We bake our own bread.......sometimes. Its nice to see the sack of
Bio dynamic flour in the pantry, patiently waiting.....There is a
feeling of plenty just knowing it's there.
Then there is the fun and vigour of the wonderful transforming,
bread making process. A fabulous outlet for excess energy on
a rainy day.........
We have been greatly inspired on our bread making journey
by this wonderful book:
It conveys such a lovely sense of mind fullness in the
bread making process. (Not to mention inspiring my helpers
with recipes for dragon bread and campfire bread...cooked on
a stick!)
I have learnt to open my heart and knead a blessing into our
bread. And to reflect on a deeper level about the energy and
feeling that goes into the food that I cook.
And then of course there is the smell, that fills the house with a
lovely sense of anticipation and well being.
The perfect excuse for a feast and a favourite little blessing.....
The Harvest
Bio dynamic flour in the pantry, patiently waiting.....There is a
feeling of plenty just knowing it's there.
Then there is the fun and vigour of the wonderful transforming,
bread making process. A fabulous outlet for excess energy on
a rainy day.........
We have been greatly inspired on our bread making journey
by this wonderful book:
It conveys such a lovely sense of mind fullness in the
bread making process. (Not to mention inspiring my helpers
with recipes for dragon bread and campfire bread...cooked on
a stick!)
I have learnt to open my heart and knead a blessing into our
bread. And to reflect on a deeper level about the energy and
feeling that goes into the food that I cook.
And then of course there is the smell, that fills the house with a
lovely sense of anticipation and well being.
The perfect excuse for a feast and a favourite little blessing.....
The Harvest
The silver rain, the shining sun,
The fields where scarlet poppies run,
And all the ripples of the wheat,
Are in the bread that I do eat.
So when I sit for every meal
And say a grace, I always feel
That I am eating rain and sun,
And fields where scarlet poppies run....
Alice C. Henderson
2 comments:
Dear Stephanie, I love that you are a real, busy Mama and don't manage to bake bread every day! You have no idea what a consolation that is to me... We make no knead bread here (when we can!), but now am thinking we must do the other sort occasionally... the flurry of kneading done by your wee boy looks so appealing!
Merenia,
You might be interested to know that we too made no knead bread(from a Delia Smith recipe...)until I recently got this book. Its a great rainy afternoon thing, when you have a few hours at home. It feels terribly homely to do all that kneading and have bread rising by the fire! :)
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