I love to cook and I'm a fairly good cook. It's baking I fear. Cooking is an art. Baking is a science. Chemistry in fact. I had a good chemistry tutor in high school, thank God...but I digress. I've had a great deal of baking disasters in my day, one of them (an epic rice krispy treat explosion of marshmallow) jokingly referenced in an inscription for a book my husband gave me called "Simple Baking: Step by Step."
I've recognized I have to conquer my fear of baking as part of this project and that includes baking my own bread after noticing how long it takes for your average sandwich bread to go stale. Here is my first yeast bread of this project, which I baked yesterday.
Recipe:
- 3 cups white flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast (I got a sack of it for the freezer for winter)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
Pretty simple I'd say, though I think the end result is a bit drier than I'd like and needs a bit more salt, though all in all, not bad for a first run and the house smelled like heaven!
Dinner was a much greater success. (Photo below). Kidney beans, black beans, roasted corn, and SPICY salsa over a mix of brown rice, black barley, and daikon seeds.
All in all, I'm feeling healthier with a lot more energy, though I think the drastic change in diet may be causing a bit of havoc on the tummies in our house! So, this weekend I'm going to have to consider a few meals a bit easier on the stomach without sacrificing my goals here. Homemade pasta perhaps???
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