Whole Grain Pancakes (a 3-in-1 recipe)

I’ve mentioned before that on Saturday mornings I often make my son French Toast for breakfast (click here for multiple recipes and photos) but today I made a variation…whole grain pancakes. And why I call this a 3-in-1 recipe is because of just that…I made three things out of one recipe. I often make andContinue reading “Whole Grain Pancakes (a 3-in-1 recipe)”

Lent (bread recipe)

100% Whole Wheat Bread (made with four ingredients) To read the entire post regarding making whole wheat bread with just four basic ingredients, click here. Makes 2 loaves 2 cups whole wheat flour1 cup water2 teaspoons instant yeast————————4 cups whole wheat flour2 cups water————————3 teaspoons instant yeast3 teaspoons kosher salt In one bowl make aContinue reading “Lent (bread recipe)”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#400)

Front Rack: A canvas bag containing, two books, an iPhone, a camera, and two sets of allen wrenches. Rear Carrier: Two plastic buckets; one containing a whole-grain pre-ferment (biga), and the other an autolyse, which later became the bread pictured below (click here to see how to make it). Whole Grain Bread Makes 2 loavesContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#400)”

Back to the Basics: Ezekiel Bread

“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself.”—Ezekiel 4:9 (NIV) Regular visitors to this blog know that I like to make my own 100% whole wheat bread, but also that Ezekiel Bread is my favorite (and though I don’tContinue reading “Back to the Basics: Ezekiel Bread”

On Being Kneady

If you’ve been to this blog before you know that I like to bake bread…a lot. And like many bakers over the years I have come to rely on the mechanical means of an electric mixer to do the tough work…knead the dough. Most of my bread recipes, in fact, include a direction something likeContinue reading “On Being Kneady”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#391)…and a few comments about repairs

Things on the bike: A cardboard box containing two hand-crank pasta machines and two ravioli plates, a plastic bucket containing a partially mixed batch of Ezekiel Bread, and a canvas bag containing–among other things–a few books and a mini tripod. A couple comments: The reason the dough on the bike is partially mixed is becauseContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#391)…and a few comments about repairs”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (# 388 & # 389)…and a recipe

#388 (upper photo/top)…two plastic buckets, one containing an autolyse and the other a pre-ferment; a canvas book bag on the front rack. #389 (upper photo/bottom)…two empty plastic buckets, a canvas book bag, and three freshly baked loaves of whole wheat seven-grain bread (click here to see pictures of the bread being made). Whole Grain BreadContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (# 388 & # 389)…and a recipe”

Tacos con Carnitas de Pollo…and a few comments on Ezekiel Bread

Pictured above is one of the tacos I made for my son and I for dinner tonight, before it was rolled up of course. Buried under the vegetables and sour cream are the carnitas…delicious. But more on that in a minute. First I have a couple unrelated comments. Between urbansimplicity.com and urbansimplicty.wordpress.com there are nearlyContinue reading “Tacos con Carnitas de Pollo…and a few comments on Ezekiel Bread”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#386)

A cardboard box containing three loaves of just-baked and still-warm Ezekiel Bread (I let them cool off on the ride home…9F/-12C outside as I rode home). Two plastic dough rising buckets (one my way to work this morning one held the bubbling Ezekiel biga and the other its autolyse). For Ezekiel Bread Recipes, or forContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#386)”

Two Loaves of Ezekiel Bread, a Spinach Pizza, and a Mechanical Malfunction

I haven’t posted a recipe for Ezekiel Bread in a while, but it is my favorite bread. The picture of the pizza above and the bread below were both made using the recipe that follows. Interestingly, Ezekiel Bread recipes are still one of the number 1 ways that new visitors find there way to thisContinue reading “Two Loaves of Ezekiel Bread, a Spinach Pizza, and a Mechanical Malfunction”