Cool weather & our new woodstove got me in the mood to cook; had to work so only got to make some fresh bread, but managed to sort through a few recipes for Xmas cooking in the next few weeks....
When we got the new stove installed a couple of weeks ago we had cool enough weather to light it & christen it. That night I tested the oven out for the first time & made a Baked Rice Custard in it, beautiful.
Leeks haven't grown big enough so we still haven't harvested them. They're going to seed, but they look edible, just small. Going to test them out with some leek & potato soup later this week; it's meant to rain all week & it's been cool weather so perfect for cooking.
The other recipe I really want to try soon is home-made gluten-free lasagne sheets. I've googled & there's lots of different flours to try; my initial test will be rice, tapioca, corn flour with a bit of xanthum gum for stickiness. Sorghum is on the shopping list to try that blended as well.
That idea of taking time to smell the roses (and the lasagne baking) is definitely in harmony with my philosophy on living this "down-to-earth" lifestyle where possible.
This amazing planet called Earth.
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