Je vous avais déjà dit que je n'aimais pas particulièrent les chats? D'ailleurs, c'est pour ça que je voulais une lapinette à la maison, comme ça quand elle m'embête elle rentre dans sa cage (en général elle aime bien y retourner, surtout pour la bouffe). Et bien mon chéri lui aime les chats, et depuis que j'ai ma lapinette, il pensait qu'il aimerait bien son chat lui aussi. Moi je rêvotais que ça serait rigolo si ils avaint les même couleurs tous les deux...

Alors aujourd'hui, au retour du supermarché on est passé par le magasin d'animaux, par curiosité. Et on est revenu avec lui à la maison.

Don Quixote n'a pas encore décidé comment il allait l'appeler. Je trouvais que Domino serait chouette parce qu'il est noir et blanc, mais c'est pas cool que se soit moi qui décide le nom de son chat. Il a presque 4 mois (né le 29 octobre 2006, même jour que ma copine Magali!) et pour l'instant il est très timide et reste dans le fond de sa cage.

Lily a fait quelques crottes dans la litière du chat.

At work.
Me: I made my own bread.
Co-worker: You have a bread machine?
M: No, I had to knead it with my own hand. It was fun!
C-W: You are like a pioneer's wife!

I'll take it as a compliment. :)

I'd wanted to make my own bread for a long time. Think about it: add whichever seeds and grains you want, bake it for as long as you want it, etc... But all the recipes I would read were sooo complicated "let sit for 1 hour/one day, then cover with a humid cloth, reserve, come back, aaargh!". I couldn't imagine myself watching the dough rise slowly, stay there forever to prepare an "almighty" bread. I had almost given up, until the day in September when I met my friend Tricia. She makes her delicious bread with this recipe that she got from her sister (she comes from a family of 10!) who got it from someone else... and gave it to me, and now allows me to share it with the whole world! Yeay! Viva internet!


This is my second batch. I've added flax weed to the original oatmeal bread recipe.

Ingredients:
- 1T yeast
- 1t sugar
- 1/2 c. warm water
- 1 c. whole wheat flour
- 1 c. white flour (I prefer darker bread so I put 3 cups whole wheat and 3 cups white flour)
- 1 c. oatmeal
- 1 T salt (I put 2)
- 2 T butter
- 1/2 c. brown sugar
- 2 c. boiling water

*NOTE* T=Tablespoon, t=teaspoon

In a bowl, dissolve yeast and 1t sugar in 1/2 c. warm water; let sit.
In a separate large mixing bowl, put together the dry ingredients: flour, oatmeal, brown sugar (other seeds/grains if desired), salt. When the yeast is ready, add to the mixture with the butter and gradualy the hot water.
Knead about 10 minutes until the dough is risen (twice the size). I'm not sure I've got that yet.
Form 2 loaves, let raise until the dough reaches top of pans (30 minutes). Again, this must depend on the baking dish you have 'cause my dough hasn't reached that far.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes at 375 F. Remove from pan immediately to cool.
Freezes very well. Takes about 12 hours to thaw.

Mmmh!