is this too much of a good thing?

Recently I came across a humorous thought from someone...it went something like this - 'By the time we all get out of isolation, half of us will be pregnant and the other half will look pregnant!' It made me laugh at the time but now I'm not so sure if it isn't the darn truth!

There's been a lot of eating going on here. Eating that might have been done at a cafe before isolation I suppose, although I mostly just had a coffee or a hot choc at the cafe where my daughter worked. Mostly....there may have been snacks too. And maybe the odd lunch. Hmmm.

Anyway, I don't think it's so much that I cook more because I always cook meals and often snacks, it's more that since I have lots of time at home, I'm cooking more bready, floury things that take time - of which I have ample - to produce. And having Stuy plus the two young ones to feed means theres three very good reasons for making extras! Young men of 22 summers need a lot of feeding to fill their 6' selves! And when that young man is trying to keep up his workout 'gains' - half a loaf of bread disappears quickly in one sitting!

A friend gave me some sourdough starter a few weeks ago, so I've been trying to get back into sourdough baking. I feel my brain has had a mid-life crisis because it simply cant remember how the heck to make sourdough - and I made it for years back when my children were younger!!! My starter (which I haven't named yet but would love suggestions!) is being well fed and keeps getting bigger by the day and every so often I need to use some up...until such time as I feel able to tackle an actual loaf! Last week the extra made a very tasty focaccia. Of course it went straight to my hips.

The next day the two young ones went to a nearby pine forest for some mushroom hunting. Whats a mama to do when there's a couple of baskets of delicious Saffron Milk Caps to be had? Make pasta of course!! That took up an afternoon and provided us with lots of enjoyment......as well as a delightful meal of Creamy Vegan Mushrooms with pasta. Yum! I think this lot went straight to my already well padded tummy.

The mushrooms weren't the only thing foraged in recent times...there are also The Apples. I feel we are apple magnets because not only have we been gifted a lot of homegrown ones but once again the young folk went out and brought home more! There's only so many we can bottle (although daughter Bee is doing a great job on those!) so since dessert is necessary on occasions - for the soul you know - we whipped up a sweet as Apple Crisp. Straight to the hips again, I'd say.

Apples again? Yes, yes it was. Breakfast - pancakes with sourdough starter (I cant bear to throw any away!) and blueberry apple topping. I couldn't find the cinnamon so improvised with some Chai latte mix and it was pretty impressive although the pancakes were a tad chewy from the sourdough. Next time I'm going to try these Vegan Coconut Pancakes that I found via CJ's post although it might help if I knew what 'free from coconut milk drink' is!!

I've given up wondering where on my anatomy the pancakes ended up ;)