Tonight I poached 2 chicken breast in my Demarle Fluted Square Mold. I sauteed some beautiful green beans with chopped sweet onions and garlic. Yum! I made a loaf of challah on my Silpat too. I didn’t give it enough time to rise so it wasn’t as fluffy as I like it to be. I divided the batch of dough into 2 parts. I made “challahettes” with the second part of dough, they are sitting in my Demarle Muffin Tray in the freezer right now. When I am ready to cook them, I’ll let them defrost/rise for a couple of hours and then bake them right in the muffin tray in a preheated oven.
I’m working on my grocery list for next week. I’m going to ride my bike the Farmer’s Market tomorrow (a day early, but the market only comes once a week!) I am working on a way to track bulk/staple items v.s. weekly eating items. Since I am baking more items (muffins, biscuits, cookies) I am going thru butter like crazy. I am also getting really low on raw milk, and since I spent over $60 on it just 2 weeks ago, I’m wondering how to justify buying more so soon. I did make 2 batches of cream cheese with it; I still have a lot of it left. But I really want to make my own yogurt. And kefir. And possibley butter. Time to start working My Costs page.
Hey Carrie, I just made my own yogurt a couple of weeks ago for the first time. I wasn’t sure if it would be worth the effort instead of just buying it, but it was so easy and I actually thought it tasted better. And if you have raw milk available, then for sure, try it! I haven’t made kefir yet but that’s definitely on the list of things I want to try.
Comment by smallnotebook — July 31, 2008 @ 11:26 pm |
Hmmm…bit too advanced for me, yet. Not even sure what kefir is!
Comment by sdsue — August 3, 2008 @ 9:41 pm |
Kefir is kinda like fermented milk, only it’s much better than is sounds.It’s made by putting kefir grains into milk and letting it sit. It’s GREAT for smoothies, I use it to make pancakes too. It tastes a bit like liquidy sour cream. It’s perfect with berries and a little stevia. Kefir has lots of lactobacillius in it so it’s better for your tummy than that Activa crap.
Comment by suburbanmomcooks — August 3, 2008 @ 10:23 pm |