Project 365

Well...Danielle has inspired me to start my very own Project 365...so on day 1 of our third year of marriage, we started this probably annoying definitely awesome adventure!  Here it goes...enjoy!

No Kneed Bread

Thank you Pinterest for this recipe (and for keeping me occupied for hours):

3 cups flour
1.5 cups water
1 3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dry active yeast
Mix above in a large bowl and let rise for 12-20 hours.

Turn out onto floured surface, fold over a few times. Let rest 15 minutes.

Place back in an oiled bowl in roughly a ball shape, seam side down. Alternatively, place the dough between two floured cotton towels (don’t use terry cloth unless you want a dough disaster).  Let rise another 2 hours

30 minutes before the rise is over, preheat oven to 450º and place a 5-8 quart cast iron pot, with lid, in the oven while it heats. Take the hot pot out (be careful!), sprinkle the bottom with cornmeal and place dough ball in seam side up.

Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on.  Remove lid and bake for an additional 10-20 to brown.

So good...our go-to bread recipe now.

While looking through pictures for upcoming posts...I found this...and all I have to say is: 

"I love my family...especially my sisters...even though we're weird...they're totes the best!"

Strawberry Pickin'

A few weeks ago, Becca, Bailey, and I went strawberry picking.  We live about 20 miles from a great orchard that lets you pick strawberries, peaches, blackberries, and blueberries when they are in season..and they are CHEAP.

Even though it was CRAZY hot, we braved the heat and each came home with over 5 pounds of strawberries for about $5...I couldn't believe it. 

Becca picking.

Me and Bailey picking.

Here we are with our loot.

Thanks for the idea Becca...and thanks for driving.

So what did I do with all the strawberries?  Well, after eating some, and freezing some, I decided to make homemade jam.  One of my summer goals is to home make 5 different foods that I would normally buy in the store.  So, I've already made bread (recipe and pictures to come), homemade butter, so duh...strawberry jam was a must.  It was awesome...too bad I forgot to take pictures of the finished product.