Bread and Wine

Those who know will recall that I love bread, especially when I bake it:) Before today, I hadn't had bread this year so was longing for some fresh sourdough:) Also, I've lost another couple of pounds (down to 141) so I decided to splurge at Whole Foods and buy a loaf of Seeded Sourdough - it is delicious!

The problem with buying bread is the large loaves huge are too much for one person; I feel guilty if I don't eat the entire loaf before it goes stale so when I was buying bread (mostly at farmers markets last summer), I would eat the entire loaf in 2-3 days while it was fresh.  One slice (1.5oz) of today's Seeded Sourdough consists of 120 calories, 220 g of sodium, and 15g of carbs so it doesn't take many loaves to put on the pounds! I'm looking forward to having oven and baking bread (small loaves:) in Maryland this summer:)

Wine presents the same challenge; its hard for a single person (i.e., me) to consume an entire bottle at it's peak. When I did drink wine (have given up alcohol) I might consume 1 drink with dinner but rarely felt like having wine on consecutive nights so I'd get maybe 2-3 glasses out of a bottle before the quality diminished (with argon gas about 3-4 days for reds in my opinion). I favored pricey wines so this could be expensive and such a waste. This isn't the reason I gave up alcohol but it is now one less worry:)

Something about the look, smell, and taste of fresh bread that is so pleasing!