It’s afternoon in late August and the air is just barely starting to cool, bringing with it reminders of Fall. Oma and I are skipping down her road, each with an empty bucket on one arm in merry pursuit of the blackberries growing wild down around the corner. You can smell them before you seeRead more
It has been awhile! Between breaking my foot (all healed up now), exploring my roots in Germany with the hubby and getting my garden stuffed with plants for the Summer I haven’t been baking much at home lately. However, when I saw my yellow zucchini plant starting to produce waaaay too much I knew itRead more
It has been a least a year of testing and re-testing spelt sourdough breads, reading and following instructions in different bread books, I even took a friggin’ course on it and still I had yet to produce one loaf that was anything similar to my no knead bread with commercial yeast. That is until twoRead more
As I write this there are millions of soft little snowflakes gently making their way down to blanket the bushes in the yard and all the trees in the distance. Seems very fitting since this Chocolate Hazelnut Swirl Spelt Bread is something my Oma used to always make at Christmastime. Unfortunately there are a lotRead more
This is my Opa. For as long as I can remember slices of his Sourdough Rye Bread would be front and centre in the breakfast table feast when we came to visit. Surrounding it I would always find wedges of sharp cheese, thin slices of cured meats, a soft boiled egg or two, homemade jamsRead more
Last year around this time I heard my Mom mention the word “Hutzelbrot”, that she was going to make it and that is was one of my Oma’s favorite Christmas goodies. Of course, I was intrigued. I remember how surprised Oma was, she practically squealed with glee to receive it. However, after I found outRead more
Me and pretzels go waaaaaay back. I remember my first pretzel from a German delicatessen in Vancouver, still warm from their ovens and slathered with cold butter. I remember my Mom buying frozen pretzels from that same delicatessen to bake fresh on a Saturday morning, savoured with a little sausage, some strong cheese, coffee forRead more
Little green shoots and buds are FINALLY starting to appear around these parts and with it a renewed sense of inspiration within me to give my blog some love. This carrot juice, currant and walnut no knead spelt bread is one I’ve had in my roster of recipes for some time now, but until recently IRead more
I’ve been struggling for days now with what to write about this Bavarian Walnut Spelt Stollen. It started out all happy and joyful until I realized that what I was writing was not in alignment with how I felt. To be honest, the past few weeks have been rough. Between the ups and down of homeRead more
Although it’s slowly getting lighter a little longer in the evenings, this dark-at-5pm business is making me feel sooooo uninspired to bake or write or do anything much at all except maybe snack on these Seedy Spelt Flatbread Crackers. They are so easy and so tasty it will be hard to go back to storeRead more
Banana bread recipes are a dime a dozen, but this spelt banana bread is close to my heart. It’s one that I’ve made umpteen times, tested and tinkered with, swapped out one ingredient for another… it’s one that I’ve made my own. And boy have I had plenty of ripe bananas to tinker with! When your man hasRead more