Breakfast
Whole Wheat Bread
There is nothing more satisfying than making bread. Taking such simple ingredients, like flour, yeast, and water, and turning them into something nourishing and fabulous is just so rewarding and self-affirming. It’s immensely satisfying knowing I can whip up a loaf of bread with practically no effort, make it dense, chewy, and nourishing, and save a bundle in the process. I think I’ll have a bread-related goal for 2011. I used the same recipe and process here as I did in my first attempt (Bread based on My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method), but I made changes to the flour mixture. Instead of 3 cups of white bread flour, I used 1.5...
Read MoreBlueberry Muffins (breads)
I found a recipe for Blueberry Muffins on Lola’s website and they looked really good. So good and easy (read: I had all the ingredients) that I decided to give these a try. But I wanted to make these a little bit healthier and so I made a few substitutions. The main one is that I took out all the butter, not that there was too much to begin with. I used applesauce instead and used a little more buttermilk. The other substitution I made was the flour. Instead of all-purpose white flour I used whole wheat pastry flour. This is what gives these muffins a bread-like feel. They really do feel like individual little breads. A perfect healthy breakfast...
Read MoreCrockpot Oatmeal – A healthy breakfast
You must have noticed that I don’t have any breakfast recipes here yet. I’ve become a non-breakfast person in the last 10 years or so. But one of my New Year’s resolutions is to eat breakfast every day. So, another try at crockpot oatmeal was a must. I’ve been experimenting with this for a few months on and off and yesterday, I was telling a friend of mine how quick, easy, and healthy a crock-pot oatmeal is. My experimenting involved different proportions as well as different things I added and when I added them. In one of the earlier versions, I’d add the dried fruit right away, but the raisins plumped up and were a little sour, the...
