Why Rustic Fare?
Because my cooking is rustic especially when making bread, pockets and pizzas.
When I started this blog, I was a vegetarian. My vegetarian journey started around twenty eight years ago. The first thing I learned was making whole wheat bread... a rustic bread!
That whole wheat bread was unusual for people around me. There were lots of bakeries where I lived but bread and all the like were made of white flour.
At that time, I haven't seen a homemade bread like this before. It was a new bread for me as well, dark, heavy and nutritious! It is simple to make using only three ingredients: whole wheat flour, water and yeast.
Because my cooking is rustic especially when making bread, pockets and pizzas.
When I started this blog, I was a vegetarian. My vegetarian journey started around twenty eight years ago. The first thing I learned was making whole wheat bread... a rustic bread!
That whole wheat bread was unusual for people around me. There were lots of bakeries where I lived but bread and all the like were made of white flour.
At that time, I haven't seen a homemade bread like this before. It was a new bread for me as well, dark, heavy and nutritious! It is simple to make using only three ingredients: whole wheat flour, water and yeast.
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| Whole wheat bread |
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| Whole wheat bread |
Over the years, I learned how to make it even more nutritious adding wheat bran, oat bran and flaxseed.
My first intent when I made a small one:
This is This is similar to the regular whole wheat bread with more fiber using oat bran and a load of natural omega-3 fatty acids from flaxseed ground added to it.
I used golden flaxseed this time:
My first intent when I made a small one:
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| Flaxseed bread |
I used golden flaxseed this time:
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| Flaxseed bread |
The original recipe is called Oat Bran Broom Bread meaning that cleans your digestive system.
Garlic bread with flaxseed added:
Even when bread has some additions, I always make it whole. This is a whole-wheat cheddar and chives bread.
This bread is from my vegetarian times. Little by little I changed my lifestyle from vegetarian to vegan so I now can substitute real cheese for vegan cheese.
And spinach bread:
Garlic bread with flaxseed added:
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| Garlic bread with flaxseed |
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| Whole-wheat cheddar and chives bread |
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| Whole-wheat cheddar and chives bread |
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| Spinach bread |
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| Spinach bread |
These are spinach-feta cheese pockets from my vegetarian time. I now use homemade vegan cheese.
Dishes in this blog are very simple. They are from when I started to cook more. Little by little, I tried making some other dishes from different cuisines.
Also, becoming vegan made do some modifications to this blog adding more dishes and veganizing some.
I used to eat cheese, drink milk and use eggs in my baking. It's amazing how vegan lifestyle can be healthy and delicious at the same time!
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| Spinach-feta cheese pockets |
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| Spinach-tofu pockets |
Dishes in this blog are very simple. They are from when I started to cook more. Little by little, I tried making some other dishes from different cuisines.
Also, becoming vegan made do some modifications to this blog adding more dishes and veganizing some.
I used to eat cheese, drink milk and use eggs in my baking. It's amazing how vegan lifestyle can be healthy and delicious at the same time!
