Remember the tuna sandwich? Well today is gluten-free bread making day. My one son goes through a loaf of bread about every week an a half. Therefore I don't necessarily pick one day of the week as designated to such an event but only when it's about that time to do so. Maybe I would have to be more consistent if it weren't for a wonderful machine that can do my bread making for me at the drop of a hat. Yes, it's my bread machine. Patented to do all the mixing, kneading, resting, and baking with only so much a beep to let you know that hard labor has been completed as is ready to be enjoyed.
This truly is our favorite sandwich bread mix as Gluten-free Pantry so proclaims. Four simply ingredients get measured into the pan - two eggs, vegetable oil or butter, lukewarm water and the dry mix (yeast included). Then I set my crust to light and my course selection for baking. Va La! Two hours later you start smelling freshly baked bread permeate the atmosphere. And a bit of jealousy arising from every member of the family that will get told it is not for them.
It is for Peter however and it makes for a huge grin knowing he can eat what smell so delicious, at least when it comes to this. Which is what home should be. A place were the things that make you different to everyone else and sometimes cost you what is naturally accepted become the very things in which you feel the most special to those who love you.
After the loaf has cooled I slice it into sandwich bread. Rarely do we use a slice that isn't for something being held between two pieces so the are frozen in pairs. That way, because gluten-free bread is very susceptible to losing it's goodness at room temperature, I can defrost two slices at a time for daily delight.
Out of sheer curiosity, how many of you know someone that follows a gluten-free lifestyle? It's more known than one might imagine and is becoming a less frightening diet with each new soul good food being unearthed.
