megalodon bites the bread babes

ok people.

so as you know i was just in denver for an epic weekend.

in my delusional bread babeness, i hoped to show camp1899 the sacredness of the gluten free sandwich bread that i love.  kelli and peter's gluten free flour recipe is a staple in the mullies and i have really gotten into making bread.  new skills turn me on.  i prefer their baguette recipe over the sandwich bread recipe (cuz you only need to use warm water!) and i decided it would be SO FUN to have them buy all the flour... mix up all the flour... and make two loaves of bread.  

NOW.  i was in bread experimental mode.  camp1899 is fully vegan and the cookbook offers an eggless version which simply increases the milk mixture and xanthan gum.  so, this is what we did:

1st loaf=2 c rice milk + 1/2 c light coconut milk

2nd loaf= 2 c rice milk + 3 egg replacer eggs + light coconut milk to equal 2.5 cups

we kept all of the other recipe variables the same like usual.  i make the sandwich bread with eggs and my dairy free milk concoction all the time in my kitchen.  so this seemed to be a flawless plan to see if an egg replacer would be a factor in making better bread.

are you following me? does it even matter if you are!?

both loaves rose gorgeously.  all the way to the top of the pans by the end of the hour of rising.  we had cocktails under their southern style porch, chatted with neighbors and marveled at how cool it was to watch the dough go up up up.

we put it in the oven.

and after a bit this is what happened... sinkage.

and more sinkage!!!!!!

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

well, does it taste good?  yes, but not the texture nor the density that was expected.  oye.

so, our bread babeness bombed.  big time.

the egg replacer was bubkiss... didn't matter a lick.

why did it sink after rising so great!?  did we not cook it long enough?  the inside was super doughy and moist and just turned into a brick.  so, i am ON IT!!!  i will not rest until i figure out how to make a vegan loaf of bread for my bunny and her mate.  peter and kelli, i need help:)  this bread babe adventure is to be continued...

so what happened after that?  after we cried about our failure as bread bakers?

well of course, we turned on a little discovery shark week action.

and got sucked into megalodon.  i'm so mad i could spit.



ps

just found out peter and kelli will be coming out with a dairy free, egg free version of the sandwich bread... oh oh oh oh oh... megalodon!!!!!!!!!!!

real shiny and new

i spent a long lovely weekend in denver full of wonderful memories.

somehow, i did not take any pictures of my two night stay at camp1899 (the most fantastic 526 square feet DIY i've.ever.seen).  thank heavens bunny took pics for me, it really was the perfect weekend.

i helped my sis and family move into their new denver home (i.love.every.square.inch) and spent time with my two sweetie pie neices.  ohhhhhh, i can hear them now... "where the ____ did lindsey put the colander!?!?!?" my goal was to get the kitchen completely unpacked and besides for their cookbooks, i think we did it!  ...oh how i wish i lived closer to my sister.  i wonder what fun imaginary worlds her two little girls will dream up together like we did so long ago.  whatever would i do without our nutty-ness!?  to the mullies you go in your new home sister.

i walked to a farmer's market with my parents and found some real food loveliness to bring back to the newly unpacked kitchen:  fresh goat cheese, red pepper hummus, (another spanish style spread i can't remember the name of), crusty sourdough starter bread and local peaches.

we smelled the sunflowers.

and ate a lot of peaches.

the best part?  when i landed back in chi-town yesterday and checked my email, my bunny surprised me with something totally unexpected, shiny and new for me.  did you notice?  a fresh, beautiful blog banner full of pictures that=the mullies for me.  oh.my.dear.i.love.it.so.  thank you thank you thank you.

girlfriends really do make the world go round.




ps

chris looked at my pictures as i was typing this post and he reminded me of this song.  i had no idea there was an epic ninja fight at the end...  makes me love it even more.


pps

school starts tomorrow!!!  i feel a little unprepared given my traveling last weekend... but this school lunch post from 100daysofrealfood is going to help me big time with transitioning into my super mom lunch mode.  i gotta get to the grocery store today... now where did i put my pad o paper?

bullzeye

hello grammatical error...it's "too", not "to"...geeeesh...

see what i mean?

i don't know about you, but i sure worry about my reflection.  one very special lady is helping me so much with my struggle with perfectionism.  she is the reason i had the gumption to begin this blog.

tiffany's message of being brave is one of my favorite & most personal lessons she has taught me.

life rewards the brave

it was a crazy brave thing i did with our food change.  and it certainly is not a perfect journey we're on...i'm so glad it isn't.  cliche alert:  i learn more from my mistakes than anything else.  and speaking of rewards baby...boy have they come to our family.

rewards that are not promised nor expected are the best, aren't they?

the new year is coming upon us.  you know what my resolution is?  to continue to be brave and not worry so much like a worthog. that's it.  i'm on my way to finding my (im)perfection - miss gwyneth paltrow hit me between the eyes.

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all of the conversations i've had with miss camp1899 came back in full force.  i hope you enjoy these two posts as much as i have.  

here's to being brave in 2013 tiger.