Allison,
Thank you for your comments - I'm a newbie and seeing this is an on going process is very helpful to me today.

: Allison,

: I love reading your joy dots...and
: hope you get a lot of great
: information from your journal and
: experiments.

: Joy dot: playing in the garden,
: decluttering the linen
: closet...there is *space!

: I'm having an afternoon snack today.
: I forget that some of my gardening
: is hard work, and I didn't add in
: extra at lunch...and I was feeling
: a bit blood sugar crashy. Just
: glad I knew what it was, and know
: what to do about it.

: I tried a new recipe today that has
: you soak your flour for 12 to 24
: hours in yogurt, kefir or
: buttermilk before adding the rest
: of the ingredients and cooking. I
: used cocnut kefir for the soak,
: left the sugar out, and used
: buckwheat and brown rice instead
: of wheat. They were ok, but too
: much baking soda...I'm thinking a
: high altitude thing....and the
: muffins sunk. I haven't made
: banana muffins for a long time,
: and these turned out pretty
: good...I'll try it again.

: Colette