I have yet to try the life-changing bread again, but I took note of the link to a yummy-sounding bread that the always awesome Erin brought to my attention. I tucked it into my spacious memory (spacious because nothing stays in there for long) and went about my daily business. Then one day about a week ago, I had a hankering for homemade bread and hunted down that link. I've made it twice in the last week and have another one planned for today. Friends, this bread is absolutely delicious. …
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Chocolate Muffins You Can Feel Good About
Initially, this post was going to bear the title "Healthy Baking And I Are Not Friends". But upon reflection these muffins weren't completely abysmal, unlike my non-life-changing bread from last week. Anyway, this week I tried my hand at a chocolate-zucchini muffin recipe I found via Pinterest. It promised to be gluten-dairy-nut-free, and because I still had quite a lot of gluten-free flour left over from my GF baking blitz earlier this year, it seemed to be the perfect opportunity to use it …
The Life-Changing Bread?
I don't know about you, but when a photo of a hearty-looking bread with the label "Life-Changing Bread" enters my Pinterest feed, I immediately pin it and decide to make it the next day. Lucky for me, when I checked the ingredients I had almost everything in my pantry except the chia seeds, psyllium husks and sunflower seeds. Somehow, without realizing it, I've become the kind of person who usually does have chia and sunflower seeds on hand, but I'd used them up. So I went to my local …
Rustic Apple Tart
When autumn rolls around, apple desserts are mandatory. I've been meaning to make my favorite apple dish for quite some time now, and yesterday had just the right amount of crisp and cool in the air to get me going. I consult mainly two sites for my sweet fixings: Smitten Kitchen and Orangette. This "rustic apple tart" is from the inimitable Molly of Orangette -- since 2008 when she first posted it, this tart has been a regular part of our fall desserts, and it's divine. Just as the …
Easy California Rolls
On days when I want a light dinner, I turn to California Rolls. The typical California Roll is what I would call "inside out" with the rice on the outside; however, that involves using plastic wrap around the sushi rolling mat, and that's just too much work. My version is a cheater style, and it requires just seven ingredients and 10 minutes if the rice is ready to go: Japanese rice (short-grain sticky rice) Sushi vinegar Imitation crabmeat English (or Japanese or Persian) …