Sourdough Apple Muffins

Baking muffins is one of my favorite ways to use sourdough starter.  The starter helps enrich the flavor without adding to much fat.  In fact, I tend to half the amount of butter or oil in my recipes any time I use my sourdough starter.  The starter will also give your muffins a great texture…

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Hard Cider Sourdough Starter

I realized, belatedly, that I recently posted a recipe requiring a sourdough starter, without sharing a sourdough starter recipe.  Below is the recipe I used for this winter’s sourdough starter.  I started it in the beginning of November, and it is still going strong. Ingredients: 10 oz Hard Cider 1/2 cup Water + 1/4 cup…

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Beef & Barley Soup

One of the best parts of holiday roasts is the wonderful soups you can make with the leftover bones.  Beef and barley soup is a great way to repurpose some of your holiday roast beef leftovers.  If you have any leftover beef bones, cook them up with your favorite herbs and vegetables into a lovely…

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Spelt Sourdough Flatbreads with Honey Whipped Feta

We have a local restaurant that serves up a delightful honey whipped feta dish.  It’s smooth, creamy, and rich.  Tangy, sweet, and salty.  Completely inspiring.  My only problem with it is that it’s about a whomping ten bucks for about a tablespoonful of the stuff with an additional three bucks for a single piece of…

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