Our passion is great bread!
Here’s a new twist on a theme… Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms, the host of the BBB’s this month, made Summer Twists for the bread bake this month. She adapted her recipe from Farine’s Morning Cuddles. Both versions sounded cute and cuddly, but I didn’t have all of the ingredients so I created my own version using spelt, hazelnuts and dates. I’m calling them My
I’ve had a continuous supply of cucumbers this season from my cucumber plants. It’s been rewarding (and tasty) to watch the plants grow from seedlings into mature plants. I’ve enjoyed raw cucumbers, refrigerator pickles, and now this cucumber soup. I have more cucumbers so I’ll be looking for other creative ways to use them. This Cucumber and Potato Soup is based on a recipe for
These Poolish Baguettes utilize an overnight poolish with a lower hydration than the standard 50/50 mix of flour to water so the dough isn’t quite as wet. The dough is easy to work with, and produces a lovely crumb. Note: I made these during the summer when it was really humid in my kitchen so if you are baking in a different environment, you may
I love strawberries and making jam. So, I set out to make some strawberry vanilla jam, but not with just any strawberries, mind you. I went straight to the source – the strawberry patch — at Washington Farms. Strawberry season started early this year, and I didn’t get there until mid-May, but I still managed to pick two buckets full of berries. I froze a
Bob’s Red Mill, the leading provider of whole grain foods and official purveyors of the World’s Best Oatmeal®, is again looking for someone to represent the company at the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship in Scotland this October. All you need is a winning recipe that makes use of Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats! What is a Spurtle? A spurtle
