No Knead Bread

Doesn't this bread look "professional"?

The Husband made this today. It is made from a rather unique recipe.. and unlike "normal bread recipes", no real kneading is required.

So, even if you do not have a mixer or a bread machine at home, you can make this bread.

Here's a pretty good website that shows you how you can make bread using the "no knead method".

Perhaps it is the gluten level in the flour we have.. but it took The Husband four times to get this bread just perfect. I like the crustiness of this bread - He used cornmeal on the outside of the bread so it has a very nice texture to it.

I'd check to see if he is willing to share his recipe.

A rustic looking loaf of bread

Drawstring Tea Bags

I love these drawstring tea bags by Tetley.

They are design to get as much flavour out of the tea in the teabag as possible.. and to prevent drips from the tea bags as you remove them from your cup.

Such a clever design! Too bad I couldn't find them any more in Hong Kong.

(If anyone knows where these teabags can be found in Singapore or Hong Kong, do let me know, OK?)

Money Management by Women

The Husband and I like to watch The Suze Orman Show on CNBC..

I used to think she is just loud and rather irritating.

But the more I watch her show on CNBC... the more I like it. She is still loud, of course... and sometimes still a little irritating... but she does hand out some pretty solid advice in the show...

I realised that a lot of women calls into her show to ask her about money management problems.

I used to be shocked by the ignorance of some of the women who call in to her shows - there were women who didn't know how much money their spouse made.. or how much debt their spouse were getting them into.. there was one whose spouse had passed away and she was lost, because she never handled "money stuff"..

But then one day, I realised.. hey.. I do very little of money management myself.

I've never done any budgeting or planning with my money. Not that I didn't save.. but I've never planned how much I should save and how much I should spend.. And I've never carefully plan out how I should invest my money.. or anything like that.

It is ironical. Because planning and plan execute is part of life at work. But in my personal life, I've never really planned things out.

Perhaps it is good that I start doing some money management. I may have started late but hey.. one has got to start somewhere.

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