Going Somewhere

For dinner last night, I decided to make "pasta". Unfortunately, pasta and bread often = the archnemesis of  my curvaceous self (thank you Italian heritage for my child-bearing hips and carb-loving self.) SO thanks to my mom, I have found an alternative noodle (other than a whole wheat noodle) that packs the protein in while satisfying the noodle-need. To add a bit of meat to the meal, I pulled small, pre-seasoned pork tenderloins. I cooked my noodles first. While the water was boiling and the oven was heating up, I grabbed my fresh ingredients. When the water had come to a boil, I put my chickpea noodles in, and started my veggie prep. I grabbed some fresh thyme from my little herb garden, chopped up fresh garlic, and mushrooms, mini-sweet pepper (orange), cherry tomatoes, and finished off a bag of fresh spinach that was starting to go bad. I also was craving a creamy-tomato pasta sauce, but didn't want to indulge in the high-fat of cream. How did I solve my litt...

On Easter weekend, in between church, enjoying the sunny outdoors with the pup, cleaning, and family lunch, I was in a baking frenzy. A while back I had purchased King Arthur Flour's Unbleached Whole Wheat Flour and a small package of their organic unbleached all-purpose flour. After searching for several weeks for yeast-free recipes, not being content with what I was finding and wanting to make, I caved and picked up instant yeast from Aldi. After scouring Pinterest and Google, I stumbled on a recipe for Honey Oat Whole Wheat Bread. Oh. My. Gosh. Not only was this an easy recipe to follow, but the smell as it was baking...so good. I ended up making 2 loaves, of course the 2nd turned out much better than the first (which is great because it wasn't for me!) Making this without a KitchenAid or hand mixer made me a tad bit nervous initially. BUT, I figured if my great-grandmother could make killer/famous multi-grain bread without a mixer, I can make a little loaf of Honey O...