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 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
For April the Fresh From The Oven challenge was set by Jen over at Blue Kitchen Bakes. The challenge was to make Knackerbröd which is literally a crisp bread. Dave and I have a nightly ritual of ending our meal with cheese and … 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
Until I developed an allergy to an unknown substance I never considered how many items are made in a factory that uses nuts. And if you are a label reader like I am, then you will know how many savoury … 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