Pin ItLast week I introduced you to five experts on the issue of properly preparing grains, by soaking or sprouting. This week you’ll hear where the drama all began. (Catch up on all the soaking grains research here.) You can read Dr. Teri O’Brien’s article and my question that started the whole thing here. Dr. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sourdough'
An Exploration of Soaking Grains: The First Debate
May 6th, 2010 · 85 Comments · Science of Nutrition
Tags: Dr. Teri O'Brien·phytates·phytic acid·Sally Fallon·soaked grains·soaking grains·sourdough
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Honey Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
March 12th, 2010 · 74 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes
Pin It Patience. Patience is key when baking sourdough bread. You have to wait for your starter to mature. You have to wait for the dough to rise. Sometimes you have to wait longer than the recipe says and beg a little. Sometimes you even have to wait to make loaf number one into croutons [...]
Tags: baking·bread·Frugality·sourdough·whole grains·whole wheat
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Variations on Sourdough Muffins
March 10th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Recipes
Pin ItSarah Wood has made my life so much easier this week! Her recipes have been fabulous, and now I even have a few new things to try. (Sourdough pizza is planned for Sunday – we gave up seconds for Lent but will enjoy unlimited feasting on the solemnity!) Here is her last contribution to [...]
Wordless Wednesday: You Know it’s Time to Bake Sourdough Bread When…
March 10th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Uncategorized
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Sourdough Recipes Galore: Pizza Dough
March 10th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Recipes
Pin ItWe’re sticking with sourdough recipes that don’t need as much rise for now, in case you’re still nurturing your baby sourdough starter and waiting for the bubbles you really want to see, like this:Look at the beautiful air pockets right through the side of the jar! This starter is ready to leaven some bread! [...]
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Sourdough Pancakes
March 9th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Recipes
Pin ItMy very first attempt at baking anything with my new sourdough starter last fall was Sarah’s sourdough focaccia with her Best Ever Minestrone. It really doesn’t need to rise at all, which is good, because I don’t think mine did. I thought I’d died and gone to Heaven in an Italian restaurant, though, when [...]
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Whole Wheat Crackers
March 8th, 2010 · 78 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Recipes
Pin ItIf you started your sourdough starter last week, you may be ready to try your hand at something with it. I’ll be posting recipes all week long. These first few will give you a chance to use up some of your ever-growing starter without begging for rise action…success without chance of brick-bread! That’s the [...]
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