On Saturday my friend Natalia and I hosted our monthly Bread Day. We started this in January, inviting our friends over to make bread with each other and enjoy the fruits (?) of our labor. Natalia and I experiment on a new kind of bread each event. Nat made a Rosemary Olive bread using whole wheat flour. It had a few issues rising for a while, but after a bit of futzing, it decided it was time to start doing it's job.
We had 6 doughs being made at once so the kitchen was indeed full. 4 Challah, 1 Wheat Bread with a few alterations made by my cousin Jaclyn, and Natalia's Rosemary Olive.
Noelle (right) is a newcomer to bread making and she joined in the Challah fray with the rest of the bunch. Tammy and Noelle made some beautiful 3 strand braids.
Devin made his braid into a wreath and it turned out really cool. Scott made. . .a tumor. He calls it his :"bee hive". Whatever it is, it is a mass.
What is bread without it being broken over some food? Sadly enough the bread wasn't ready by dinner time, but as it is another tradition on bread day, we eat. Natalia made Pesto Chicken Wheels paired with Penne pasta with some more pesto and salad. I wasn't able to make any
bread that day, sadly, but I made a 
Ginger Creme Brulee with a Lime Sauce. Pretty good, but the ginger wasn't strong enough.
Bread days hold so much excitement here. It's amazing how we can make something so basic to life. Bread is such a blessing.
With bread,
~Chad
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