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thewholefooddiary

📍West Sussex, UK
Learning to live gently, mindfully + healthily, on a budget, as a family 🌎
kezianeusch@gmail.com
Also: @whole.beauty @kezialouise

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2/3 white flour, 1/3 whole spelt and suddenly everyone’s making noises about the bread. 😏 What is it about white flour?! Nostalgia or actual taste? Either way the rise on a white loaf just is better and I’m not sad it’s all that was left at the shops for a change in our bread routine! 🍞 .
My basic process here was a ready to be fed 150g of whole spelt starter with 150g water and 150g whole spelt mixed together at lunch time day 1. Then add in 525g white flour and 300g water before going to bed and mix. In the morning turn it out and fold the edges in every 15-20 mins (as I remember, let’s be real) for 2-3 hours. Then let it sit for an hour on a floured cloth in a round shaped bowl or a proper proofing basket I don’t own. Heat the Dutch oven (this is a @sainsburyshome one, I also love @lodgecastiron) to 200°C. When it’s hot turn the bread out onto parchment paper, score (I use a new blade from my safety razor) and pop in the Dutch oven in the oven with a lid on. After 30 mins take the lid off and turn it down to 150°C and take kit out after another 30. Try to let it cool and hour before diving in. It’s an ever evolving process I’m learning but I promise it’s not overwhelming once you get going - there’s a write up on the blog too. ❤️

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I don’t always wear lipstick to buy groceries but when I do it’s cos it’s THE outing of the week 😆 Bags, list, hand sanitizer, lipstick... let’s go. 🛒
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Tell me: how are you managing with food and shopping right now? Are you getting what you need? Struggling with it being different? Is budgeting hard or easier? Are you not knowing how to meal plan? Or is it streamlined and easier? Everyone is in a different place but I want to know if there’s anything I can help with from our end in terms of what we share! .
It’s honestly easy for me to throw caution to the wind and feel like life “isn’t normal” and so budget doesn’t matter (cue someone referencing an enneagram number - you know how I feel about that 😆) . But we have BIG budget goals so while the shopping looks different, I’m trying to make sure I don’t let it go, and stick to what’s important to me the best I can. If you need to do a bigger budget rethink right now, do it. Should we talk about how we do it again?! It can be scary but there’s something empowering too about knowing where the numbers are, and at least doing what we can to working with them. We can only do what we can do, we can only control what we can control, but where we can let’s be diligent with what we’re spending and how we’re spending it. ❤️ You’ve got this.

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What Sunday looked like and what I think the next few might look like too🥐 🙌🏼 Wholegrain spelt chocolate croissants and they worked so well! I’m continually humbled and at moments embarrassed and awkward that this is our isolation reality. .
Not that croissants make your jeans not fit, but as an aside, if your jeans don’t fit because of isolation, just a Monday reminder to be grateful that extra food, or less movement than normal is the trouble of this season. .
Also I don’t say that cos my jeans fit, my jeans don’t fit. It’s not isolation related and they didn’t fit pre this, and when it’s the moment... I’m just going to buy bigger ones that fit. Jeans not fitting isn’t necessarily a bad thing. They might make you ask a question when you put them on but I think it can only be: Am I living the way I need to in this season? Am I LOVING my body with my words, my thoughts, my self talk, and my practices the best I’m able to for this season of life? I think that’s what matters, and for me: my jeans don’t fit the same - but I’m loving my body and treating it well so you know what needs to change? The jeans. Not me. 👖❤️
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And to close this out: I’ll be looking for either second hand, or maybe @nudiejeans. They’re very pricey but one of the best for ethics, low waste, organic cotton, and commitment to free repairs for life. 👖 I don’t think everyone should shop at places like that, or that ANYONE should feel bad if they can’t at all, but in being able to adjust our finances, save, and make those choices I feel a responsibility to use that to make those choices, and live that way with what I have - making sure we use what we have to take care of people and planet. ❤️

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Weekend cooking... seasonal stinging nettle style. 🌱 Our garden is overflowing with stinging nettles and the shops are not overflowing with package free organic greens... so I’m feeding the fam so many nettles 😏 And they’re so good! .
They went in two recipes from the *new* #wholebasicsebook 1️⃣ Pesto : which isn’t a nettle pesto in the book but an adaptable recipe to use what you have and then onto pizza. And 2️⃣ Mac n cheese : again not a dairy or nettle recipe in the book but I explain how it can be dairy and gluten free but you can use butter too, and add veggies too. So with blanching and chopping this became like a creamed nettle mac and cheese and it was GOOD. 😋 .
The book is now available on the blog, but if you’ve been here this weekend you know that. 😉 And I’m LOVING seeing you cook from it already 🙌🏼😭❤️ #wholebasicsebook .
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#macncheese #pasta #nettles #stingingnettle #foraging #foragedfood #thefeedfeed #feedfeed #food52 #pestopizza #pizza #pesto #macaroniandcheese

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WHOLE BASICS IS HERE! ✨ .
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Find it at: www.thewholefooddiary.com/product/whole-basics/ or swipe up in my stories or at the link in my bio. .
I’m SO happy to have this one in the world for you, it’s 40 easy and adaptable recipes that you’ve been asking for: Weekly food prep staples, breakfast go tos, comfort food favourites, treats, and family meal wins. These are the recipes that fuel our family and we can’t wait to share them all in one book. ❤️.
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Aside from purchasing - liking, saving, commenting, tagging someone you think would love it too, sharing this post anywhere at all will all help more people see it which I would LOVE! I’ve poured my heart and kitchen into this one and I’d love to see it reach anyone who would enjoy it. ❤️

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🍫 Made a big chocolate cake from #wholebasicsebook 👉🏼Showed my family 👉🏼 Handed them all pages of the book 👉🏼 Now I’m holding the cake captive till they proof read Whole Basics for its FINAL time. 😏😬 #quarenTEAM
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Happy Thursday. #tomorrow #wholebasics

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