Showing posts with label The Homestead Kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Homestead Kitchen. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Homestaed Kitchen!

Yesterday my husband took my daughter to the zoo for a daddy/daughter date and I worked around the homestead.

I started a batch of Artisan Bread from Mother Earth News. I made the whole wheat last week but made the white batch this week as I'm having all the moms in my family over Friday for a belated mother's day lunch and I wanted something a little less dense for them. The awesome thing about this recipe is that it makes 3 loaves and there is NO KNEADING involved. I like kneading well enough but I haven't really mastered it-How long, when is it too much, etc... This is a simple simple process and I have made 4 loaves without incident. It's better if you let it sit in the fridge overnight so I baked it today.

I also made a batch of mozzarella cheese. I halved it and made one ball of mozzarella and one log that was filled with prosciutto. My family really like this so we probably eat it faster than we would normal cheese. In addition, I started a new batch of Keifer but that won't be done until tomorrow. (and it's not really that photogenic!)