It’s that time of year where there is far too much light in my kitchen. Far too much. The kind of light that come afternoon time illuminates every fallen crumb, every slopped drop and probably a little too much sticky dust to feel entirely comfortable with. Yes I could clean it, but who has two whole days to designate to kitchen cleaning? (Which is how long it would take.) Better if I just keep cooking and await day light saving to kick in, the light will be much more friendly then.
Dishes creating those fallen crumbs and sloppy drops have been a plenty. It’s always the busiest room of the household, and it’s unlikely to be slowing down any time soon.
Fetta flat breads to be baked for afternoon picnics in parks.
Little pastry parcels that have names like empanadas, pasties, pocket pies, short eats and tasty goodness. (Ok I might have made the last one up.)
There have been mung beans to be sprouted.
Chocolate Vanilla layer biscuits were inhaled.
Stripey sourdough loaves baked with a shake of cocoa on top for a visual effect.
and simple vegetarian dinners were gobbled up on a Saturday night.
The cauliflower quinoa dish was entirely forgetable (definitely not worthy of a photo) and the two batches of chocolate biscuits consumed and given away within a blink of an eye didn’t quite make it to a photo.
My kitchen corners might not be super clean but at least our bellies have been full.
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linking in with the lovely Celia this month.
cityhippyfarmgirl 
The sourdough looks spectacular!
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Thanks ecoOpps. Always lots of that stuff round these parts.
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Love this post Brydie. My kitchen looks exactly the same, right this minute… overly illuminated! I can see little crumbs and shakes of coconut from my batch of baking on Friday night. But hey, a little dust never hurt anyone (well, except those with dust allergies, but… well, I won’t go there right now!). Loving the cocoa and vanilla stripes (on the cookies and the sourdough loaf!). Glad that you’re all feeling well nourished xx
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That light is a shocker isn’t it Laura. I find it best just to walk out and try a different room at that particular time 🙂
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Ok what a surprise!! “empanadas” are a tipycal food here in Argentina. Do you like them?? With what do you fill them?? Love your chocolate vainilla layer biscuits !
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I do like them Ale 🙂 These particular ones were all different, but generally a tomato and cheese combination as a base. I prefer the vegetarian ones to the meat…Now tell me, what’s for dinner in Argentina tonight? 🙂
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Oh look at all of your lovely things Brydie! This happens in my kitchen too don’t worry…the dust in the bright light I mean! Tasty food is much more important. Your biscuits look incredibly good and I love the sourdough with the cocoa. Happy Sunday to you x
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The cocoa effect on the sourdough always looks far more fancy than what it actually is…I like that 😉 minimal effort.
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Wow love the stripy sourdough!
And as far as I’m concerned, a crumb or fifty in the corners of the kitchen is simply a sign of a happy, well-used space!
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Certainly well used!
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Ah yes, the light. Brydie we have a glass wall facing north in our lounge room, the dust motes/balls/bunnies between 10am-2pm at this time of the year are disgraceful but I’m living with ’em. 🙂 Love that effect from the cocoa!
From one dust endurer to another.
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Hang in there Rose, daylight saving is just round the corner.
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I tend to make sure I look at the table from the right angle in our kitchen so I don’t see every wipe of the cloth 🙂
love your cooking – and the light looks beautiful in your photos as always – wish I could slash bread like that
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You’ll get there Johanna. The slashing takes ages (I found) to get the hang of and I certainly still do some dodgy ones, I just don’t post them here.
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You have been busy baking up a storm in the kitchen.
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Just another day Gustoso 🙂
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what gorgeous eats brydie..everything looks so damned fine! i dropped my bread flour tin on the floor this morning and i cleaned up the worst of the mess but i still need to vacuum the rest up..maybe tomorrow!
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I had something similar this morning Jane, although it was small fingers doing the dropping. She gets the measuring cups out and then drops the flour in the measuring cups in the general direction of my mixer…was quite a snow storm!
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Full bellies are more important than cleaning up crumbs 🙂
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I think so Tandy 🙂
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Those chocolate biscuit layers are very appealing…I don’t think the light can hurt them 😉 I’m liking the slightly longer days and thus slightly easier post-work photographing, but then again, we don’t have daylight saving here so we may not get the full strength of kitchen illuminating beams!
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With all the good food you have been creating, I’m sure no one in your family will mind the crumbs. 🙂
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It looks like you’ve been doing so much baking. It’s light in our house too – especially first thing in the morning and I find we’re waking earlier and earlier xx
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Well my Kitchen is exactly the same as yours with the light illuminating every speck of dirt, grease and the crumbs, except there is nowhere near the amount of gorgeous food being produced. You are such an inspiration Brydie with all the beautiful things you make, you really are. Your bread is a work of art. Have a lovely week. Mel x
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Thanks lovely lady, you too. xx
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AMEN! If you found a way to catch all of the drippy bits and the dust motes and the ash particles that we have in our kitchen on Serendipity Farm you could probably fill a compost heap in a week ;). Love those stripy bickies and cheers for the share…my bickie barrel is officially down to the crumbs and these gorgeous babies will make Steve squee (in a manly sort of bass tone way of course…ehem…)
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hehehe…manly squee’s are always a good thing.
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Indeed they are (but lets not tell Steve that I said he actually “Squee’s”…he might lose manly man points down at the pub 😉 )
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YUMMERS!!! I cannot wait until it cools off a bit to turn the oven on again.
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Tasty goodness is my favourite name of all! I’d love to hang out in your kitchen Brydie…’pfft’ to the light, it’s what comes out of the busiest room in the house that matters..and your kitchen never fails to satisfy! Loving that bread with the cocoa crust effect..very spiffy!! 🙂
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Oh the cauliflower and quinoa number was a fail…wowzers that wasn’t popular at all! But thank you 🙂
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G’day and what a beautiful view!
Love your sourdough bread and your layer cookies as would have loved to try one too!
Viewed as part of IMK
Cheers! Joanne
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So many yummies happening here Brydie- just gorgeous!
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Brydie, I do not know how people keep their houses and kitchens clean. Some may suggest, but not me, by not using them. If that is the case, then like you, I will just have to live with that damn light!
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Our kitchen is the same, every crumb, every dripped sauce shows up on every surface. My theory is also just to keep cooking but tomorrow I might actually have to clean it. I love the cocoa topped bread!
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Yummy! All so delicious looking as usual!
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Love the kitchen snapshot. Hoping to find a recipe for the biscuits somewhere around here 😉
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Would far rather have a kitchen (and belly) full of delicious food like this than a pristine kitchen. I do like your style, carrying on cooking rather than worry about the crumbs. Particularly love the look of that feta flatbread, yummy!
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Lovely as always in your light and airy kitchen, Brydie! I love the cocoa striped sourdough and vanilla cookies! Stay chilled about the cleaning love, it helps if you’re short-sighted like I am! 🙂
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What a glorious spread Brydie! Love the striped sourdough, and I say pffffft to a tidy kitchen.
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Brydie, there’s an old saying that goes something like this: “My kitchen is clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy.” Sounds like you live LIFE! Was just trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my Feta and a burgeoning rosemary bush… your flat bread looks like the perfect solution… with a picnic, of course! Here’s to full bellies and kitchen light…
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Thank you Kim 🙂
Hope you have a wonderful picnic.
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Those layer biscuits look great and perhaps require more patience than I have. What’s a few crumbs and splashes when you’ve got an eminently more inviting afternoon picnic planned? Enjoy!
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Bah. Cleaning schmeaning. I loathe it and have a kitchen with crumbs too. But I do love the look of those biscuits. And the fetta flatbread. yum!
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I agree – forget clean corners – happy bellies are much more important. Mariana x
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The seasons wreak havoc on the light in my kitchen as well. Soon, it will be dark by 6:30 and I’ll be forced to either make dinner at 2pm or photograph everything in my home made light box.
Beautiful bread BTW!!
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Homemade light box, I’m impressed!
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I may have to set it up on the kitchen table so I can use it in October’s IMK 😉
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Beautiful, inspiring post…thank you!
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Oh, that light. Beautiful, bright and revealing. And now, I’m so very very hungry. I could start at the top and work my way down the treats, having no problem not leaving a single crumb on my plate for that light to catch.
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