I woke up today and glared at the mound of laundry that would be the highlight of my "day off". I think it grew as I stared at it and possibly snickered.
Once the dryer and washer were full and running, I sat down to look at Words with Friends on my Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi
. Sorry, I just love showing that off. Anyhoo....After I caught up on a few games where my letter pool was nothing but vowels...again...I flipped through the books I have on it and went into the Amazon store to see what new free offerings they had. A Gluten-Free cookbook caught my eye. I'm pretty sure it is the same one a friend linked to me on Facebook the other day and I was happy to download it and take a look.
As you all know, bread baffles me. It mocks me. It calls my name. It deflates like an average woman's ego in a couture shop that only goes to size 4. I was ready to throw in the towel, make only flatbread and purchase gold-weight priced premade gluten-free loaves.
"But wait!" Delicious and Nutritious Gluten-Free Lunch Recipes: Affordable, Easy and Tasty Meals You Will Love (Bestselling Gluten-Free Recipes)
says to me. "You, too, can make wonderful, tasty easy bread that is gluten-free!""I can?" says I. "Tell me more! Where's the recipe?!?"
Lo and behold, there is a recipe for "Homemade Gluten-free bread"! I excitedly jumped out of my chair and hurried to the kitchen, pulling out my gluten-free all-purpose flour and bread maker with gusto! I read the ingredients: yeast, sugar, warm water....all purpose flour? Not "gluten-free" all purpose flour? Confused... It turns out you need to buy another book by this author to make their all-purpose gluten-free flour. I decide that I will push on and try making it with my purchased, pre-made GF flour.
I follow the instructions and the dough is...wet. Not springy like normal bread dough, but almost like cookie dough. I sigh but put it in the bread maker and follow the instructions for baking in a machine. I'm also thinking I may need a different bread machine, but that is a whole other issue.
So, as my bread machine does not have a setting that disables the "paddle", it is STILL whirring away in the kitchen.
I decided, since I was being so productive, I would make a few more recipes. I looked up a recipe for apple butter in the slow cooker. Ha! I laugh at all of you with your "amazing" apple butter recipes! Your recipe is the same one I've been using to make home-made apple sauce except with MORE sugar!!!!! I shrugged and went to work. After that, I pulled out ingredients to make black bean soup.
My neighbor's extended family had a loss this week and my thought was that soup would be the best I could do. Soup is the ultimate comfort food.
Yessiree. Today, I am thicker than bread, buttered up and full of beans. If anyone wants them, I will give recipes.
Also, if any of my local friends see the following mix in a store, I would like to try it. I just want to purchase a single bag before going all out and getting the Amazon size:
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