Any Way You Want It, That's the Way You Knead It

(That was just for you, Kaitlin). But seriously, I am very proud of myself for my first challah-making experience! I made a full amount of dough, which is like 8 cups of flour and 4 eggs, which meant that the actual kneading took a lot of effort (I have new appreciation for arm and wrist muscles). But I only baked half of the dough and froze the rest, so that I can enjoy fresh-baked bread again. Check out the masterpiece (except next time I think I’ll braid it a bit more enthusiastically so it’s not quite as lumpy).

That week was pretty good for food at any rate, because I moved into a roomshare (more on that to follow) and so I could spread out my stuff a bit more, buy some things to store in bulk, and most importantly use the oven (hence the challah, and I’ve also been enjoying roasting vegetables). I’m a bit behind on posts, so this is from the week of the 3^rd, but I’m working on getting some more tidbits out asap.

1.       Broccoli

2.       Flour

3.       Butter

4.       Eggs

5.       Milk

6.       Leeks (on sale!)

7.       Sugar snap peas (so exciting!)

8.       Kiwis (which will ripen in 2 weeks probably lol)

9.       Baking powder

10.   Coconut milk (big plans for this)

11.   Cucumber

12.   Potatoes

13.   Cherries (couldn’t resist, and very tasty)

14.   Bananas

15.   Yeast (had to get instant dry, which wasn’t actually what I wanted but the other yeast packets were so expensive and so tiny, so hopefully it will work okay)

16.   More trail mix (on sale, so that should last for a while)

17.   Honey (for the challah and tea)

18.   Pasta (finally had to buy some more)

19.   Oatmeal

20.   Peanut butter (finished up the others in the sauce, see below)

21.   Tiny can of tuna (on sale and lemon pepper flavoured, which sounded good)

22.   Chick peas

No more acquisitions, since I finally moved out of the hostel.

I made my meal for the week on Sunday night, finishing up a lot of my excess peanut butter in a carrot/potato/spinach/onion peanut sauce combination, stepping it up a notch with the coconut milk (it was really good and lasted for about six dinners, usually between call centre shifts). I made my first use of the oven (and the baking sheet and measuring cups/tsps I had to buy to supply the kitchen) by baking biscuits, which came out good except the oven was a little strong on the bottoms, so I’ll have to work on that.

I also roasted broccoli and made my trademark Dijon/parmesan coated leeks, which is out of the Redwall cookbook and is very tasty.

I lucked out as I was walking down George St and saw some frozen yoghurt tasters. Even better, it was the grand opening of this new froyo store, and they were serving full froyo with 3 toppings for just $2.50! Needless to say, I stood in line for a bit and was rewarded with a biscotti and green tea froyo with strawberry/passionfruit/honeycomb toppings! Score!