Quick No Knead Yeast Bread, Finally!

In years to come, Covid19 will be thought of as the Year of Sourdough Bread. My latest attempt, Dutch Oven No Knead Bread was the first attempt in a dozen where the bread actually formed big air bubbles throughout the whole loaf of bread. Not just on top or on bottom.

Modifications Made:

None. Making bread is an art I do not possess.

Scaled for Likability: Great

Still not perfect but it is the closet a homemade loaf of bread has been to perfect in over a dozen attempts. Acquired skills over the last dozen have taught me two things. One, ensure the dutch oven is fully to correct baking temp before adding raw dough. Two, my oven is too small for bread making always resulting in way too crispy almost burnt bottoms. Bread needs to be at the top of the oven far, far away from the heat source. In a tiny RV gas oven, the dutch oven barely fits meaning the bottom of the bread is going to cook at a temperature hotter than desired resulting in too done bottoms that will need to be cut of before bread can be eaten.

Not a winner of a bread as the rise height still has plenty of room left and bread is still denser than desired. However, none of these factors are a result of the recipe but a result my lack of skills. Outside cooking results, bread has a nice earthy taste but could use a little bit more salt if not adding salted butter. Warm out of the oven was the best tasting. As the bread got cold, the taste seemed shallow. Can't wait to try again, maybe the loaf can be halved if I can find a smaller dutch oven. A very good bread with great instructions to follow along. Well done.

Better Than Campbell's Old Fashion Vegetable Soup

Went to the store with the hopes of gathering fresh produce for soup. With more than 45 people in line for two packages of any meat product and the produce section containing only avocado, orange, and most randomly, strawberries, I settled upon canned soup. Well not canned soup since that section was still void of food, too. Instead soup made from canned goods as the canned vegetable section had been mostly restocked. Soups like this 15 Minute Vegetable Soup are ideal in dire food situations such as current times. Modifications Made: Plain petite diced tomatoes for flavored tomatoes, frozen carrots instead of canned, green beans and corn undrained, peas omitted (gross, nasty little pods), one can tomato sauce, two low sodium chicken and two pollo de tomate bouillon cubes, six cups water. Once onions were softened, carrots, juice of green beans and corn, sauce, bouillon cubes, water were added and allowed to simmer until carrots almost tender. Green beans and corn tossed in, heat t

Way Too Rich, Extra Heavy Cheesecake

Pictures are deceptive. What this picture of this recipe does not show is how old and faded the print out paper is, how many stains are smudged across various spots, and the numerous notes written in the top right corner with the first one dating back to college days in 2001. Yikes, twenty years ago makes this paper print out old, no wait, that makes me old. Eek. Sadly, my current living quarters do not allow for cooking of this cheesecake. In fact the last time this recipe has been made have been close to six or seven years. That is just too long. Too long. Luckily, we are spending Spring Break at family with a real oven. A family who will help eat this oh so rich, very decadent, supremely yummy cheesecake. Modifications Made: There are four keys to a successful cheesecake. ONE: all ingredients must be room temperature. If your house is ice chest cold, then warm the ingredients on the stovetop. TWO: do not over mix. Excessive mixing creates air pockets resulting in split mi

The Great Freeze 2021 Vegetable Broth

Good grief, this cold snap. Every year I wish and wish for cold weather so this table can eat soups without melting. Well this year winter came and came with a vengeance. Two days below freezing with no water, no power, no internet/cell service. It's the dark ages. If you need more info just search for Texas Grid Failure 2021 . Yes, this tragic affair has its own wiki page. Good grief. Did you know that if temperatures drop below freezing for too long, refrigerators will not keep your cold stuff from freezing? Well, they don't. And with 17℉ temps, this tables fridge contents froze. What to do with a fridge full of frozen fresh veggies? Veggie stock. No recipe was used, it was just all the veggies in the fridge (white and yellow onions, garlic, jalapeno, green onions, three roma tomatoes, celery, two russet potatoes, seven carrots, and a red and green bell pepper) salt and pepper, and enough water to just touch the top layer of veggies. I did not want the veggies floa

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