Ready for another October Unprocessed? I am!! Well, almost. I found out last Friday that my gallbladder will be coming out on the 6th; so there will be a small crimp in my plans as I recover from my surgery, I won't be doing much cooking (or probably eating) for at least a week. Which means my daily posts won't happen as planned. My diet the first week will be simple foods like broth, pasta, rice; boring!! But it will be worth it in the end to not have to deal with the pain anymore.
I decided I have a few small goals to meet this month; scaling back my plans for the month but only pushing them off a bit, I still plan on doing everything I planned.
Goal 1: to learn more about alternative choices to cane sugar. I want to research how to replace cane sugar with honey or maple syrup SUCESSFULLY (I haven't been successful yet, seems the liquid affects the recipe) as well as how to use (or not use) products like date sugar.
Goal 2: to learn how to successfully replace wheat flours with other types of flours. I used a hazelnut flour in a recipe not knowing you couldn't just substitute it. Terrible results! Apparently it's missing some important part, like a binding agent? I have coconut flour I tried substituting for wheat flour in breading a backed chicken breast - came out terrible. Dry and powdery...blech.
Goal 3: to learn how to make my own condiments, like ketchup, mustard and mayo. Problem I have is that we use them so sparingly I'm afraid they will go bad before we can use it all. We literally use 2 tablespoons of mayo a week on my son's two ham sandwiches he takes to school for lunch. Most home made recipes say it lasts a week or two. A lot of work for something we rarely use. Mustard is a tablespoon a week at most.
So I think that's it to start. As I start to feel better, I may adjust my plans, but this may be a shortened "month" for me...
Good luck everyone, and HAPPY EATING!!
Kathy
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