DITL VLOG : HOW I MAKE SOURDOUGH WAFFLES

hi so I thought I would vlog today it’s
the first day of a school break here in
New Zealand so both boys are home for
two weeks see the first days growing
well we’ll see how the other 13 days go
so if they they’re pretty quiet morning
so far the boys are just drawing and
they will be making case of them they
had to have their own individual cave so
we’ve got two caves in the lounge and
Lachlan is under that one doing some
drawing and we’re right in the middle of
toilet-training
tobias so you can probably use putty in
the background in the air you know that
I’m just it’s just for it’s working best
for us right now and once he’s
comfortable and he’s remembering to use
that we’re gonna move it into the
bathroom and I also do some gummy bears
here I watched a tribe of Minnie’s potty
training video and when her little one
went on the party then everyone in the
family got a gummy beer and I thought
there was a really great idea to get
Lachlan involved in a positive way so
he’s encouraging and helping Tobias
which is really good because they both
get a gummy beer when Tobias uses the
putty so we’re doing that so we’re gonna
be hanging out a lot these holidays
because I would love to get Tobias fully
potty-trained over these next two weeks
and Mike’s not gonna be home for dinner
tonight so I thought I’d give the boys a
bit of a treat and with a breakfast for
dinner and we’re gonna make waffles so
I’m gonna make some salad or waffles so
I’ll show you guys how I make them
because I have to stand it now in the
morning so that it’s ready for tonight
so I’ll leave this recipe in the
description box but like usual I have
changed it up a little bit and I’m also
just making our half recipe because it’s
just the boys and I so I don’t need that
many waffles so they call this bit the
overnight sponge and you would normally
make this the night before so you could
have waffles in the morning but since
we’re having waffles for dinner is like
a school break treat I have to make it
in the morning so it’s ready for the
night so first of all I’m just going to
add one cup of just plain flour into the
bowl and then I’m going to add half a
cup of my starter this is just straight
from the fridge and I haven’t fit it
it’s just come straight out of the
fridge now pour that in there
I’m just gonna use the same measuring
cup and pour in one cup of buttermilk
and then you just stir it around till
it’s all mixed and and this kind of
puffs up I’ll show you what it looks
like tonight
so once it’s mixed in I’m just gonna put
the lid on and I’m going to leave it at
room temperature until we need it
tonight okay so it’s night time and
they’re pretty much keeping the boys
lunches the same as what they would have
at school in kindergarten so we’ve got
some apples here a peanut butter
sandwich some yogurt drops and
dehydrated strawberries and some cheese
so they’re gonna sit down and have this
we’ve had some lunch and now I’m just
sitting having a coffee this is kind of
gonna be like my survival plan for the
school break and we’ll just have slow
mornings hanging out at home and then
we’ll have lunch we’ll sit down or
together and have lunch and then if the
boys have behaved well in the morning
they can have half an hour of a movie or
a cartoon on Netflix so that’s what
they’re doing right now they’re sitting
together on the couch I’m in my bedroom
where it’s quiet having a coffee I’m
gonna watch some YouTube videos and I
think this is just gonna be a really
good way for us all to have some quiet
time because otherwise I’ll go
absolutely bonkers if I don’t have any
quiet time and of course device isn’t
really nothing anymore doing this every
now and again so I think this is a good
plan and I don’t mind if they have a
little bit of screen time over the
holidays so I mean after we’ve all had
our half an hour of quiet time we’ll
either go out and do something and then
we’ll go out or we’ll try and get
outside and do something so today we’re
gonna run to our local gardening store
lucky remembered that we planted the
strawberries last summer and he wants to
do it again this summer and I think
that’s a really great idea they both
really enjoyed watching them grow and
then getting to eat them straight from
my garden so we’re gonna go and do that
this afternoon and then we’ll just spend
the rest of the afternoon outside and I
think that routine is really going to
help me get through the school break and
still have fun and still have some quiet
time so that’s what I’m gonna do and
then at the end of next week Mike’s
parents are coming because it’s to wises
birthday on the 14th so that’ll be good
they’re coming a couple of days before
that so I’m sure they’ll take the boys
out you need to tame him as well so
that’ll be really good at the end of the
school break see yeah of you do now I’m
gonna sit and hit my coffee I’m gonna
watch some YouTube videos and enjoy this
half an hour of quiet
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we finished planting the strawberry
plants and now I’m going to put the bath
on that I’ll show you guys – I have that
mirror looks and I showed in my white
spend in a week for the air last week I
really like it it’s super simple yeah
that’s how it looks in our lovely pink
battery and then you’re probably seeing
this one already but that’s how the
larger one looks so yeah I’m gonna turn
the bath on and give the boys a bath and
then start on my waffles okay so the
boys are out of the bath and device is
sitting behind me here on the party
you’re listening to a pirate putty story
so he’s doing that and I’m going to
start on the waffles it’s if it was
really early to be studying dinner but
they like saving started here in New
Zealand yesterday and when daylight
savings start sweetens I try and just
keep on going with what the clopsies and
not worry about how I’m feeling so I’m
gonna go here to instruct in it so this
is what my waffle kind of overnight
sponge or daily sponge looks like now it
hasn’t gotten as big is it would have if
I lived it overnight cuz I guess it
would have had a bit more time but it’s
definitely puffed up and I don’t think
you can kind of see the bubbles there
that or the classic sourdough stuff
hairs so now I’m just going to add the
rest of the ingredients so like I see it
I’m just making half the recipe so I’ve
gone ahead and added one egg and now I’m
just gonna add about 3 tablespoons of
melted butter
so anyway better and just a little bit
of salt and this is very different from
the recipe again but I like to add only
about quarter of a cup of whole milk I
just like the texture of it a bit better
when it has some milk in it so there you
go that’s everything the recipe also
calls for baking soda but I like them
like this bitter so don’t add that so
now I’m going to warm up my waffle
machine and I’ll show you what they look
like when they’re all cooked okay and
this is how they turned out so this is
Tobias assuming so we’re gonna eat this
and then do story time and get these
boys to be it okay the boys are in beard
which is crazy because it’s still
daylight outside my kitchen window but
Tobias is asleep and Lachlan is
listening to Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory on audiobook so they’re sorted
for the night
I am going to get the kitchen tired up
and do my nighttime reset of my house
and then I’m gonna do nothing because
I’m ready to just do nothing so I’m
getting in the blog here but I hope you
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