I got really excited when walking down the health aisle at our local supermarket. You see, they had sugar free digestive biscuits. I have never even tasted a ‘normal’ one before but I knew that I wanted to make a … Continue reading
This post is in no way a reflection on Erin, my assigned blogger for the month, Debbi, the hostess for Group C, or April. May 21: Today is the day after our May reveal day, and I am browsing Making … Continue reading
This month, the I made it challenge set by Blue Jelly Beans was for croissants and pain au chocolat. I had already made croissants using a Viennese recipe and so I decided for the pain au chocolat I would use … Continue reading
I was recently invited to take part in Sourdough Surprises but unfortunately their reveal day is the same day as my Group C reveal day for SRC. So as to not ‘miss’ out on this month’s challenge, I decided to go ahead … Continue reading
I cannot stress the importance of eating properly before training or exercising. Over a year ago Dave and I stopped eating carbohydrates at night. We were given an eating plan by our gym owner which I tagged on to our … Continue reading
Each weekend I try to bake a new type of sourdough loaf in order to get the feel for how the dough works and to change things up a bit in my house. I am not a huge fan of … Continue reading
The I MADE IT challenge for this month was to make monkey bread. Some days I feel like this monkey bread must feel when people start eating it – all torn up in different directions. I set last week Sunday aside … Continue reading
I can remember as a child making shortbread for my dad. I seem to think he loved eating shortbread and so I decided to make it for him. I have no idea where I got the recipe from, but it … Continue reading
I absolutely love rye bread and decided very soon into my sourdough journey to make a loaf. Based on Celia’s tutorial, I tweaked and tweaked until I could get it right. The only time I have ever used rye flour … Continue reading
I love the term ‘drinking my carbohydrates’. It is what we say when we know it is going to be a heavy weekend. Some men refer to beer drinking as “lunch in a bottle”. Which ever way you look at … Continue reading