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I went back into the kitchen on Friday, determined to put Wednesday's mistakes behind me. I baked Len’s recipe for Wheat/Rye/Semolina Buns. I made just a couple of changes: I proofed the yeast in ¼ tsp. water and replaced the rest of the water with buttermilk; I added 2 tbs. special dry milk. I used the olive oil. I mixed it in the bread machine--waiting to add the olive oil until after the 5-minute mix and 5-min rest at the start of the dough cycle. I made 8 buns. They are as wonderfully light and delicious. We used them tonight for Sloppy Josephines, and we are looking forward to rerunning the meal tomorrow!
On Friday, I used my Nordic Ware 6-well “basket” pan, which I unpacked this week. I took the recipe off the package, but I substituted canola oil for the butter, used buttermilk and adjusted the baking powder and baking soda, reduced the sugar slightly, halved the salt, and used 1/3 cup barley flour. I really like barley flour in cakes. I also mixed by hand. The resulting cakes taste delicious, and they make good holders for fresh strawberries with low-fat frozen vanilla yogurt on top. I no longer miss strawberry shortcake.
On Monday, I made salmon and couscous with Penzey’s Mural Seasoning. We had microwaved frozen peas on the side.
For Tuesday’s dinner, I roasted chicken thighs seasoned with a bit of olive oil, poultry seasoning, and sweet curry. We had them with lemon-pepper noodles and a salad that included romaine lettuce (hydroponic) from the farmers market on Sunday, a tomato from an Amish lady who had it from her greenhouse, and some lovely green onion from yet another vendor.
We had rain this afternoon, and it cooled our area down nicely--for now.
Glad to hear the AC is working, Mike.
I started my baking projects on Monday morning, as it will be a warm day. I first baked my Lower-Fat Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers from the dough I made a week ago. I don’t usually keep it this long, but I was hoping for a break in the weather. The crackers came out fine. I then made the KAF Maple Granola (recipe on their site—not the one in the Whole Grain Baking Book). I again reduced the coconut from one cup to a half cup. I decided to leave the salt at ½ tsp., I used pecans (still working my way through those from our former home in Texas), and I added ½ cup pumpkin seeds. I added 2 cups of raisins after the granola finished baking, as my husband does not care for cranberries or apricots. In this hot, humid weather, when my husband is working around the yard and house, he seems to do better with slightly salty snacks, and those with potassium and magnesium seem to help as well. I was surprised that he really liked the granola, which he finds a delectable snack. I like to mix it into my Greek yogurt, or occasionally to have it for breakfast without milk.
Addendum: I also delete the vanilla--no point in covering up the maple flavor! I baked the granola in the large pan I used to use for Chex mix instead of messing with two separate short pans.
