A Bewitchingly Ordinary Life!

Some meals cry out for hot, buttery bread.  Pot roast, spaghetti, cottage pie.... I love making fresh bread.  And you want to know a secret?  It's not so much because I like to eat it. [Well I DO like to eat it], but I LOVE the smell of fresh yeast rising dough!  It seems to fill the whole house and screams out fresh home cooking! This time I made yeast rolls, using a basic recipe.  And of course there is room from tweaking based on preference. What you need: 1 cup warm water 1.5 tablespoons yeast 1 teaspoon honey  1/2 cup melted butter 1/4 cup honey 3 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 4-6 cups of flour Directions: * add one cup warm water, yeast, and 1 teaspoon honey to a bowl.  Let sit for 10 minutes until the mixture foams up. * add in eggs, melted butter, and honey to yeast mixture.  Mix until blended. * using a mixture with dough hook, by hand, or in a bread machine, add 1 cup of flour at a time.  Keep adding flour until dough pu...

I love to bake and try new concoctions.  Sometimes it works, other times I can only shake my head. Today I found something that works! I was in the mood to make some kind of coffee cake style muffins of loaf.  Plus I had quite a bit of yogurt that's going to go bad because I won't be able to eat it all before the expiration date. Using sugar, flour, baking soda and powder, yogurt, eggs, oil, and milk I made a better that Ive found can be quite versatile. The Basic Recipe 1 cup of all purpose flour 5-6 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt Combined dry ingredients in a bowl, give a quick whisk 1 egg 2 tablespoons of milk 1/2 plus 2 tablespoons yogurt 3 tablespoons oil Whisk together wet ingredients in a bowl, pour onto dry ingredients and whisk until blended.  Don't over mix. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Now the tweaking. I used strawberry yogurt, and added...

It's been three months since I've begun changing my eating lifestyle habits once and for all!  The only thing that I have ever found that has worked is the low carb method.  However, it can be too limiting.  Now I don't really fit into any category other than enjoying life while I still eat deliciously! The basics of it?  Sugar, wheat, and processed carb free. And it works!  In three months I've lost about 22 lbs and 1 dress size.  I have more energy [most of the time when the Fibromyalgia doesn't flare up], less stress on joints and I feel full! So when I changed over, I knew my sweet tooth and my love of sinfully delicious food would not just disappear.  So I began to explore options that could be healthier.  And sometimes not so healthy.  I do use some sugar free items.  But I also love some stevia and monk fruit sweetener as well! First, I adore bread!    And found that the sprouted grain line of breads did wonderful ...