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Changing Roles in the Local Food Economy

Changing Roles in the Local Food Economy

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I've been on a break from baking! Much needed, but

I've been on a break from baking! Much needed, but I'll be back at it next week after 3 weeks off.

Bread will be baked for @ottawavalleycoffee , @ottawavalleycoffee.arnprior & @grandmaspantry plus if you want to do farm pick up ordering is open now!

Farm Pick up is Thursday January 26th between 4:30-7pm
Varieties are a bit limited for next week but most of the regulars are there!

Deadline to order is Monday January 23rd at 7pm.

Ottawa home deliveries coming up in a couple weeks!

Link in bio to order bread and to sign up for the email list to be the first to know when I'm baking!

Photo credit: @hopewell.media

I love coming together in person to teach others!

I love coming together in person to teach others! So it's with great excitement that I announce a new sourdough workshop held in the town of Renfrew!

Sunday March 12th join me for Sourdough Bread 101 at the Ma-Te-Way Activity Centre in Renfrew from 1-4:30pm.

You can come alone or BRING A FRIEND to this workshop and come at a reduced price. That worked out so well in December I'm doing it again 🙂

In this workshop you get to mix your own loaf to take home to bake, watch a demo of scoring and baking and cinnamon bun rolling. Plus you'll get an ebook with loads of info, sourdough method and recipe and your very own healthy sourdough starter.

People who come together share a bowl and the mixing tasks, folks who come alone get that task to themselves, but everyone gets what I described in the above paragraph!

Link is in my bio for info and registration! If you have any questions at all, send me a message!

These hands, these arms, this body- we all have th

These hands, these arms, this body- we all have them. We all use them everyday, some more than others. Baking is a physical job- it's kept me strong but has also broken me in many ways. While some muscles build, others are pulled out of balance by repetition and improper posture. The hours are long- standing, lifting, dividing dough, shaping dough, loading the oven, unloading the oven. Over and over and over again.

Over the last ten years of baking bread (plus having a baby, farming, gardening, cooking etc!)I have had to tend to myself in many ways. I didn't used to "take conscious care" of myself. I was younger, I did whatever I wanted, I wasn't connected to my body and how it felt. I studied Human Kinetics in University, so I have an education that taught me the mechanics of how we work, but even so that didn't help me understand what it really means to embody or be really in my body.

The body has so many ways of communicating with us...it whispers at first and then it will start screaming if we don't listen. I really didn't listen for a long time. I'm sure many of you have done the same?

I'm learning now- I rest more. I say no to more things. I spend more time outside of work building strength in weaker parts of my body so I can spend less time in pain. I've learned about circadian rhythm and biology to support myself. I go outside more on purpose (especially in the winter). I eat deeply nourishing foods- animals we have raised, vegetables we have grown. I see the deep connection of my physical being with my emotions, soul and spirit and that helps me take care of myself better. How do you take care of yourself?

#bakerlife #wellness #ottawavalley #handmade #skilledtradeswomen #sourdoughbreadbaker

Gluten free bread is out there in the stores- I've

Gluten free bread is out there in the stores- I've tried it! It's white and kind of fluffy and tastes kind of sweet and reminiscent of wonder bread. Wonder bread doesn't really "rise". It's beaten like crazy to incorporate air, but you can ball it up in your hand and create this gross gummy dough ball. Gluten free bread doesn't really rise in the same way as regular wheat breads either, hence why I think that the store bought bread reminds me of it...what do you think?

Anyhow- I have also eaten some very flavourful, but very dense GF bread. I think that most folks who choose not to eat gluten for whatever reason would prefer something in between, am I right?!

I've strived to develop a gluten free sourdough bread that falls in the middle- flavourful, but not too dense. Something you can slice and that holds (doesn't fall apart in your hands) but that isn't completely full of gummy starch.

This is the bread I sell to customers, but it is also the bread you can learn to make at my Gluten Free Sourdough 101 workshop in Killaloe, ON on Sunday February 5th!

Half the spots are already taken- 5 spots remain! I am honouring my holiday sale price until the end of this coming weekend (Sunday January 15th). So go grab your spot if you want to learn how to bake this bread, how to take care of a GF sourdough culture and how to swap out different flours etc.

Follow the link in my bio for more details and registration!

#glutenfreesourdoughbread #learntobakeglutenfreesourdough #glutenfreesourdoughbreadworkshop #ottawavalley #renfrewcouty

Calling out for two more people who want to learn

Calling out for two more people who want to learn sourdough baking in just over a week!

There are two spots left for Sunday January 15th's workshop here at the farm.

I want to offer one of these spots at a seriously reduced price for some help at the end with dishes 😊

Putting on these workshops is so fulfilling for me, but I have to admit the dishes at the end are exhausting and always more fun and easy when I have some help!

If you are interested in this and feel like the cost of the workshops is too much for you ($240+HST) please reach out in a DM and we can chat!

This workshop offers loads of hands on instruction, time to ask questions and discuss problems, troubleshooting plus I feed you an amazingly delicious homemade lunch 😃

If you are ready to sign up for a regular priced spot the link is in my bio! Hope to see you there!

#sourdoughbread #learntobakesourdough #sourdoughworkshop #renfrewcounty #OttawaValley #comewander @ottawavalleytravel

Hand skills, trades and crafts seem like a lost an

Get your hands right into it! I've been on and off

Get your hands right into it! I've been on and off sick for 3 weeks and baking lots in between so I've gotten behind announcing some new workshops scheduled for 2023.

The December workshop in Killaloe was a great success- so much fun getting folks together to learn and laugh together.

I have two more workshops scheduled for January and February and more to come:

Sunday January 15th 2023- The original Sourdough Simplified workshop here in my home kitchen. This workshop is longer than the one I just ran, includes a delicious lunch and small ratio of students to teacher (me). There is lots of time to ask questions and delve into anything that might need tending to depending on the group.

Sunday February 4th 2023 (in Killaloe again!)- Gluten Free Sourdough 101! This is a new in person workshop. Learn to make your own GF sourdough loaf. Take home a gluten free sourdough starter, a loaf to bake and learn how to swap in/out flours to suit your own dietary needs.

Workshops are on sale until December 31st- 15% off! Might be a perfect last minute gift for a loved one or a deserved gift to yourself 😊

Info and registration is in the link in my bio and will wandering around my stories over the next while!

Thanks Tammy @opeongosoaps for the photos!

#sourdoughbread #sourdoughbreadworkshop #learntobakesourdough #RenfrewCounty #OttawaValley #ComeWander @ottawavalleytravel

Despite some sickness in the family early this wee

Despite some sickness in the family early this week to a minor mixer breakdown yesterday, there is bread on the way to @carpfarmersmarket with Patrick!! Hooray 🙌 😀🤪

Shown is the elusive chocolate chunk and cherry sourdough- only limited quantities as my source for cherries didn't have much! Lots of your favourite varieties available as well.

The Christmas market is on today from 3-8pm and tomorrow from 8am-2pm. Find us right inside the main entrance to the Ag hall!

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#woodfiredbread #sourdoughbread #homebakery #renfrewcounty #Ottawa #ottawvalley #carpchristmasmarket

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