My kids eat a sandwich for lunch on an almost daily basis. Their favorite is peanut butter and nutella. We finally got them to try peanut butter and jelly made with my homemade jelly. And they will eat it, but they still prefer nutella. As part of eliminating the grocery store I need to break the lunch-time sandwich habit. This is in part due to the bread issue.
From a health perspective, I think it is safe to say that my kids are carbohydrate junkies. This does not bode well for them as adults, especially if they follow in my footsteps. I recognize that growing kids need way more carbohydrates than adults but at the same time, I don't think that they should live solely on them. In reviewing our meals I was surprised by how large a role carbohydrates are playing. No wonder I am not losing weight!
I can make awesome homemade bread using commercially produced yeast. Wonderful, soft, rich homemade bread. The kind where you can eat an entire loaf with a cup of butter. In an hour. As good as this bread is, it just doesn't work for sandwiches since it is too soft and light. And bigger slices don't really work either.
I have also learned how to make homemade sour dough bread without commercially produced yeast by making my own fermented starter. Fermented foods are good for your digestion, but sour dough and peanut butter. Bleh. Not so tasty. And my kids complain that it "is not the same as store bread".
How does one make store bread at home? Until I can solve that issue I am working on making lunches that do not require sandwiches. Thankfully it is winter so homemade soups can go far. My kids love my homemade tomato soup using the produce from our garden. And I can make a pretty tasty chicken noodle soup too. Provided I can live with the carbohydrates. Sigh. Add learn how to make homemade noodles to the list.
I am finding that this challenge has a tendency to have a snowball effect. I figure out one thing, such as how to replace paper towels, only to discover that I need to learn multiple things in the from-scratch department. What keeps me going is knowing that people used to live this way a long time ago. And knowing that I am not the only person to try this. Thankfully I can look to what others have done and tried. And hopefully, we can all start sharing ideas here too, so that we can all learn together. Knowing that we are not alone is nice.
Be blessed.
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