Experiments with whole wheat flour

Ever since I discovered G's willingness to eat breakfast if breakfast comprises a banana, the B household has rarely been without very, very ripe bananas. Accordingly, I make banana-chocolate chip muffins every couple of weeks, mashing up the ugly, brown-spotted, sometimes completely-brown bananas.

Today, I decided to swap in whole-wheat flour for some of the all-purpose flour I've been using. Instead of the usual 1 3/4 cup of AP, I used 1 C of AP and 3/4 C of WW. In about 18 minutes, we'll see how my experiment has worked out.

In other food news, I've discovered the perfect low-sodium lunch meat (Boar's Head Deluxe Roast Beef, which according to the website contains a mere 80mg of sodium per serving, and still manages to taste good), and the perfect homemade tomato soup recipe (it's from Cooks Illustrated's, shocker - Ultimate Cream of Tomato Tomato Soup).

Earlier in the week, I used my mom's bulgogi marinade recipe to concoct bulgogi burgers. The resulting burgers were pretty good, but I think I'll cut back on the salty (soy sauce, fish sauce) and sweet (sugar, honey) a bit.

KNIT down along

As a compulsive yarn-purchaser and -stasher participating in a knit down along, or KDAL, I'm in withdrawal, close to getting the shakes *wink*

However, I am also ridiculously proud of myself, because thanks to this competition, I have experienced the most knitting-productive few months of my knitting life. I've managed to knit many, many thousands of yards in various types of projects - including a sweater (close to finishing a second and working on a third), several lace shawls (including two enormous ones), and various smaller projects. Though I have given away some yarn, as is allowed under the official rules, the vast majority, lion's share of my yardage-out comes from knitted objects. And I'm proud of myself for that accomplishment. Whether I win this competition or not - I'm proud of the way I've played the game.