I live in a farmhouse on five acres in the country. It’s time for this suburban girl to learn a few things!
Welcome to my self-taught Homesteading 101.
Round four of bread making! (For more bread recipes, see Post #1, Post #2 and Post #3)
Guys. I started working with sourdough starter last week and I’m not sure I’ll ever go back! I have never been so in awe of the miracle that is bread. The ritual of it, the time and attention it requires…it’s all amazing to me. Mark and I just re-watched the “Air” episode of Cooked (on Netflix) and I’m even more inspired to bake the best I can for my family.
Below are four new recipes that I’ve tried:
- Oatmeal Bread
- A new mix of two types of flours plus the addition of old-fashioned oats.
- Consensus: Delicious!
- Flour Tortillas
- My friend Shelly makes her own tortillas and I finally made the time to try it too!
- Consensus: So easy and SO good! There’s really nothing like a taco made with a warm tortilla right from the skillet.
- French Rolls
- I randomly found this recipe on a new-to-me blog and knew I needed to make these right away!
- Consensus: Delicious! My kids were big, big fans of this one.
- Easy Sourdough (using instructions from Artisan Soughdough Made Simple)
- I was so intimidated by the sourdough process but decided that the lazy days of summer are the perfect time to learn! I read the directions over and over, texted my mom a bunch of questions and hoped for the best, hah!
- Consensus: Amazing. I’m hooked.
Fun fact: Today is my blog-iversary! I started this little blog seven years ago today and have written 865 posts since. I’m so thankful for this little space on the web!
I'm so proud of you for trying the tortillas! (and so glad they turned out!) They are so much work, but man are they good!
Also- HAPPY BLOG-IVERSARY! My ten year is in August, and that's making me feel old. Ha!!!
They are SO good! My only complaint is that they go too fast – the kids would eat 'em up as fast as I could make them, hah!
I too have been meaning to try tortillas- inspired by you Shelly! I must try, I'm not going to lie – it's so intimidating! Okay, Ashley, you went first – mine turn next!
happy blogiversary! I'm so grateful that you started blogging!!
I'm going to borrow some of these recipes. we go through bread like maniacs over here, we definitely need to start being responsible for making some of our own! thanks for the recipe links!
That's the exact reason I started too – we were buying SOO much bread! There's a little bit of a learning curve, but it's so great once you hit a groove.
happy blogiversary girl! SO grateful you're still going!
Thank you so much for reading my ramblings!
I want to try my hand at sourdough but it is intimidating…however I've made your tomato soup with a bacon base twice and I love it. Congratulations on your blogiversary, it's truly a source of joy and inspiration
Sourdough definitely has a learning curve, but so worth it once you figure it out! I'm so happy the tomato soup is a hit at your house too.