Weather has been wintry of late, so have been spending lots of time in the kitchen.

Things that I have realised that I never post about -- the bread...  I bake all our own bread -- two different loaves -- every single week.

This is the yeast risen loaf -- 75% white and 25% wholemeal.  4 hours start to finish but only about 15 minutes of my time.  Incredibly easy, the kneading bit is great if you are mad about something and need to get your aggression out, and totally delicious...

And this is the sourdough -- 50% white and 50% wholemeal.  Yes, it's in a tin.  I know.  I eat most of my bread toasted, and tin-shaped loaves just are easier for making toast.  If sourdough in a tin offends you, deal with it...  :)

On the pie front, now that the hens are laying again, yesterday I made this yummy pear custard pie -- and clearly Danny really likes it because when I got up this morning I found that MORE THAN HALF of the pie had been eaten!  :)

And because this is the UK and pies here can be savoury as well as sweet, I also made a fish pie -- yum yum yum!

We did have one nice day in all the bad weather -- so of course I went swimming -- swim #4 of 2025....

Now off to try to get warm before I go out to feed the sheep in the wind!  :)