The BF made dinner last night. Sliced tomatoes from an urban farm in Pasadena with a bit of olive oil and salt. Squash and zucchini soup. I served the soup with some leftover ciabatta I baked yesterday. I’m going to be sad when summer is over and we no longer have delicious fresh tomatoes.
Fresh baked sourdough bread and some good, stinky cheese. Is there anything better than that to start off a morning? My sourdough starter is about a month old and it’s already got a nice tangy taste. It has pretty good leavening power too. I just wish I was better at making good looking bread as [...]
It’s been windy and cold in the evenings, which means autumn is here. What better way to usher in autumn than warming the entire apartment by baking bread and making soup?
A few days ago, I thought the weather was finally cooling, so I decided to bake bread. I made a biga the night before with just some flour, water, and yeast. I let it sit out for an hour or two before chucking the whole thing in the fridge to develop.
The next day, [...]
I made some griddle flat-bread for the first time last week to go with some rosemary bean spread and home-grown basil. I wanted something refreshing that didn’t take too long in the kitchen, so this was perfect. Luckily, I also had some cream of broccoli soup in the freezer to balance out the [...]
Eager to try out my new mint plant, I made myself a mojito when I got home from work today. Unfortunately, there were no limes in the house, but the mojito was still refreshing.
For dinner, I made bread salad (Bittman recipe) with some leftover bread from the weekend. I also roasted some baby [...]
The BF started eating eggs again, yay. He made scrambled eggs with chives on toast to celebrate.
