tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:30:35 +0000breadsourdoughchocolate chipscookieswhole wheatcheeseoatmealchallahcinnamonfennelhoneyice creammintpicturespizzaricerollsDaring BakersDobos TorteJimNew YorkRyeRye BreadTorteaniseappleapple cakebananabiscottiblondiesbranbrowniescakecarrot cakecranberriescroissantscucumberscupcakesdancingdanishdanishesdark wheatefrostingfrozen yogurtgingergranolalaffahlemonlentilsmilletmuffinsmultigrainno kneadoatmeal raisin cookiesoatsonionorangespeanut butterpeter reinhartpine nutspitapizza stoneradioraisinssaladsavoryseededsemolinashabbatsourdgoughspicystartersteamsummersunflower seedssweet doughtomatotomatoestop secret dance offtortillavanillavanilla beanvanilla frostingwindexwrapyeast doughyogurtbread, cookies, and more from an enthusiastic sourcehttp://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-282383231697175452Sun, 23 Jun 2013 04:26:00 +00002013-06-22T21:26:33.548-07:00 Last week I had a tough week. Part of my job responsibilities are customer-service based, and it seemed like everyone last week had some kind of gripe or complaint. WHAT'S THE DEAL, PEOPLE?? Maybe all these Chicagoans are cranky from staying up late to watch hockey. (They aren't as hardy as us Canadians- they only tune in during the play-offs.) Either way, it was tough. It's hard to remember to http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2013/06/simple-muffins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-7482437906205928885Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:16:00 +00002013-06-14T17:16:07.731-07:00 Chulent is not so glamorous. I tried to compensate with a glamour shot of my crock pot. See below. About two years ago I became a vegetarian, and about half a year ago I came up with my perfect combo for a vegetarian chulent. For the uninitiated- chulent is usually a meat stew that is cooked in a large slow pot (or a crockpot). It is made on Friday, and cooks until Saturday, at which point it http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2013/06/vegetarian-chulent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-5493960109292659965Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:00:00 +00002013-06-13T20:20:09.642-07:00 There's a certain zen that comes with baking bread. You really have to trust the process that the flour, water, and yeast that you dump into a bowl is going to amount to something. At the beginning the dough looks like a shaggy mess, but with patience and a little bit of elbow grease you can really make something special. Last week I tried out a new recipe for challah. 16 challahs later... http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2013/06/baking-challah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-6593416672086874946Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:16:00 +00002013-06-13T20:29:23.744-07:00 Sometimes sitting gets boring. At my office, when you order files from the archives, if it is more than one or two files then they arrive in cardboard boxes. As I was nearing the end of my eleventh hour at work yesterday, I was suddenly hit with a wave of inspiration. Why not prop my computer and keyboard up on those boxes to make a standing workstation? Genius! I mean, I thought it was http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2011/06/sometimes-sitting-gets-boring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-1437948420205842212Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:06:00 +00002010-12-28T09:06:52.367-08:00granolaIt has been such a long time since I've posted! Wow. Many times over the past few months I have tried to start writing a post and I've trailed off somewhere in the middle of the first paragraph, leaving a string of half-written, half-baked posts behind me. Dear readers, if there are any of you who still visit my blog, please let me explain to you why I have taken a three month break from my blog.http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/12/granola-and-hello-again-long-time-no.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-8552268796358489118Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:00 +00002010-08-31T12:04:51.730-07:00breadno knead Today I finished law school! I'm on my way to hand in my last paper of my degree. Tomorrow I start work as a legal intern in one of the many law firms in Tel Aviv. So why am I spending my last day of freedom in the kitchen? Because of a certain dark secret that I have: I'm terrified of going hungry at work. I can't explain it, but when tomorrow comes around I'll practically bring a whole http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/08/no-knead-bread.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-1688111757660402368Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:58:00 +00002010-08-25T03:24:53.099-07:00steamwindexIt was Tuesday morning. I was at a wedding last night until 2 am so it's no surprise that I made this mistake. I guess it could happen to anyone. I just didn't expect it to happen to me.&nbsp;I woke up groggy- but with one thought going through my mind- "must. bake. bread". I've had the dough all ready to go, sitting in my fridge now for a few days. Still in my pjs, I dumped the dough out and http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/08/horror-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-1239743975818553621Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:53:00 +00002014-07-10T11:48:49.944-07:00breadlaffah After five years of university I can see the end coming close. It's been a long journey. I've studied hard, studied not so hard, made friends and said goodbye to some. I dated and dumped and got dumped and got married. I baked. I started a blog, and in two weeks I'm going to start work in a law firm. As the newest legal intern in the firm I imagine that I will boldly type, translate, photocopy http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/08/laffa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-1255950665053496681Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:51:00 +00002010-07-28T12:51:17.236-07:00cucumberspeanut buttertortillawraplooks all innocent, but its really the best wrap you'll ever have.&nbsp; I realize that with this post I may lose all credibility I ever had as a food blogger. Either way, I am totally willing to risk it for this post. It's that good. I'm not sure where I found this recipe for the first time... I think it may have been a British blog devoted to cheap student meals. (side note about being a http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/07/most-amazing-wrap-ever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-5949396130370421502Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:42:00 +00002010-07-21T13:42:48.466-07:00 Its the time of year when tons of food blogs around the world are talking about the fresh bounty of the summer season. Corn, berries, all sorts of beans and peas, cherries- these are all examples of fruits and veggies that are not easy to find in my area. Every time I read another blog post telling me the best way to use up all those extra cherries (cherry jam! cherry pie! cherry jam!) I feel http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/07/vegetabley-dinner-rolls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-6382300189025753137Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:56:00 +00002010-07-11T11:56:36.143-07:00The theme of this week is antitrust. My antitrust exam is on Monday, and so far I'm eating and sleeping monopolies, market share, cartels etc etc. I have another four exams to go (four!). When I get stressed I tend to gravitate towards food. Especially when I am reading notes- I know it sounds weird, but when I'm doing something with my hands, like, say, eating popcorn, I can get through more http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/07/healthy-awesome-cookies-and-equally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-6167981999101186503Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:25:00 +00002010-06-30T09:25:33.856-07:00lentilsriceBusy week. Jewish fast day on Tuesday (no food or water all day until 8:30 pm!) Terrible heat all week- at least 35 degrees every day, and HUMID!! It's a good thing I've started wearing scarves because otherwise my hair would be out of control frizzy. As I'm sure you are not interested in the frizziness of my hair I will get back to the topic at hand: Lentils. Lentils are awesome- besides http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/06/lentils-and-rice-lazy-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-5423277133458537378Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:58:00 +00002010-06-25T05:58:13.211-07:00cheesesavoryyeast doughdon't be fooled by its ugly appearance... this baby tastes AMAZING I just finished the longest exam I ever took on US securities law (Waddup Prof. Steinberg!) It was a take-home exam that took me three whole days to write, non-stop. For the last six hours of writing I listened to Shakira's "This Time for Africa" song so many times that I had to stop myself from unintentionally writing waka wakahttp://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/06/strombolini.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-6451339396080693831Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:57:00 +00002010-06-16T09:30:32.692-07:00cheesedanish cheese danishes! and chocolate danishes! easy peasy Well, I'm back in class. Literally- I'm right in the middle of learning about internet law. Well, "learning" is kind of relative at this point. Either way, I'm in class. Since my last post I've gotten around to doing a few things. I got married. I made cheese danishes. This recipe is dead easy- just dump all the ingredients for the http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/06/cheese-danishes-and-wedding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-4072892597254634530Thu, 06 May 2010 06:04:00 +00002010-05-06T13:30:00.646-07:00breadcranberriesfennelpine nutssemolina Happy Bloggiversarry to Leahsleavenedbread! One year ago I started my blog on a whim. I took pictures of whoever was around and chose a domain and a blog name. Today the friend that was in that first picture is my fiance (in two and a half weeks he'll be my husband!), and I have made enough money on adsense to buy myself at least three cups of coffee. Success! My grandmother and uncle are http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/05/semolina-fennel-cranberry-bread-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-4446450470951585895Mon, 03 May 2010 07:41:00 +00002010-05-03T03:24:21.538-07:00bananachocolate chipscookiesoatmealIt's been so long- I almost forget how to do this. But here I am again, still in my pjs, coffee cup in hand, spent the morning photographing cookies and ate so many that I completely forgot about breakfast. Looks like it's coming back to me.I found this recipe on "Tasty Kitchen"- a communal recipe website started by the Pioneer Woman (whose blog never fails to make me laugh). The recipe promised http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/05/banana-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-8082628429509945246Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:24:00 +00002010-03-14T12:48:33.171-07:00anisebiscottichocolate chipscookiesWell, I've been meaning to post for a while, but my last two baking attempts were failed macarons that came out of the oven flat flat flat. That's no good, and I can't have two posts about my baking failures in a row (see pics of tomatoes and failed croissants).So Friday I decided to bake something a little easier- biscotti. These twice-baked cookies are delicious on their own or dunked in tea orhttp://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/03/biscotti-danici.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-1866569246575081112Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:10:00 +00002010-02-04T00:31:19.533-08:00croissantslemonpicturestomatoesI'm prepping you. I'm luring you in with nice pictures of tomatoes (and one lemon), so that when I show you pictures of my failed "sun-dappled" croissants at the end of this post you'll only think about how nicely the sun plays on the baked goods, and you won't think about how much they don't look like how croissants are supposed to look. Hey, at least i'm giving you a heads up. <?xml:namespace http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-3006396762816523659Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:41:00 +00002010-02-01T13:11:20.384-08:00breadonionrice I’m just going to get right down to it: this bread is sooo easy. Make it, impress your friends. Just dump the ingredients in a big bowl. Mix. Wait a few minutes, knead it a bit. Refrigerate, wait a bit, and bake. Easy peasy, and it’s delicious. Make sandwiches with it, or toast it. Don’t be intimidated by the detailed instructions, they are actually very helpful. I made this recipe using http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/02/wild-rice-and-onion-bread.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-9111906203422151002Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:31:00 +00002010-01-21T04:12:56.058-08:00appleapple cakecake I’m getting married in four months (yay! let the countdown begin!). I have a dress I need to fit into. Despite this fact, I have recently determined to start blogging again- which does not only include baking and cooking- but eating! Big time. I just can’t help it though…I find these recipes filled with butter and chocolatey amazingness, and flour and brown sugar, and all good things http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/01/apple-cake-and-four-months-to-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-7835895347057186634Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:44:00 +00002010-01-18T13:06:28.669-08:00rolls Ok, here we go. I haven't posted in a while, and its that time of night again- I'm done studying for the day but I'm not quite ready to go to sleep. Never-ending exams have started again. That means no class, and a wide-open schedule. I have a month and a half of tests to study for and papers to write. Still, right now, things are good and happy and quiet. It's like those few tranquil minutes http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-back-to-me-and-soft-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-5766825759308101326Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:08:00 +00002009-11-07T14:21:09.772-08:00chocolate chipscupcakesfrostingmint I recently had a discussion with a good friend of mine about the utility of being part of social networks (that sounds fancy, but really we were talking about dating and facebook). I hate to admit it, but I'm a bit of an internet junkie. I love the internet- I check the weather about five times a day, I'm on twitter, facebook, gmail and I have this blog. I don't think that I am any less http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2009/11/chocolate-cupcakes-with-mint-chocolate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-2484645891006412059Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:44:00 +00002009-10-29T13:58:23.631-07:00carrot cakevanilla frosting Lately I've had a hankering to make frosting and I don't know why exactly. It started when I was back in Toronto- I made a chocolate birthday cake with chocolate frosting- the inside frosting was flavoured with orange liquer, and the outside frosting was flavoured with chocolate-coffee liquer. It was delicious, and frankly, so boozy that I'm lucky it was served as dessert after a heavy meal!http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2009/10/carrot-cake-with-frosting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-7094418402214292231Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:41:00 +00002009-10-27T01:47:14.475-07:00challah I just returned from Toronto. Every time I return to Israel I am amazed by the stark contrast between Canada and Israel. Everything from the culture, to the weather to temperament is different. When I left Toronto it was Fall- and it was freezing. Every day that I went outside and froze I cursed myself for not bringing boots. Funny though- all the Torontonians seemed to think that it wasn't http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2009/10/im-in-toronto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8946059434738169837.post-4406712647778235167Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:11:00 +00002009-09-13T19:25:08.986-07:00New York I am on a hiatus. I'm in New York for a month, working as an intern in a courthouse. It's fascinating. I'm learning a lot during the day, and trying to take in as much of the city as I can at night (besides as many cupcakes from Magnolia as I can get :) ) A good friend of mine lives in NY, and her family has been kind enough to take me in for the month. Needless to say It would be extremely http://leahsleavenedbread.blogspot.com/2009/09/hiatus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5