Domestic goddess, reporting for duty! :D

[wordinista]

Note the first:  My husband makes possibly the best guacomole in the world.  I could drown face-down in a bowl of the stuff and die happy. omgsogood.

Note the second:  Was in a bread-bakey mood today, and have decided to try out a recipe I have for challah.  It is in the oven, and the house should be smelling delicious soon.  (If the challah works out, next step is brioche! Which still terrifies me somewhat!) ---Oh, yeah, baby.  Fresh-bread-smell in the house.  Mmmmm :)

Note the third: I keep saying this, and I keep not doing it.  I think it's time to trim ye olde f-list.  If I (a) cannot remember the last time I commented in your journal, (b) cannot remember the last time you commented in my journal, (c) have caught myself skimming your entries without clicking on your LJ-cuts, or (d) cannot remember how I even know you, then you will likely be trimmed.  Let me know if you don't want to be. :)

ETA:  challah bread was not a total crash and burn failure! Slightly overly brown on top, and I totally screwed up the braiding of it, and I am suspecting it ought to have risen higher, but I am eating a piece of it slathered with honey and it tastes good! :D

ETA2: Bread was good, but now I require tea... I think some Earl Gray with bergamot should do the trick nicely.

Comments

[shanda27.livejournal.com]

Ooooooo fresh bread. I love me some fresh bread. After about 10 years of asking (seriously, no exaggerating) I finally got a breadmaker for last Christmas. Had I known I could use a kitchenaid mixer to make the dough, I'd have asked for that instead, since I generally only use the dough cycle. AND I'm babbling now, but I should go make some more bread. Yes. :D

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

I use my breadmaker a LOT less now that I have a kitchenaid (got it a couple of years ago for Christmas and loooooove it)

My biggest problem with making bread is the water temperature -- I tend to screw that up, and then things don't rise as they ought to. But that's just a matter of practice, I know.