Spices Over Yanda Blog (Previously Allyson's Attempt at Domestication)

I am really soo excited! I LOVE wheat bread. As I've posted before, I store and grind my own wheat at home, so using it is really important to me. I posted a recipe for Fast and Easy Whole Wheat Bread before and it is super easy and it is super yummy. However, there were a couple things I didn't like about it and I think I figured out a couple easy ways to improve the recipe. Here is the recipe after I changed a couple things: 2 1/2 cups hot tap water 2 tsp. dry active yeast 5 1/2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup white flour 1 tbsp. salt (I use kosher) 1/3 cup oil (I use olive oil) 1/3 cup honey or sugar (I use sugar) 1 1/4 tbsp. lemon juice Mix together water and yeast and add 1 tsp. of the sugar or honey. Allow to sit for at least 5 minutes to proof the yeast. Add the 1 cup white flour and 3 cups whole wheat flour, stir and let sit for 10-15 minutes just until it starts to rise. Add salt, oil, the rest of the honey or sugar and lemon juice and mix for one minute. Add the ...

Whew! It's been too long between blog posts! I need to do better. I'm sure I'll be posting more as I have many new ideas of things I want to try. Plus, for the first time I am planning on planting a fall garden. I plan on starting just as soon as this 100 degree weather subsides. :D The kids all go to school on Monday. That combined with needing to save more money to pay for orthodontics for one of my children has me back to meal planning. Yay!! My friend tipped me of to a GREAT sale on pork chops this weekend, so I went and loaded up on those, london broil and beef roasts. I've been sticking to a strict $80 per week grocery budget (we are a family of 5 and that includes ALL household items) so yummy meat isn't always on the menu. The pork chops were .99 per pound, london broil and beef roast were 1.99 per pound. My cut off for meat is usually 2.00 per pound so this worked out great! I also have on hand a few pounds of ground beef, 3 whole chickens and I al...