Hey Reader, What do you usually cook for Christmas dinner? 🎄🍽️ My fiancé and I are part Italian, so I love making Italian dishes for the holidays. I usually whip up a big pot of red sauce for baked ziti, lasagna, and meatballs. 🍝 Last year, I started making my homemade lasagna with sourdough pasta and using sourdough breadcrumbs for the meatballs. It was so good! I’m also looking forward to making some sourdough side dishes for our Christmas dinners again this year. Today, I want to share...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, The holidays are in full swing at my house! 🎄✨ My fiancé and I have been busy - from Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving to picking out our tree, and now planning a Christmas craft night. 🎨 I've also been baking up a storm this year, testing new sourdough cookie recipes just for Christmas! 🍪🎅 While I already had some staples on the blog (like my sourdough chocolate chip cookies), I wanted to give some classic Christmas cookies a sourdough twist. And try a few unique ones, too. In the...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Thanksgiving week is officially here! 🦃🤗 If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that I made a big batch of chicken stock last week in preparation for the holidays. I love using homemade ingredients, and having chicken stock in my freezer at all times is a must for me. Another essential I like to keep on hand this time of year is homemade pie crust. It tastes so much better than store-bought that I can’t imagine going without it. Recently, I made some tweaks to my...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Can you believe Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away? 🍂🦃 I've already pre-ordered my fresh turkey from a local farm and can’t wait to pick it up the Monday before to start the dry brining process. Thanksgiving is hands-down my favorite holiday. As a food blogger, there’s nothing quite like preparing for the biggest feast of the year! I’ve been hosting Thanksgiving for a few years now, and I love every bit of it -especially cooking everything from scratch. And since I started...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Last weekend, my fiancé and I visited the pop-up store that King Arthur Baking Company opened in Boston for the holidays. As soon as I heard about it, I knew I had to check it out! When I’m not using locally milled flour, King Arthur Flour is my go-to brand for sourdough baking. 🌾 Walking into the store was so exciting! They had everything - flour, baking mixes, apparel, holiday-themed pans, cookbooks, and more. I ended up getting a “Bread Head” sweatshirt, a tote bag, and their...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, My fiancé and I just decorated our house for Halloween, which is one of our favorite holidays. We always have a great time picking out decorations together, and it really gets us in the spirit of the season. 🍂👻 To make our home feel even cozier, I decided to bake some Halloween-themed cookies after we finished decorating. 🍪👩🍳 I kept it simple by using recipes I already had but added a fun twist. I mixed Halloween M&Ms into my sourdough chocolate chip cookies and decorated my...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen my stories about planting 82 garlic cloves last weekend. 🧄 This year was especially exciting because I got to replant some of the garlic I harvested in July (which I planted last October). Yay for being self-sufficient and saving money! After replanting part of my garlic harvest, I still had over 60 heads left. While it will store for a few months, I’ve been finding creative ways to use it - like roasting and adding it to...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, I know it’s not Saturday, but I couldn’t wait to share my latest recipe with you! I just posted a new Sourdough Sandwich Bread recipe on the blog, and I think you’re going to love it. This bread is super soft and fluffy, thanks to a special flour roux technique that helps the dough retain moisture. Swapping butter for olive oil also keeps the bread beautifully soft even after it cools. It’s perfect for sandwiches, toast, or just sneaking a slice right out of the loaf. 😉 Give it a...
3 months ago • 1 min read