The comic idea is courtesy of the Advanced Teacher Challenge at Edublogs. I thought it would be more interesting to tell you about a mundane topic in this way.
I only recently figured out the bread maker I got. Since I am more interested in making healthy bread, there was, of course the learning curve. I ruined about 3 loaves before I just decided to start out with plain old white bead (yuck!). I never have been a fan of white bread.
Of course when I got to Target, they only had one model and one left of that model. Yeah for choice! The thing is huge, but then, I like tiny Japanese stuff. Literally the Zojirushi model I wanted (still do) is half the size at twice the price. If this one ever breaks, I'm getting the Zojirushi!As far as the being eco-friendly goes, I make my own bread so I don't need to buy packaged stuff from the store. I also do my own pizza dough, and the title of the post comes from my hankering to do artisan-y breads. I did a braid and little buns (cute and tiny, I sense a theme...).
The way I save money with this is to buy the ingredients in bulk. I go to Sprouts and measure out only what I need and pay less per unit for it.
Having all sorts of individualized appliances makes for a bit of clutter, but in these times, who has time to make bread from scratch? I stay at home, but I think I like using the computer better than kneading bread. How do you do your baking? I'd love to hear what you use and maybe a favorite recipe. Please, take a minute to share a comment for this post.
I inherited our bread machine from my sister in law when she moved recently. I loved the onion and chive bread I made, but...GASP...it is a white bread! haha I tried my hand at cinnamon raisin bread, but I think I'm too used to the pre-packaged stuff because the kind I made seemed too dense and something about adding all that bread flour to the recipe for added gluten seems really unhealthy. :( I'd love for you to email me some of your healthier recipes!!! I need a good whole wheat everyday sandwich bread one if you have one.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Evelyn!
DeleteI will try to email you some recipes but keep your eye on Facebook messages just in case I can't remember your email addy.
As for recipes, I just use the ones in the book that came with the machine and then substitute from there. Also, I bought vital wheat gluten to put in with the wheat flour. It still comes out pretty heavy though. Sometimes I even throw in flax seed in place of one or two cups of flour. I haven't quite perfected it yet. The old machine seemed to be a little more flexible.
Anyhoo, thanks for reading!