I love home-made bread and our farmers market features two different bread vendors so I can get my fill. However, I also like to make bread at home, but I don’t always have the time (and this time of year who wants to turn on the oven), so I found a quick solution. I use my Crockpot. This is an unusual way to make bread, but it is so easy and you can use any combination of herbs to craft if.
MATERIALS:
1 Tbls. Yeast
¼ cup warm water
½ cup warm milk
1/3 cup quick-cook oats
1 ½ Tbls. olive oil
1 ½ Tbls. honey
1 egg
1/8 cup wheat germ
2 tsp fresh minced rosemary (or 1 tsp dried) - you can substitute savory if you grow it!
2 tsp fresh minced thyme (or 1 tsp dried) – try lemon thyme if you have it!
2 tsp fresh dill or parsley (or 1 tsp dried)
1 tsp salt
2 cups wheat flour, plus up to 1/3 cup more
STEPS:
1. Turn your Crockpot to high. Place a riser in the bottom. Two canning jar rims or crumbled aluminum foil will do. Add...
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backyard patch, bread, dill, herbs, parsley, rosemary, savory, thyme
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Not all perennial herbs are good in containers. Some grow too large or too vigorously for the confining space. Others do well in a pot or window box.
When choosing perennials for the container, try dwarf varieties or hybrids which generally have all the flavor and scent of the original cultivar, but often have a more decorative leaf and generally a smaller growing habit.
Here are a few of my most favorite:
Tricolor Sage -- a smaller version of sage with a variegated leaf of gold and green with a red stem that has smaller leaves and a less woody stem. Nice in a large window box or as a focal point in a round pot. If you are planting it in a container 12 to 18 inches in diameter, you must plant it alone as it will have a large root system that will choke out other plants if the pot is too small. They are shorter, growing only 8 to 10 inches the first year.
Prostrate Rosemary – Usually the genus name is Rosmariius Irene, long arms with flexible stems and a habit that causes it to fall over...
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chives, container gardening, herbs, lemon verbena, oregano, perennials, rosemary, sage
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