food

Today’s color is orange. Over the weekend we had a nice sneak peek of summer, eating BBQ steak and orange sweet potato (or kumara as it’s called in New Zealand) on our deck. 📷🌈 #mbmay

2020-05-12 · food · mbmay

The Micro.blog mini-challenge this week is color-a-day photos. Today: red. As part of wanting to go to the store less at present, we’re trying various food delivery services, including Farmbox Direct. 📷🌈 #mbmay

2020-05-11 · food · mbmay · shopping

50 pounds of King Arthur Sir Galahad Artisan Flour. That should keep us going for a while. 🥖🍞

2020-04-23 · food · shopping

Some info on freezing eggs, if you’re interested.

2020-04-22 · eggs · food

The answer to the What’s It Wednesday question from earlier: it’s a raw lightly scrambled egg that’s been frozen in an ice cube tray, as a way to store excess eggs from our chickens. They’ll be useful next winter, as laying slows. #WhatsItWednesday

2020-04-22 · eggs · food · WhatsItWednesday

A couple of days ago I made a loaf of bread using my usual no-knead recipe, but using whole wheat flour instead of bread flour, as an experiment. As expected, it turned out a bit differently; a little too much moisture content, and a bit more dense. 🍞

2020-04-20 · bread · food

We have a bunch of potato flour, and lots of eggs, so we looked for recipes to use those. Not a lot of options, but one we found was Potato Flour Muffins. I tried making it yesterday, but the result wasn’t great.

2020-04-07 · food

Happy St Patrick’s Day! We enjoyed some homemade soda bread plus slow-cooker corned beef, carrots, and spuds. ☘️

2020-03-17 · bread · food

Celebrating Pi day with some homemade chocolate pie.

2020-03-14 · food

The finished chocolate banana bread loaves.

2020-03-02 · bread · food

What do you do when making a double batch of chocolate banana bread, and you realize there aren’t any eggs in the house? Why, go out to the chicken coop and get some freshly laid ones, of course.

2020-03-02 · bread · eggs · food

The word for day 22 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “spectacle”. Watching Rory lick sour cream off a spoon is quite the spectacle, with slobber and sour cream going everywhere. #mbfeb

2020-02-22 · dogs · food · mbfeb

The main reason for our trip to Hood River was to attend the winemaker dinner at our favorite winery, Marchesi Vineyards, along with friends. Some very tasty food and wine, accompanied by words from the winemaker, and Italian arias. An excellent evening.

2020-02-17 · beverages · david · food · friends · Hood River · jenn · vacation

The word for day 16 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “rest”. Letting my roast potato and Canadian bacon pizza rest for a moment before cutting it and adding dollops of sour cream. Mmm, tasty. #mbfeb

2020-02-16 · food · mbfeb · pizza

The word for day 11 of the Micro.blog photo challenge is “plain”. Vanilla ice cream is often considered very plain, but it’s one of my favorites (especially Oregon’s own Tillamook ice cream). #mbfeb

2020-02-11 · food · mbfeb

A recent pizza I made featuring leftover roast potatoes, Canadian bacon, and sour cream. Very tasty. 🍕

2020-01-28 · food · pizza

For the past four nights, I made small individual pizzas for my dinners, from the amount of dough I’d normally use for one pizza, but split into four portions. 🍕

2020-01-14 · food · pizza

I just made my first banana bread loaves, including chocolate chips. Turned out alright for a first try, though there are definitely things I could improve. 🍌🍞

2020-01-10 · bread · food

For the first time leaving the homestead this decade, I had a dental cleaning, then dropped off a package at the UPS store, Subway for lunch, feed store for chicken/duck/bird food, gas store for the truck’s food, and the post office to clear out the junk mail from the PO box. That’ll do me for a month or so.

2020-01-08 · food · shopping · vehicles

My no-knead bread recipe:

2019-12-22 · bread · food

Ingredients: 4 cups bread flour 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast 1 tablespoon kosher salt 2 cups warm water Directions: Mix ingredients the day before in a big bowl with a mixing spoon. Form into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and leave overnight. About 3 hours before done time, discard plastic wrap & stir with a wet spatula. Re-form into a ball. Cover with a dish towel. An hour or so before done time, put a cast iron pot in the oven (without the lid) and pre-heat to 450ºF. When hot, take out the pot, put a sheet of parchment paper on top, and use a wet spatula to transfer the dough. Trim the…