Ongoing series and recurring content from Stephanie Longstreth including sourdough, Tuesday Tips, Menu of the Week and more
Tuesday tip: picky eaters — I have five kids, and I know exactly what it feels like to stand in the kitchen wondering how to get everyone to eat the same meal. One won’t eat cheese, one hates sauce, one wants sauce on everything — it’s a lot. Here’s what works for me: once a…
Sourdough Day 12 is here and I have good news and a confession. The good news? Willynilly did great — he doubled beautifully. I am so proud of him. The confession? I messed up my measurements. I forgot to clear my scale and got everything completely out of whack. So I did what any reasonable…
Happy Monday, friends! Pull up a chair because it’s time for ourweekly morning chat — Monday Menu of the Week is here and I have afull week of cooking planned, a little family update, and some goodnews about our boy Eddie to share with you! The girls are home for spring break this week, so…
Sourdough Day 11 is here and Willynilly has news — good news and hungry news. The good news: he doubled in size. Willynilly is growing and that is exactly what we want to see. The hungry news: he is still smelling strongly of acetone. If you have been following along you know that an acetone…
Sourdough Day 10 is here and I have never made sourdough bread in my life — not once. But here we are, and our little Willynilly is almost all grown up. If you’re just joining us, let me catch you up. My husband Jason recently started a Mediterranean diet, and I wanted to make him…
Sourdough Day 9 is here and Willynilly is moving up in the world — literally. Today we gave him a fresh start in a clean jar, and things are looking really good. We transferred 30 grams of starter to a new jar and kept our 1:2:2 ratio going — feeding him 60 grams of flour…
Sourdough Day 8 is here and Willynilly is doing something I have been waiting for — his very first rise and fall! If you look closely at the jar, you can see a faint line all the way around the edge where he rose up and then came back down. That, my friends, is a…
I have something important to say about the most superior vegetablein existence — and I need you to hear me out. I am not entertaining debate on this. I am not acceptingcounteroffers. I am planting my flag firmly in carrot territory andI am prepared to defend this position with my whole chest. This is The…
Sourdough Day 7 is here and Willynilly is showing some real signs of life! There are bubbles and air pockets throughout the starter, which tells me things are moving in the right direction. Today is also a big day because the ratio changes for the first time — we are moving from 1:1:1 to 1:2:2,…
Sourdough Day 6 is here and I am happy to report that Willynilly is absolutely crushing it. Look at all those bubbles! On Day 6, bubbles on the surface mean the yeast is waking up and doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Willynilly is not quite strong enough to bake with yet —…
