homemade bread

yes, i joined the rest of the country in the new year's resolution thing. we have been longing to move toward healthier habits, and the new year (ok, post-holidays being the main factor ;) seemed like a good time! we still haven't completely made a "plan"... but we're choosing healthier, more natural foods. i decided to try my hand at baking some wheat bread (i don't think i've ever made a yeast bread before, besides that awesome pizza crust i told you about before!)... i had some whole wheat flour, and after not finding any recipes online that didn't require bread flour (i wanted to use what i had on hand, not go shopping on new year's day!), i checked the bag of flour, and it had a recipe! it turned out pretty good...not the best bread i've ever had, but it's healthy and fresh and natural... and tastes that way! 

so far, we've tried it with butter (yummy, but not a part of our new eating habits ;) and with an egg... i assume other people call this egg-in-a-hole, too? that's what we always called it in my family! just cut a hole in the middle of the bread (i used a champagne flute), spray a pan with cooking spray, put the bread in, and crack an egg in the middle! flip at some point, until egg is cooked as desired - super-simple, and fun for kids and adults alike ;)
and tastes great with a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice from our tree (which we just realized today bears seedless oranges - is that normal?)... if anyone needs some oranges, let us know!

just as we were about to sit down to eat our egg-in-a-holes, my sister pointed out that joey's antics were making him a joey-in-a-hole! we both scrambled for our cameras, but this was the best i got (he really wasn't sad - he was having lots of hyper-fun! just caught it at the wrong moment ;)

also, i've been journaling and making art all two days so far this year - you can follow my daily creativity here at my other blog... also, i'm about to floss for the second night in a row (not that i haven't always done it completely consistently... ;)