Yesterday I spent another $11 on groceries, this time at Food4Less. They have a small section in produce where they sell bundles of fruit and/or vegetables for only .99. I bought a bag of zucchini, which will serve not only as a side dish and an addition to stirfry dishes, but also as an ingredient in zucchini bread.
Variables are at 55%.
I baked bread, and it was not a success. I'm not sure exactly what went wrong, but I suspect I tried to incorporate too much flour and the dough was too dry to make a smooth loaf. I also wonder if it was a bad thing to use I Can't Believe It's Not Butter instead of real butter or oil. Anyway, I'm going to eat the bread, even though it is wrinkled and rather tough, and not at all pretty.
I should be getting better at this, not worse!
I went to the school to pick up the boys, but they both ended up making plans to go to friends' houses (which DIL okayed via text) so I ended up going home alone. Oh well, at least I was there to facilitate the process!
In my sidebar, I've changed the name of my E-fund to Gap Year Fund. This is what I'll use (sparingly, I hope!) to get through the low-income year that is coming up starting in July. (Low income is due to the end of my early-retirement payout from work. Income will pick up about a year later when I begin taking my full Social Security payment.)
In addition to the fund, I hope to close the gap with income from mystery shops and selling stuff -- and of course I'll be making cuts in spending as well. I'm almost looking forward to it!
Another Day
May 17th, 2018 at 12:58 pm
May 17th, 2018 at 03:02 pm 1526569339
I don't think you are getting worse at making bread, you are just trying new ways. You learned that butter or oil is the way to go. If you are wanting a little healthier than butter or canola oil, you could try olive oil. I've used it before with good results.
May 17th, 2018 at 05:49 pm 1526579361
May 18th, 2018 at 03:25 am 1526613953
I use the above recipe. Almost every weekend. Better with whole wheat flour.
May 19th, 2018 at 02:35 am 1526697316
May 19th, 2018 at 01:18 pm 1526735927