Cheese and Onion Soda Bread
Pale, non-Cheese and Onion Soda Bread
We had cheese and onion soda bread earlier in the week. Did I mention that. I have been distracted. It may have been in one of the deleted drafts.
It was a bit simpler making the bread as I ordered buttermilk from the supermarket. The only complicated bit was the chopping of the spring onions as I wanted to use small, neat, consistent pieces. The cheese was already grated, as I am getting lazier with my cooking. Having spread some cheese on top, as recommended, I was slightly non-plussed towards the end of baking when the bread turned dark brown – it was the cheese but I had to look twice o check it wasn’t the crust burning. The addition of cheese to the top adds nothing to the appearance or the taste. One again, the dough was soft and the cross closed up.
We had it with vegetable stew on Monday night and with leek and potato soup on Tuesday. It’s quite a lot of work for a loaf of bread that disappears so fast.
Last night we watched a programme about ultra-processed food. It seems the secret is to eat the rainbow rather than beige food. So they showed us a recipe with chickpeas. We both asked the same thing – if beige food is bad for you why show a recipe using the beigest of beige food? It might be good advice, but when it’s delivered in a condescending and gimmicky fashion by two people clearly intent on carving out a career in pseudo-science TV it gets a little irritating.
It was, however, a good reminder that I need to start examining our diet a bit more. In general, we do have a good diet, but there are things we can do to tune it up and lose a bit of weight. We have five a day, 30 a month and we eat the rainbow. The trouble is that we also eat pies, cake and biscuits. It seems that icing and coloured sprinkles are not acceptable ways to “eat the rainbow”.
Mmmm . . .
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Cheese is off my list as dairy triggers inflammation for me. A repeatable result. I have tried many times and come to the same conclusion each time. I do love chickpeas!
I love cheese. But I kow it is bad for the environment, full of fat and, if I go over the top, it will trigger an atack of IBS. It’s a balancing act for me. 🙂
Having survived a heart attack back in 2022 it is a No Can do for me now.
It will be a sad day, but I may have to consider similar action.
Does that mean m and M’s and starburst are also not good?
They said the rainbow was good and they didn’t specifically say M&Ms or Starburst were banned so I think they must be OK. You will just have to take the beige ones out. 🙂
I never watch cooking or science programmes
They aren’t a the top of my list, as you may have gathered from my comments, but we were waiting for something else to come on.
We watched the same program, and when we went to the co-op today, I surreptitiously slipped a packet of biscuits into our basket. The power of suggestion is very strong. We do eat a healthy diet most of the time, even if I do put honey on my morning porridge.