3 Recipe Day"but alas, my first
catastrophe! I am calling it "The Great Bread Machine Disaster" It was not
just one loaf but TWO. Any guess where the bread machine is now residing?
Yes, you are right! I marched the smoking mess swiftly to the nearest trash
can in the garage, while shouting, "Man does not live by bread alone."

I am not exactly sure what caused the first loaf to go wrong. I was trying to bake Seven Whole Grain Bread (pg168), but after 2 1/2 hours I peaked at the
bread only to find a pile of browned flour. I decided that there must be a typo in the recipe which only called for 1/4 c water (I will check with Bill on that one). Anyway, since it was still only 3:00pm I decided to try again with the recipe for Whole Wheat Maple Bread that I baked on Day 5. However, I could not get my machine to reset the timer to zero. Twenty five minutes still remained from the previous loaf. I thought at that point it would probably just be cooling so I would let it run the course and then start the baking cycle. I was wrong! It baked without ever stirring! So there you have it!

However, I did have one big success and that was with the recipe for Sweet Potato Soup (pg 55). Unimaginably delicious! I left out the rice milk because I like my soup thick. It raised my hopes again. However, I couldn't help thinking about Julie and her disaster with the Beef Bourguignonne!

I have included the Veggie Burger recipe that I promised you. Please try it and let me know what you think. I think they are the best Veggie Burgers ever!