Running shoes

The hubs bought a new pair of running shoes to replace my old ones. It's real pretty and definitely no excuse for me to not exercise.

Hokaido milk bread

Finally, I pulled out my bread maker which had gained the status of a 'white elephant' in the house. Made Hokkaido milk bread using this recipe. I had this big plan of making it into small buns but ended up baking it into a loaf instead simply because I wasn't familiar with the buttons on the bread maker. Nevertheless, it was edible and in fact tasty due with its subtle milky taste and soft texture.
However, I do need to invest in a good bread knife as the slices were pretty ugly when cut using the normal knife despite me using the 'sawing' method.

I got hooked in baking the milk bread that I baked another loaf ( still can't figure out how to do the bun style yet) just two days after my first attempt. It simple and fuss free because all you have to do is dump the whole load of ingredients into the bread maker, 'start' the machine and 3 hours later, you get a fresh loaf.

The down side of baking your own bread is that its shelf life is pretty short as compared to those commercially bought simply because of the absence of preservatives.