Well, this whole Radical Homemaker job is really keeping me busy! I've been a baking machine and did a lot of studying today. I'm reading a lot on farming right now and I'm constantly hitting the limit of books allowed to be checked out at the library. Luckily, I have a few librarians on my side who override such things as "too many books."
So here is my Week 1 of meal planning:
It looks slightly chaotic, right? I figure I must start somewhere though. And obviously I'm not great so far because half of my days are empty. It's really only dinners that hang me up. My breakfasts are consistently the same. I've already made changes to my Week 2 and will post that outline soon. But here's what I've been baking...
An apple galette adapted from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook. The top picture is when it was heading into the oven and below is the final product.
Next came this cracked wheat bread that truly took me all day to bake. The initial rise of the starter was a minimum of four hours to a maximum of 24! I let it sit for about six hours, but there was more resting time later. However, it was worth the wait because I think this was the best loaf of bread I've ever made. Chewy texture with a crisper crust. I'm already excited about breakfast to throw some apple butter on!
Tomorrow is a day of pies. I will be roasting a pie pumpkin and making all the pie crusts. People say making pie dough is easy...but I don't know if I trust them. I'll let you know!
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