Last year, Ryan and I went on a cruise with a group of our friends over Labor Day weekend for around $250 a person. Sweet deal, huh?
Oh Yes it's '80s Night, Oh What a Night!
(Yes, we made formal night on the cruise formal ’80s night. 🙂 )
Blast from the Past
Once aboard a cruise ship, I always head straight for the dining areas to check out the goods.
For those of you who have never been on a cruise, or are unaware how the dining situation works, all of the food is included in the cost of the cruise… which basically makes every meal an all-you-can-eat experience.
Ryan and I definitely take cruising as an excuse to enjoy free soft serve after every meal. 🙂
Soft Serve Fanatics
A Love Affair Begins
On a cruise over spring break my senior year in college, I fell in love with challah bread.
Prior to the cruise I never had the pleasure of trying this eggy bread and couldn’t get over how moist and chewy it was. I made it a point to have a slice at every meal.
I recently discovered that the bakery at my local grocery store sells loaves (and half-loaves) of challah bread. I picked up a half-loaf yesterday and ate about five slices over the course of the evening last night. I seriously love this stuff.
Lunch
Today my lunch featured two slices of the doughy egg bread which I used to make a roasted red pepper hummus sandwich.
Challah + Hummus
On the side I enjoyed a serving of Kraft organic white cheddar macaroni and cheese, Mott’s natural apple sauce and garlic roasted cauliflower.
Kraft Organic White Cheddar Mac & Cheese
Mott's Natural Applesauce
Garlic Roasted Cauliflower
This was one heck of a white meal, huh?
Lunch
The best part of this lunch was the bread.
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Question of the Afternoon
What is your favorite kind of bread?
I love bread with lots of nuts and seeds in it, but my favorite has to be challah… Especially challah topped with a sweet glaze! However, if monkey bread counts as bread, that may just be my number one. 😉
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Monkey bread! My favorite part of Christmas morning brunch.
Monkey breeeaadd! Ah childhood memories 😀
I love Millet Bread – it’s gluten free and it’s got a really chewy texture 🙂
Challah sounds awesome as well!
Enjoy your day 😀
Ummm does cinnamon cheesy bread count? Because that is my favorite then.
I agree, if monkey bread counts, that’s my No. 1. I’m guessing it doesn’t. In which case, I have to pick French bread. With cheese, it’s perfect.
Challah bread is so good. I miss celebrating Jewish holidays with my ex just because I miss challah bread…But my favorite bread has to be corn bread with butter. So good any time of the day!
CORN BREAD! forgot about that one. SO good.
I used to be a bread baker, so I have a bit of an infatuation with the carbolicious goodness. The thing that I love most about the “bread” category, is that there are SO many different levels of complexity, flavor and texture. Whether it be sweet breads (corn, zuch, naner, etc.) or glorious yeast loaves that beg for simple adornments like butter, honey, jam, some cheese perhaps (or straight up, as its pulled from the oven steamy hot). Challahs and brioches are definitely near and dear to my heart-but because they are all so different and unique-my preference changes with my mood; sometimes I need some toasted corn bread, other times Ill opt for crunchy baguette. Ezekial has its place some days, but others nothing satisfies like homemade white bread with skippy pb and j. Oh bread, how i love thee..
MA
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you just made me hungry & i just finished my lunch.
I just ate one of those exact applesauces.
You better eat your COLOR for dinnah, missy ; )
warm, fresh French is definitely my favorite, hands down. it’s simple, yeasty, and perfect with anything! you’re so lucky you get to go on cruises on the cheap…one day we’ll finally make it down there for one! and i kind of want to reach through the screen and gobble that roasted cauliflower…HOLY YUM!
My favorite is challah french toast (add orange or lemon zest to the egg and milk mixture). Best. ever. Especially when it’s homemade challah your sister decided to make on a whim.
dear erin,
please come make this for me.
love,
julie
Um, if it means I get to leave the fog of San Francisco for sunny Florida, then, yes 🙂
cinnamon raisin bread!!!
Cruises are so fun, we used to do them all the time but I haven’t been on one in a few years! I love sourdough!
Oh geez, I don’t know if I could ever pick! I love ALL bread (but I’ve actually never tried the challah bread…somthing to check out now!)
Some favorites are: cinnamon raisin, focaccia, a garlic cheesy bread from a local bakery here, obviously monkey bread if that counts, and I love a nice big hunk of sourdough when I’m eating soup! 😛
Ok, I need to go find some bread now….
I’ve never been on a cruise, but I heard they are fabulous! We’re planning on going on one this winter. My favorite bread is wheat bread, preferrably a wheaty and nut type one. Yum!
Carrot or banana bread would have to be my absolute favorite, but as far as sandwich making bread, any sort of multi-grain will do it for me. 24-hour ice cream on a cruise is definitely the best part!!
Mmm i love Challah bread too, but I think my favorite has to be either ciabatta or focaccia bread! I’ve never been on a cruise before, looks like so much fun!
Garlic bread, homemade… take a loaf of artesian bread, cut in half the long way and top with Earth Balance, crushed garlic and garlic powder, (because I LOVE garlic,) broil for a few minutes and serve next to pasta with my homemade spaghetti sauce. It’s one of the only meals I can make totally from scratch and it’s amazing, I haven’t made it in months… I may need to fix this 🙂
Hysterical pics. Gawd bless the froyo on a cruise ship. I could eat my weight in frozen yogurt for a week.
I really am partial to all bread/carbs, particularly when the breads come in a puffed muffin form, lol. Fresh bread with baked brie and cheese is the way I roll (get it, bah!).
I love bread that has sweetness to it…like Hawaiian bread! yum 🙂
I totally agree with you…Challah bread is awesome! Keith’s sister makes the BEST Challah and every year she actually makes Challah rolls for Thanksgiving! Move over Pillsbury Cresents…nothing holds a candle to homemade challah! 🙂
I love any good hearty bread with seeds and things like that in it – just the kind I would have probably hated as a child! Monkey bread looks interesting, I’ve never seen anything quite like that before!
I live in an area of upstate NY with a lot of Jewish bakeries, so challah bread is very popular around here! 🙂 It’s not my favorite, though. I LOVE all bread, borderline obsessed, so it’s hard to choose. Crusty sourdough with a soft inside is one of my favorites. 🙂
Jenn
PS. I just found your blog on CNC, it’s really cute!!
Ahhh…love bread, can’t choose just one favorite. I use challah to make peanut butter and banana stuffed french toast and it is to. die. for! You must make it if you get the chance. Here’s the recipe:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/peanut-butter-and-banana-stuffed-french-toast-recipe/index.html
oh wowwww.
I seriously should have been born in the 80s — that cruise looks so fun!
I’m with you! If monkey bread counts…that is my #1 as well. Otherwise…I love a good, hard/crusty on the outside, soft on the inside bread for dipping!~
I love cruises + I seriously wish we lived close to a port. Iowa’s kind of land locked!
OMG where did you find a cruise at that price? I’m a FL girl too & am hoping to go on one (for the first time ever!) this summer!
Challah brings me back to my childhood. My family’s Jewish so I was practically raised on the stuff. Until I was about 11 my mom and I used to make it together every Friday afternoon. It is AMAZING stuff. The best part was making French toast out of the leftovers Saturday morning. Challah french toast is actually the best stuff in the world.
I’m not a huge bread person. I more use it as a vehicle for other food to get to my mouth in sandwich, wrap, etc form.
I LOVE cruises. I can’t wait for a couple years from now when the hubs and I go on one for our anniversary.
I love cruising and i love that they have fro-yo machines on every deck! 🙂
But I have never tried Challah Bread. If you say it’s wonderful, I definitely will have to give this one a try.