breadmaker

Family Routine – 1 month

During the first month at home, here’s what a typical day with our family of three looks like… 7 am: Wake up (for good).    I usually don’t go back to sleep after P decides he’s hungry between 6-8 am.  He eats every 2-4 hours or so throughout the night (it’s occasionally more frequent during the day) so if it’s before 6 am I usually try to go back to sleep again, but if it’s after that I just get up.  Kyle showers while I change and breast feed and then brings the pack ‘n… Read more >

Happy Meals

I dunno if you guys want ideas but here are some of the latest and greatest (?) from the hippie kitchen.    Kale salad with candied nuts, dried cranberries & smoky lemon tahini dressing.   1 large bunch of kale, washed, de-stemmed, ripped into bite sized pieces 1/3 cup dried cranberries 1 cup candied nuts (I used almonds and pecans) Bon Appetit’s Smoky Lemon Tahini Dressing – I halved it and added 1 tbsp of both miso paste and maple syrup   Wednesday was national frozen yogurt day (uhhh, that’s a thing??) so Menchie’s was… Read more >

Gluten Free Breadmaker Bread

Whole wheat bread in the breadmaker is easy.  It’s effortless.  It turns out every time.  Gluten free baking is so much harder.  There are a million different variables.  And even after reading countless blogs and baking books, I still understand barely a fraction of it all.    But look!  A successful loaf that doesn’t involve bean flours. [Background info: My only really successful gluten free loaves have all included bean flours.  However, my GI tract likes bean flour about as much as it likes wheat.  Less, in fact.  Hence the mission to find a breadmaker… Read more >

Be excited x2

What a tease of a post title!  Ok, but seriously, there are two things that I cannot wait to share.  Both are in the photo below.   Number 1.  The bread. Technically it’s still a work in progress, but already I can tell it’s got lots of potential.  It’s the best I’ve done yet.  And for a gluten free breadmaker recipe, it’s good enough to share.    Because this GF bread doesn’t use bean flours.  And I threw everything in the breadmaker just like I would with a wheat loaf.    I am so freakin’… Read more >

Readers request: Breadmaker bread

This is the recipe I use time and time again (I’ve strayed but none are as good as this simple whole wheat loaf).   Whole Wheat Breadmaker Bread [vegan] For a 1.5 lb loaf Ingredients: 1 cup + 2 tbsp warm water 1 tbsp + 1 1/2 tsp Earth Balance 1/4 cup sugar (I usually use coconut sugar, but I’ve used cane sugar too) 1 1/4 tsp salt 3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 2 1/4 tsp yeast (1 packet) Directions: Add to breadmaker in the order listed above.  For the yeast, make a small… Read more >