Welcome to my little corner of the web. A space, I pray, is a blessing to you! It was almost 2 years ago that I started my weight loss journey and about 8 months ago, that we really transformed what we ate into "real food." I've been blogging on my Family blog for almost 5 years and decided that a dedicated space to food/home/life would be more appropriate as more people have begun to read.
a little about me...
The Lord saved me when I was in High School and I was married when I was 20 years old and I have been married for 8.5 years. I have two sweet children (both of whom were born prematurely, 30 weeks and 33 weeks) and have grown to be healthy and happy. My son is 5.5 and my daughter is 2.5 and I love staying home with them to care for them. I run a little business on the side but my primary focus is on my family, my home, and our wonderful church.
My desire for this blog is to be a place of encouragement, ideas, and thought provoking questions. To honor the Lord in all areas of living, primarily within the walls of our homes (with a little bit of fun addressing the decor of those walls too :) with the means that He gives to us.
I hope and pray you will enjoy this little niche in the blogosphere and that we all can grow and learn and bless one another.
xo
j
side note... you will notice that this isn't my first post. I imported all of my food posts from my family blog, so they can be easily referenced here.
Friday, December 7, 2012
sourdough beginnings
I've been waiting all week to use this stuff... what I am finding out about cooking my own food for the first time... it actually takes time. Imagine that. I'm so used to having things ready NOW or grabbing something quick and easy and nowadays, I've realized that if its quick and easy, most likely, there has been a nutritional sacrifice somewhere along the road. Food takes time.
Take, my sourdough bread...
It has taken me a long time to try this. I just wasn't ready... but what has been really interesting about this whole "real food" process... Readiness comes in time. With new cooking skills has come the desire to actually try new things. Crazy. And... like anything else... practice makes perfect (or at least better than before!). Cooking has become a joy to me. Its so fun! (This should offer much hope to those of who who dislike anything "kitchen". I am a recovering kitchen-phobe. There is hope!)
The nutritional benefits of homemade sourdough bread have been my latest of readings. (HERE is a good basic article about such benefits.) Commercial yeast is full of hidden MSG and is not the "natural" way to make bread rise. So, making my own sourdough bread from scratch proved to be a little more complicated than I anticipated. I couldn't just mix stuff together, bake it, then eat it??? It would take me a WEEK to get the right dough!??!!? Ya, it does... but it has been such a cool process!!!
I followed the recipe from Nourished Kitchen found HERE:
Wow... is this how people in the olden days made bread?! YES! And we wonder why gluten intolerance has risen since the introduction of processed grains?!
Traditionally prepared sourdough, even when made with wheat, can usually be tolerated by those who are gluten intolerant (because the sourdough starter is a live active culture. It is probiotic bread that has been soaked and the gluten has been effectively broken down by the yeast and bacteria in the starter) CRAZY!
Ok, so if I would have read this a month ago, I would be lost and confused and turned off... Well each in their own time right?
So here is the beginnings of my sourdough starter... I am planning on using it for THIS recipe on Sunday. Its funny.. there is a lot of prep work, but once you have an established sourdough starter, it is like a fountain of dough that you can continually use for baking. Dough that you know is not commercially processed and dough that you have looked after and guarded :)
So, here is my sourdough starter on day 5. It finally started bubbling! ITS ALIIIIVVVVEEEE!
Anywho, lots of new things going on in my kitchen... mostly, I'm actually in my kitchen... HA! thankful for a way to serve my family so practically.. their food!
Take, my sourdough bread...
It has taken me a long time to try this. I just wasn't ready... but what has been really interesting about this whole "real food" process... Readiness comes in time. With new cooking skills has come the desire to actually try new things. Crazy. And... like anything else... practice makes perfect (or at least better than before!). Cooking has become a joy to me. Its so fun! (This should offer much hope to those of who who dislike anything "kitchen". I am a recovering kitchen-phobe. There is hope!)
The nutritional benefits of homemade sourdough bread have been my latest of readings. (HERE is a good basic article about such benefits.) Commercial yeast is full of hidden MSG and is not the "natural" way to make bread rise. So, making my own sourdough bread from scratch proved to be a little more complicated than I anticipated. I couldn't just mix stuff together, bake it, then eat it??? It would take me a WEEK to get the right dough!??!!? Ya, it does... but it has been such a cool process!!!
I followed the recipe from Nourished Kitchen found HERE:
photo source: sourdoughstarter2.jpg
Wow... is this how people in the olden days made bread?! YES! And we wonder why gluten intolerance has risen since the introduction of processed grains?!
Traditionally prepared sourdough, even when made with wheat, can usually be tolerated by those who are gluten intolerant (because the sourdough starter is a live active culture. It is probiotic bread that has been soaked and the gluten has been effectively broken down by the yeast and bacteria in the starter) CRAZY!
Ok, so if I would have read this a month ago, I would be lost and confused and turned off... Well each in their own time right?
So here is the beginnings of my sourdough starter... I am planning on using it for THIS recipe on Sunday. Its funny.. there is a lot of prep work, but once you have an established sourdough starter, it is like a fountain of dough that you can continually use for baking. Dough that you know is not commercially processed and dough that you have looked after and guarded :)
I bought a sourdough starter from Cultures for Health to make sure my sourdough would be okay, since it was my first time.
Anywho, lots of new things going on in my kitchen... mostly, I'm actually in my kitchen... HA! thankful for a way to serve my family so practically.. their food!
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