Category: Challenges

Fun challenges I set to myself

Challenges

Bread challenge: bake one a month! (3rd year)

Are you among the people who started baking during the pandemic? have you ever baked bread? I haven’t fallen into the sour-bread band wagon, at least not yet. I like to keep it simple and mostly choose recipes with dry yeast. Each month I spent some time finding a new recipe, some months it was a bit of a hassle and tricky not to feel intimidated by complex recipes. But in the end no matter the complexity level and time spent, the best part is to feel the fresh bread smell and discover a new fluffy surprise coming out of the oven. Continue reading Bread challenge: bake one a month! (3rd year)

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Bread challenge: bake one a month! (2nd year)

For the second year in a row I challenged myself to bake a bread each month. The year before I really enjoyed having fresh home-made bread and so it was an obvious path to continue the bread journey. Little did I know what the year 2020 would have in store… and so I did not manage to complete the challenge during all 12 months, but … Continue reading Bread challenge: bake one a month! (2nd year)

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Sprucing up the “new normal” with a “new” thing each day

May marked the start of my third month of social distancing and to make the days a bit more fun, I set myself the challenge of doing a “new” thing each day. It could be anything as simple as cooking something new or something more difficult  as visiting a new place (the difficulty being in how far I could go without using public transport; because … Continue reading Sprucing up the “new normal” with a “new” thing each day

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Lock-down motto: keep on walking

Call it lock-down, quarantine or social distancing, I haven’t gone out of my neighborhood since March 13th. Already in February the covid-19 crisis was a constant worry in my mind, but it was in mid March when my life style started to change radically. Over the last month I’ve stayed home most of the time, except for grocery shopping once a week, and a ~1-2 … Continue reading Lock-down motto: keep on walking

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