Food is how I feel but it’s not all I feel. Does that make sense?

It’s been quite a summer, 2025, hasn’t it? And now we are fully into fall and I am feeling all the fall feels….pumpkin and cider and apple images are dancing in my head and I’m not too happy about losing zero weight over the last six months. I said ZERO. None. Zip! I didn’t gain, so that’s good but come on! I can do this! But I’m trying to explain why a gal who blogs mostly recipes and food is avoiding this lately. I’m in my mid-sixties. I have elderly metabolism and aging joints to boot. Also, I suffered a pickleball injury and my knee does not want to cooperate with my usual exercise routines. I like exercise, so I used to eat what I wanted, with a keen eye to portion control. Now…sigh. I am not exercising enough to keep up with my taste buds. So I’ve spent the summer months telling myself to try hard to think differently about food. In other words, I’m asking myself to refrain from thinking about the next meal while munching on the current one. Well, it’s not working. I live to eat, instead of eating to live. You know the type. (Me!)

Anyway I have been baking a bit. This loaf of bread is golden honey wheat. I used my handy dandy bread maker to mix and bake this one. My thinking was that a homemade loaf has only good ingredients and I know exactly what they are. Do you want to know also? Great! Here’s the recipe:

Honey Wheat Bread

3/4 cup milk

6 tbsp. water

3 tbsp. butter

3 tbsp. honey

1 tbsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 cup wheat flour

2 cups bread or all purpose flour

1 1/2 tbsp. yeast

Directions: If you use a bread maker, use their directions for adding the ingredients in the recommended order. If making with a mixer, add yeast to warm water and milk then set aside. Mix all other dry ingredients. Add all wet ingredients and mix for about 2-3 minutes. Rest it for 5 minutes. Take out of mixer and knead for 2-4 minutes. Add to loaf pan and let rise until double in a warm spot. Cover with a tea towel or plastic wrap. Bake at 375 for about 35-40 minutes or until brown.

Let’s all practice some portion control, shall we? After all, tomorrow is another day to exercise, eat, enjoy life and repeat!

Love,

Marci