gingerbread

since being pregnant i must admit to indulging in the occasional gingerbread biscuit....i will also be attempting a double ginger cake for a friends birthday next week.

these gingerbread biscuits by Alicia Rosello found via hello sandwich sure look good!

mum arrives tomorrow morning - that means lots of relaxing, walking, pottering, gardening, crafting and learning how to fold nappies!

today's bread

50/50 rye white organic, stoneground sourdough - i'm very satisfied!

half of this will go sliced into the freezer along with yesterday's red quinoa spelt sourdough loaf - all in anticipation of bub's arrival.

the other halves remaining? oh what a shame - looks like we'll be devouring it over the coming week!

preoccupied

organic white flour and semolina sourdough

well, just too busy/preoccupied/tired to seem to be able to post anything on this here blog!

somehow the festival is over for another year and i have only 3 days left until i go on maternity leave.

4.5 wks until her estimated due date!

anyway - apart from all the getting ready/napping/working - a constant has been my bread baking. hopefully i can get into a rhythm and post more about my bread. will have a bit more time on my hands in the space between finishing up work and having my baby so one can only hope!

baker baker

cooked my first loaves using the River Cottage Handbook #3 on Bread and the results were mighty pleasing. used beautiful stonemilled organic plain and wholemeal flour with a mix of sesame, linseed and sunflower seeds. coated the finished loaves in oats. made two and will swap one loaf with a work mate for his sublime sourdough tomorrow.

spent a quiet but productive weekend. lots of crafting, cooking, relaxing.....made it to the pool this morning for a class and after getting up fairly early to bake bread am a little pooped!

about to put a big pot of dahl on for a lazy sunday night dinner with friends. hope your weekend was just as lovely!