It’s Rooibus tea from Adagio. YUM YUM YUM.
It’s Rooibus tea from Adagio. YUM YUM YUM.
I belong to an amazing online group for Moms, and their collective wisdom blows me away on a regular basis, so when I heard them talking about how great this book was, I had to order it:
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
Basically, you mix up some flour, water, salt, and yeast – in a mixer, by hand, or in a large Cuisinart (that’s what I use – I’m the only American woman in my 30′s who gladly gave away her Kitchen Aid and never looks back), and then you put the very wet dough out to rise for a couple hours, and then stick it in the fridge.
You never knead it! After a few hours, you can take out a chunk, shape it, and bake it, and come out with loaves looking like this:
(that’s from the authors’ website, by the way, you might want to check it out!)
I love the idea of making fresh bread, but I hate the kneading process. I’m hoping this will give us all some healthy, unprocessed loaves for sandwiches, toast, and croutons. There are a lot of whole grain options, although I’m trying their basic white peasant bread tonight.
Here’s the result from my dehydrator cookie experiment. They’re surprisingly good! I miss the oaty taste that you have with baked cookies, so I might try adding some oats next time. There is a light note of flax flavor (unsurprisingly with 4 tablespoons of ground flax seed), which will take a little bit of getting used to, but the apple flavor is delicious.
I put this bowl on the kitchen table so the kids could try them at their own pace. Beth decided she loved them, Miles didn’t like them – I’m guessing he doesn’t care for the texture of dried fruit, which is definitely an acquired taste.
I’m going to keep working on this. I think some night-time carb-y oat-y maybe-a-little-bit-of-chocolate-y somethings could be a great way to fulfill that evening snack craving without all the flour and sugar of regular baked goods.
