Elisa's Eye on the World

Minestrone Soup from the Freezer

Last weekend was cool and a steaming bowl of minestone soup pulled from the freezer with Hubs corn meal sough dough muffins rocked the house.

Hub's Sourdough Cornmeal Muffins

Fluffy, golden and there's another tray in the oven!

Whole Wheat Sour Dough Muffins

Before dinner last night, Hubs baked a batch of muffins which came out exceptionally well: moist, airy, tasty. Parchment muffin tin liners are highly recommended both for ease of taking the finished muffin out and clean up ease. The recipe came from this cookbook.

Hub's Sourdough Blueberry Hotcakes

On the griddle.

 
On my plate with real maple syrup.

On cooling racks.

Hub's Hotcakes

Hubs made hotcakes while I headed to the Farmer Market; I came home to these stacks cooling on the counter.

Yum! Once cooled small stacks were slipped into zip lock bags and stowed in the freezer. They reheat quickly in the toaster oven and form the basis of a good healthy snack on busy summer days.

Sour Dough Bread Take II

The start.

Ready to knead.

Time to bake.

Let's break bread.

Happy 2010!

Hub's Sour Dough Bread

Fresh from the oven: two lovely loaves of bread made with sour dough starter crafted by my darling Hubs.

Starting over with Sourdough Starter

The last batch of prepared Sour Dough Starter was lost when the stoneware crock fell from the fridge, spilling the contents on the floor. So back to square one. The "starter" arrives as shown, the "feeding" refers to the addition of flour and water over a short period of time. We hope to have waffles for our out of town visitors on Sunday morning. Please check back for updates.

Feeding the Sourdough Starter: Photo 3

Sunday, 8:40 a.m.

Feeding the Sourdough Starter: Photo 2

Saturday, 7:40 p.m.

Feeding the Sourdough Starter: Photo 1

Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Hubs started feeding the Live Sourdough Starer Friday night. This is the status photo after 12 hours.

Adventurous!