Food Dehydrator Uses ~ Making Homemade Bread ~ New Side Dishes

In the past several years, I knew that my dehydrator had a temperature for rising bread dough.  It was not large enough, height-wise.

 My new one however, is perfect for rising bread.

 I placed a small tray of water in the bottom, removed all my racks but the bottom one, and covered the dough with a damp cloth.  My dehydrator has a clear door on it, so I can see the results without opening it.

 Removed it, punched it down, split the dough, and put the pans back into the dehydrator to rise again.

I'm thrilled with the results.  Homemade bread is back in action more than ever before.

Note:  I used the "Rising Bread" temperature recommended by the brand I purchased.

With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us now, the Christmas tree goes up, lights on, and ornaments too.  We have enough leftovers to last a while yet.  This year was the first year in a very long time in which we sat down for Thanksgiving dinner, and said grace.  Hubby, myself and the kids (all but one).

The girls helped with making the deviled eggs, and used greek yogurt in place of mayonnaise.  Pretty good too.

Another daughter helped Hubby pick up brush in the yard.  We have lots of it. 

We relaxed, enjoyed ourselves, and had a few good laughs.  My timer broke, so watching several dishes at once was a chore, but I was successful.

 (before baking)

We ditched the "green bean casserole" and opted for a side of shelled peas and butternut squash, along with a rutabaga/apple casserole.  I plan to make the rutabaga dish again, but will add some cinnamon to the brown sugar and butter.

I'll be sharing a new butter we made as well.  I'm also playing around with yarn again.  I'll have some new items to share soon.
 
There is absolutely zero traffic this morning.  I'm guessing everyone is at the store shopping madly for all those sales.  As you can see, I am not one of them.  I'll be taking my coffee and breakfast to the porch.  It's raining this morning, but the temperature is wonderfully warmer.  Youngest wants to go camping, despite the rain.