Life with Lydia

Whole Wheat Honey Bread ~ fresh from the oven! Whole Wheat Bread. It's delicious, healthy, and worthwhile to make. It's not exactly easy, but if you have the right equipment, ingredients, and a little time, you can do it. It takes about 3 hours to make 10 loaves. I first learned how to make bread when I was just ten years old. I have made dozens of batches since then (and, yes, there were those two times when I forgot the salt :o !!!). The wholesome ingredients of this recipe make soft, delicious slices of bread that you will consume quickly. (Believe me!) The bosch mixer does a lot of the work for me! A mixer like this is essential for bread-making (in my opinion). First ingredients: olive oil, honey, hot water, and yeast - mixed together. While the yeast is rising, I grind the wheat. Hard white wheat, and hard red wheat. If you want a softer dough, you can substitute a little bit of soft white wheat. The ultramill is grinding the wheat! ...

"But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows." Luke 12:7 A few years ago, I got inspired to become a "birder." A birder is simply-put: a bird-watcher. What inspired me? Well, I a read an article in Nature Friend Magazine written by a girl my age. She, like me, knew very little about birds, but she wanted to know more. So, she purchased a bird book to help identify them. Then, she grabbed her binoculars and camera and went "birding." Each time she saw a new bird, she wrote it down on her "bird list." All of this sounded fascinating to me. Maybe I could someday know what bird made its nest on our house, or what bird sang in the field everyday. So I did some research, and bought my own bird book: The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds.  This book proved to be extremely useful. To this day, it is the best bird field guide that I have ever seen. My bird list began to grow....