Sourdough Journey

Is today bread day? [Is_sourdough_starter_ready.PNG] Why, yes, I believe it is!! The Plan My goal is to make bread first thing tomorrow morning and Elaine’s basic recipe schedule is based on making bread in the afternoon … .. until you turn the pa

Yesterday was bread MAKING day and today was bread BAKING day - and it all paid off! The Recipe The recipe/directions for my mini-loaf is from “The Sourdough Whisperer” book by Elaine Boddy  In the book are many variations, not only for the sourdoug

Sourdough bread #2, using The Sourdough Whisperer Method [Why_is_my_sourdough_green.PNG] The Inspiration The main inspiration for this loaf of bread was my LAST loaf of bread! The first one was so delicious and so easy and fun to make that I just

Is the 3rd time  a charm? [Sourdough_fail_or_win.PNG] This past week has been so exciting as I’ve  been making sourdough bread using the Elaine Boddy method from the book, The Sourdough Whisperer. One loaf - fantastic Two loaves - best bread I hav

Rick loves his pizzeria pizza but “if it’s in the house, it’s in my mouth”. I have no will-power and pizza creates inflammation (aka weight gain) for my body, every time. Today is experiment day - making homemade sourdough pizza from scratch, using

I began my “seriously sourdough” journey 5 loaves ago, after discovering the book THE SOURDOUGH WHISPERER by Elaine Boddy. [Sourdough_experiment.PNG] Experiment #1 My first loaf I made, the mini-loaf recipe in the book, was not only an experiment w

As I write this, Christmas is less than a week away and I want to serve some sage-flavoured sourdough bread that I made from scratch, with my two little hands. And that means some experimenting. [Sourdough-experiment.PNG] The Experiments 1. To ma

As you know, I found a second-hand roaster oven after the holidays and tried it out by roasting a chicken. - loved it.  But will it bake bread? [403140B2-37CB-4CC3-A58B-502EE4D63FA7.jpeg] I tried baking bread this morning. • I put the sourdough into

Today is Christmas and we were supposed to be hosting the family get-together but … the big storm hit.  Let’s backtrack a bit .. Friday, I had started the bread-making process. I took the sourdough starter from the fridge, let it warm up to room temp

Ok, the experimenting already started - when I purchased the “The Sourdough Whisperer” book and tried Elaine Boddy’s sourdough method. But, with my sourdough starter begging,  “don’t put me back in the fridge”  and a loaf of bread already in the bre

This was the wisdom I received while journaling this morning:  “Making sourdough gives water, nbiish, time to do its medicine to help make grains digestible. ” Nbiish, the Ojibwe word for water, according to Native teachings, is the first medicine.

“Don’t put me back in the fridge,” MzElla said. MzElla is my sourdough starter. Sourdough starters are named to remind us that they are alive. The wild yeast within that starter are active, living, hungry microorganisms. The experiment I already ha