Thursday, January 26, 2012

Another loaf of homemade bread



This iteration was based on the same recipe consulted for last week's iteration. I was all out of whole wheat bread flour, so this version uses organic, all-purpose flour. I used flax oil for the vegetable oil called for — mostly because I should use up the flax oil I've been keeping in the fridge. I should probably also mention that the eggs we keep in stock at home are always organic because I find that the non-organic kind irritate my stomach.

This is the best bread I've ever made, so it's fairly safe to say I'm going to make it again.

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Tourtière double-whammy



After the wild success of my last foray into tourtière-making, I thought it would be a nice comfort food to make for dinners this week. One will be frozen for future use.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Continuing adventures in the land of homemade bread



It would appear that the secret to an excellently-proofed (risen) bread is sugar in the dough mixture. The recipe I consulted calls for ¼ cup of sugar (far more than the usual lack of sugar in the yeast dough recipes I've worked with). I cringed while I added it to the dry ingredients, but it made a huge difference in the final result. Consider me schooled.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Today's breakfast



Chocolate Chip Pancakes. Yum.

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Saturday, January 07, 2012

Walk off the Earth - Somebody That I Used to Know



Cover of the Gotye song. For those who haven't seen it yet.

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