cooking from scratch

Will this be my favourite sourdough starter?  [Lets_make_sourdough_starter.PNG] Let’s make some sourdough starter, together.  There are many, many different sets of directions for sourdough starters. There are wet versions, dry versions, and in-betw

First: sourdough discard biscuits Next: biscuits with freeze-dried powders [Sourdough_discard_spinach_biscuits.PNG] Last month, I think it was, I made biscuits from my sourdough discard and they were delicious!! I thought, at the time, that they w

Save your sourdough discard mixture and make some breadsticks for dipping. [Sourdough_discard_bread_sticks_recipe.PNG] This is a really fast and easy recipe to make with your sourdough discard.  The Ingredients • 300 grams sourdough starter discard

Cooking like grandma means cooking from scratch [Cooking_from_scratch.PNG] My grandmother, the one that I knew, had a family of twelve to feed on a daily basis. And - she did it in the 1920’s and beyond. Just imagine that. Now, I don’t remember

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

Bread, soup, dessert - all from scratch, before the expected storm takes out our power. Can I do it? [Meal—prep_before_a_storm.PNG] The Plan They are predicting a severe storm, including freezing rain, for today and I’d like to have some meals prep

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

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

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

“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