We go to the library at least once a week and lug home bag fulls of kiddie books. My youngest is now at the age where he just has to grab everything he can get his hands on. If I look away for just a second the kid will have an entire row of books lying in a heap on the floor. Continue reading
Author Archives: Sarah
Flower Fields Bread
I was not very satisfied with the last flower bread, so this one is the redo. Unfortunately, I’m not satisfied with this one either! Bummer. Too many failed projects lately. Lets just call it abstract art shall we?
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Dinosaur Bread
My 4 year old boy thought it was pretty awesome to have a dino sandwich for lunch.
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Natural Food Dyes in Bread Art
For some time now, I have been experimenting with creative ways to color my bread dough. My favorites being matcha tea powder, cocoa powder, and turmeric powder. I have also tried a few different types of natural food dyes but with little to moderate success. (see Ladybug bread, and Butterfly Bread).
Recently, I contacted a company called Natures Flavours, and they graciously sent me a rainbow pack of natural food dyes. These dyes are all natural, vegan, gluten free, certified Kosher, and contain no synthetic chemicals. They sound amazing… but do they work? The quickest way to test all 5 colors was to make a rainbow bread.
The results were so shocking, they actually made me dance in my kitchen. Finally! A natural food dye that created brilliant, vibrant colors even after baking! The colors were evenly distributed and showed no signs of fading. Every color in the rainbow pack was true to color except for the red. The red (not unlike other products I have worked with) turned out to be more of a dark pink in the bread dough.
