In less than two months, Paul and I are exchanging vows and rings in a simple, casual backyard ceremony. After a semi-meltdown over invitations, I’ve realized our nonwedding-wedding is slowly turning into a wedding-wedding. Ack! Our guest list is expanding, mothers are coordinating their dresses, and I’m threatening elopement.
After taking a few deep breaths and focusing on peacelovehappiness , I’m back in my zen state of simple and casual. Invitations are en route, I’ve ordered my dress, and we’re still doing it barefoot.
On this note, I’m excited to report that this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe–Irish Soda Bread–remained simple as promised. In fact, it is so easy, I’ve made it twice.
The hosts for today are Cathy of My Culinary Mission and Carla of Chocolate Moosey. Visit their blogs for the recipe or buy the book.
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Your loaf looks perfect! Love how golden it is. I added a little twist involving chocolate just to get my family to eat mine.
Love your simple non-wedding plans!
Wasn’t this good? I was surprised at how much I liked it. Here’s to things being simple!
Oh honey, I feel the pain of the wedding planning–even for a simple, casual wedding it gets stressful towards the end. Our 1st anniversary is next month so I remember it all too well. Sounds like a simple, no-fuss bread is just what you need right now! And how perfectly it came out!
Weddings can be so stressful! I hope it ends up being just how you want it! Your bread looks delicious and I had to make it more than once myself, it’s just so easy.
You liked it so much, that you baked it twice? It looks good.
And good luck with your wedding, I wish I had married without any of my family. Not that I don’t like them, but they forgot, that it was our wedding 😉
Good luck with the wedding planning – we “tried” to keep it simple as well. (would have eloped to France but my Grandmother was a tad angry about that )
Breathe deep. Simple is never simple when it comes to a wedding. Hang in there!
Your bread looks lovely.
I agree with Cher. Simple weddings don’t exist. On the other hand, simple bread does :).
Your loaf is beautiful! I feel you on wanting to keep things simple — it’s almost more work than going full-out!
Lovely picture of the bread!!
Good luck with the wedding plans. It will all be worth it!! 🙂 Love the blue plate with your bread … adds to the simple-ness.
Your bread looks great! Nice and golden. Sounds like you needed something simple!
Weddings with dresses and mothers and guests and never simple. Midst all the stresses its nice to have a simple yet delicious recipe to make for this post. Your bread is lovely…all your wedding work will make lovely memories for you…and yes, it will be worth it.
I made this twice, too, Wendy. Your loaf is so golden! Congrats on your wedding. Baking is a good way to keep your mind off of things that might stress you out, so bake away! 🙂
I agree, use your baking to get your mind off any wedding stress!
Your Bread looks Lovely … !!! Great job !!!! I never thought baking a bread can get that easy !!!
Your bread looks perfectly delicious! Baking has always been a stress reliever for me, too! Congrats on the upcoming wedding…a garden wedding sounds lovely!
Lovely bread! And congratulations of your upcoming wedding!!
Beautifully golden…good luck with the wedding preparations…
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Easy is often the best way. My husband and I eloped, but a smallish barefoot ceremony (with a dress!) sounds lovely.
Simple and casual are pretty much my watchwords. Sounds like your wedding-nonwedding-wedding will be perfect! Just like your soda bread.
Your loaf looks so beautifully golden! I find when I am really stressed that baking helps relax me and makes me forget about everything else. I hope it is the same for you. Things are probably pretty crazy with all the wedding preparations, but take a breath and relax – breathe deeply and enjoy as much of it as you can!
Peace, love, and happiness state is easy when there is fresh baked bread in the house. We just finished ours and I am being asked to bake it again.
I ended up making this recipe twice as well! Yours looks great, especially with your X. Thanks for joining me this week 🙂
Beautifully done! Keep taking those deep breaths…I know your simple wedding will be fabulous!
Congrats to you! Hope it ends up being exactly what you want! The bread looks fab.
It looks awesome! Good luck keeping your wedding nonweddingish. It’s good that the moms and others are excited about it!
I salute you for being able to concentrate on baking in the face of such an event! (How on earth did you get through the rugelach? 😉 It nearly flattened me, and I had no such distractions on my plate.)
How easily simple things get complicated! Glad the bread stayed simple. Looks perfect