Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
As you may have figured out from some of my earlier posts, I did not grow up eating food made from scratch. My mom is a good cook, but definitely used boxed mixes and convenience items. So where did I get the idea to eat real food? DH would blame my friend and former co-worker Holly. She’s the one who told me about kombucha, turned her front lawn into a garden, and made a believer of raw milk out of me when she brought fromage blanc to work.
I’m not entirely sure why this bread is called “Pilgrim’s Bread” in the cookbook More-With-Less. Maybe it’s the corn meal? Regardless, it’s pretty rustic and tasty.
This is similar to the naan I made the other day. Super easy, with a great flavor! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Grilled Bread 1 1/4 cups warm water 1 tsp active dry yeast 1 1/2 cups bread flour 1 1/2 cups whole wheat bread flour 2 Tbs olive oil 1 tsp salt 1 Tbs fresh herbs 1 tsp garlic (minced) 1/2 tsp pepper 1. In a small mixing bowl, stir together water and yeast until dissolved. 2. Add flours, {Read More}
This bread from Simply in Season is in the summer section, but you can use dried spices and make it year round!
DH and I LOVE Indian food. In fact our first date was at Bombay Cuisine. I’ve always wanted to make naan at home–luckily Simply in Season had the recipe!
If you ever find yourself with stale bread or bread that didn’t quite turn out, make croutons! This is a great way to save money and they’re so much healthier than store-bought.
On Saturday I saw lots of specialty focaccia breads for sale, and remembered that I had a recipe for it in Simply in Season. I had the perfect opportunity to make it as we got together with friends for a cookout.
Although Simply in Season warned that lemon thyme would be difficult to find, it really wasn’t. I saw it at the farmer’s market for sale in both picked form ($1) and in plant form ($2). I decided to buy the plant. Unfortunately it died. Next time I went to the farmer’s market I went from stall to stall, with the arrival of spring vegetables there weren’t as many stands selling already-picked herbs. I stopped at the herb-sellers, and at the {Read More}
This is another one of the bread recipes from Simply in Season. In fact, there aren’t that many left. I will quite miss the challenge, although I’m sure I will find some other bread recipes to make. Now that I’m sort of in the habit, I’ll continue. That said, as you can see from the photo, I still have a long way to go in bread baking mastery.
Someone recently asked me if there were any recipes that I’d like to try but can’t because I’m busy with all the recipes in Simply in Season. Well, truthfully yes. But I didn’t let the 145 remaining recipes stop me from trying this recipe!
