Let the mocking begin

Okay it's been a while. Things are crazy around here as we are gearing up for school to start on Wednesday. 10 starts middle school ( yikes) and 6 starts first grade. This year I have a new 'wrench' thrown into the mix......the organic mission!! My children have always brought their lunches to school,but this year will be a little different. So,I've been planning what I'm sending with them for lunch,what I'm planning on baking myself and what I will be buying at the store. Needless to say,that has kept me pretty busy.

Now that I've explained my hiatus,let me explain the title to this entry. Mocking. It happens all the time. Now I'm pretty tough skinned for the most part and can handle some good natured ribbing. Mocking is a different story though. Since I began this blog and this journey,I've had more then one 'friend' mock,ridicule,and shown a general distain for what I'm doing.Why? I'm not really sure the reasoning behind the scorn for what I'm doing. Despite what others think I know in my heart that this is the right thing for my body and my family.The comments just reconfirm my mission and make me feel more stubborn about the whole thing.


So,school starts on Wednesday-my kids will be eating homemade organic bagels for breakfast and lunch will be Tabouli!! Yum! Things are great. Oh yea,coming next week-granola bar recipes!! No high fructose corn syrup here!

For the love of Bread!

So I love bread. Any bread,any shape,any flavor. I love the stuff plain,with butter,with olive oil,and with cream cheese. I could live on the stuff. So, when I started this crazy mission I didn't realize how hard it would be to find good tasting affordable organic bread. Let me rephrase that-it's not difficult,it' impossible. So in order to feed my addiction I decided to make my own. With my organic unbleached white and organic whole wheat flours in hand I've been experimenting all week in the kitchen. The results have been DELISH!! I've made a whole wheat sandwich bread that we all had PB&J's on,Two different bageuttes ( one all white one 1/2 white,1/2 wheat) and tonight I'm making ,wait for it........bagels!! Yup that's right. I'm making organic bagels. Again I've used 1/2 white 1/2 wheat. Then I split the dough in thirds and am making some plain,some cinnamon raisen, and some onion(my favorite).Won't know until tomorrow if they're any good,but I'm having fun so far!


Now I'm not a baker. I love love love to cook,but baking is a different ballgame all together. It requires measuring and a level of percision that I usually have no patience for. But lately my need for good wholesome organic baked goodies has over-ridden my dislike for the 'rules'of baking. So here I am in the kitchen covered in flour,praying the yeast will rise!

As I trod clumsily along on my journey I'm discovering new exciting things about myself,my kitchen and my family.I'll let you know tomorrow how the bagels turn out!