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No Knead Dutch Oven Crusty Bread

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By Mavis Butterfield on October 23, 2013 · 58 Comments

I’ve been wanting to try this recipe for no knead Dutch oven bread forever since I first spotted it on Mama JJ’s blog Mama’s Minutia. Mama JJ doesn’t mess around with her recipes, so I knew it would be just as delicious as it looked. Plus she cooks it in a dutch oven pot so that was way different for me! But I just never got around to making it.

Until today. WhyOhWhy did I wait this long to try it. I ate almost the entire loaf. The entire loaf people! It’s a good thing I saved a little for my family because the entire house smelled like fresh baked bread so it’s not like I could hide it. But I totally wanted to.

Ingredients

3 cups flour {I use all-purpose white flour}

1 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon rapid rise yeast

1 1/2 cups warm water

Directions

Stir the ingredients together, cover with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 12-18 hours. Your dough should look like the picture above after 12-18 hours.

Now you are ready to form your loaf, but first put your pot and lid in the oven and pre-heat it to 450 degrees. Let it the pot heat up in the oven for about 30 minutes before taking it out.

While the pot is in the oven, shape the dough on a lightly floured surface just until it forms a sticky ball. Let it rest on the counter until the pot has been in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove pot from oven, place dough in pot and return lid.

Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove bread from pot and let cool slightly before eating. Now go give Mama JJ some love for sharing such a delicious and easy recipe!

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$250 a Month Food Budget – Groceries, Take Out and Date Nights – November 13th – 19th

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By Mavis Butterfield on November 20, 2017 · 12 Comments

Highlight of the week? A free turkey! Wahoo. The company The Girl works for gave all their employees {and there are a lot of them} a free turkey for Thanksgiving. How cool is that? You know what’s even better? The Girl has been cooking our Thanksgiving bird since she was like 9 years old. Yep. One year she asked if she could make the turkey {and a bunch of the side dishes too} and well, we let her, and since then, Thanksgiving is HER holiday. I LOVE IT.

Traditions… they’re pretty cool.

Oh and you know what else is cool? I asked Monkey Boy if he was coming home for Thanksgiving and he said yes. So that’s a good sign, right? Maybe the boys weren’t too keen on eating yet another can chili for the big day? Who know, I’m just glad he still wants to hang out with us. Or maybe it’s the leftovers he’s after? Hmmm. 😉

Those adorable fettuccine nests from Costco? Totally worth it! You should get a package the next time you are there. The texture is about a million and two times better than the boxed kind.

I could eat a Caesar salad ever day and never get tired of it.

Split pea and ham soup. Tis the season for crockpot meals.

Ham with roasted sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts.

Pork fried rice. It’s totally a staple at our house.

And so is no knead crusty bread.

Baked mac and cheese. I don’t think I’ll use whole wheat bread {with seeds} for the topping again though. I thought the crumbs were kind of funky. The HH loved it though so who knows.

I also baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon rolls, made a Nutella and banana sandwiches, and 2 batches of homemade biscotti this past week with Mrs. HB. It was a good week food wise and I didn’t have the urge to step foot in a store until…

Target $6.94

I popped in to Target for toothpaste and noticed the 18 count eggs were on sale for $1.39 and milk was $2.08 a gallon so I loaded up while I was there. Luckily I went when the doors opened so the parking lot wasn’t full yet and I was able to zip in and out in under 5 minutes. Quick shopping trips, that’s where it’s at. If you can get in and out in a jiffy, chances are you will spend less. And I’m all about spending less these days.

How about YOU? Have you already done your grocery shopping for turkey day yet or are you one of those brave souls that does it the day of? I’d love to know.

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $6.94

Total Spent in January on Groceries $202.99
Total Spent in February on Groceries $143.94
Total Spent in March on Groceries $183.35
Total Spent in April on Groceries $205.67
Total Spent on Groceries in May $248.60
Total Spent on Groceries in June $147.47
Total Spent on Groceries in July $293.63
Total Spent on Groceries in August $117.29
Total Spent on Groceries in September $172.91
Total Spent on Groceries in October $186.69
Total Spent on Groceries in November $289.96

Total Spent in January on Take Out, Date Nights, and Bakery Treats $42.19
Total Spent in February on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $118.45
Total Spent in March on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $25.29
Total Spent in April on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $62.50
Total Spent in May on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $54.52
Total Spent in June on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $119.15
Total Spent in July on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $12.45
Total Spent in July on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $0
Total Spent in August on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $212.67
Total Spent in September on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $132.50
Total Spent in October on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $87
Total Spent in November on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $60.42

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No Knead Sun-Dried Tomato, Olive and Feta Bread

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By Mavis Butterfield on February 9, 2016 · 14 Comments

I love the No Knead Dutch Oven Crusty Bread I make, and my family agrees. It’s hard not to finish a full loaf in one sitting. By myself. So I decided to take that recipe and see if I could make it even more fantastic. I threw in a few more ingredients and let me tell you Bob, it was delicious. Just like the original bread, it’s super easy to make. But the addition of the cheese, olives and tomatoes just takes it to a whole new level. If you’ve tried the original recipe and decide to make this version, pipe up in the comments and let me know if you loved it as much as I did!

Ingredients

3 cups flour {I use all-purpose white flour}
1 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon rapid rise yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1/3 cup Kalamata olives chopped
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
1/4 cup Mediterranean seasoned feta cheese

Directions

Stir the first 4 ingredients together, then fold in the last 3 ingredients. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 12-18 hours.

Now you are ready to form your loaf, but first put your pot and lid in the oven and preheat it to 450 degrees. Let the pot heat up in the oven for about 30 minutes before taking it out.

Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove bread from pot and let cool slightly before eating. Enjoy!

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Ask Mavis: What I’m Planting, a Pretty New Fence and a Yummy Bread Recipe

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By Mavis Butterfield on July 17, 2015 · 7 Comments

It’s that time again. You ask, and I pretend to know things and answer your burning questions. It really is so much fun to open my inbox and see the wide variety of questions you guys have. Reminds me that my readers are so diverse and pretty dang awesome. So keep those questions coming and I’ll keep racking my brain for answers.

Hi, glad you are feeling better! What other crops are you going to be planting besides beets?

~Chelsea

I’ll be starting cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and broccoli raab inside this month so they will be ready to transplant into my fall garden. I plan on planting more carrots, beets, potatoes and turnips outside. That way, they will be ready just in time for Thanksgiving dinner. That’s the beauty of inside/outside planting. Double the produce!!
Mavis,
We will soon be getting into tomato harvest time (especially with this screaming hot weather we’ve been having!) and I wondered if you had an answer to a question. I had lots and lots of cherry tomatoes last year and decided to roast them and freeze them. In the middle of the winter I pulled them out and used in a pasta recipe. The flavor was so good but the skins on them were really tough. I haven’t roasted the big tomatoes so don’t know if that is a problem with them too, but outside of peeling each little cherry goodness do you know how to keep the skins from being so stretchy and chewy? Appreciate any information.

Thanks,
Ellen in Clackamas

I’ve only ever had this issue once, and it had nothing to do with freezing the tomatoes, believe it or not. It had to do with the condition of the tomato skins before I froze them. If you garden in a climate that gets frost {which we do}, freezing cherry tomatoes at the end of the growing season is tricky. Tomato skins start to toughen when temperatures dip below 50 degrees F. I suspect that'[s what happened to your tomatoes. You might have started with tough skins. After freezing, plan to puree late-season cherry tomatoes to break up skins. I’d use them up in soups or sauces.

Mavis I love the fence at your new home. Where did you purchase it? I know that you are a bargain shopper – so I am hoping you guide me. Where do I look for your answer?

~Mary J.

I used Dennis and his crew from Coatney Fence Company. They set all ten million posts like it was nothing. They worked quickly and efficiently. They are awesome. You can read more about my new fence HERE.

Hi there! I’m going to try baking instead of buying our bread for 1, to know all the ingredients and 2, to save a bit of money. My family doesn’t love your standard loaf recipes I’ve seen. Do you have a different bread recipe you swear by? Thanks in advance!

~Shelby

I can’t make my No Knead Dutch Oven Crusty Bread recipe fast enough around here. It’s always a hit!! You’re going to love fresh baked bread. And the way your house smells. Yum! You can check out some of my Bread Baking Tips and Tricks, too!

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