Foodie Friday

Foodie Friday 

I've been wanting to do this for a while but have been putting it off. Aside from books I love cooking it's a great outlet for me. Instagram has been a fun outlet to share my book pictures but I've been adding more and more food pictures. I thought I could use my blog to share a new recipe each week which will also cause me to try new things. So we will give it a go and see how it goes. I hope it's as interesting to me as it is to you. I follow a lot of food bloggers so I have the whole list of fun ones I want to try. 

Update on my sourdough adventure. 

I've always struggled with bread it tends to be my Achilles heel. One of my summer goals is to master sourdough bread. 

I spent a week waiting for my sourdough starter to grow. 

Day 1 I started with 1 wheat and 1 white

 A few days in proved it was a growing machine 

My first loaf was ready to rise and into the oven.

Sadly it was good but flat. 

My 2nd attempt and my 2 turned to 4 

My 2nd loaf was better but not amazing 

 It was loaf 3 that was perfect. Soft inside and nice crust. 

 So much starter I ended up making sourdough pizzas for dinner. 

I attempt to make loaf style bread. it didn't work they are a little flat. However, they will make great sandwiches.  Yesterdays bread was amazing as toast with cinnamon. 

I am always looking for new recipes to try so if you have a suggestion I'd love to check it out. 

Foodie Adventures

I want to start doing more food posts as it's one of my passions. I think this would be a great way to share my love of food. 

Sourdough

Today I'm starting a new project.

 This summer I am determined to perfect sourdough bread.

In the past, I've been able to get sourdough to grow and thrive but I can't get it to rise enough but the dense bread still tastes good.

Today I started my starters one is plain white bread and the other is wheat. I'm hopeful for the wheat as I've had good luck with the white before.

Can't wait to update my progress. 

Favorite Comfort Recipe 

Last night I made loaded tatertots. These are topped with BBQ chicken that I cooked in the crockpot earlier in the day. Just chicken and bbq sauce simple and easy and shredded it. I then topped with cheddar, sourcream, and Cotija. With a drizzle of bbq sauce over the top. They are a little slice of amazing. Super easy and very taste which is a requirement at our house. 

Tatertot's work as a great base for almost any toppings. We've done pizza style with sauce and toppings. We've also done taco toppings, buffalo chicken and a little ranch with cheese is good too. 

What's your favorite comfort food?