Salami and Mozzarella Bread

I borrowed a bread maker from Kerrin's mom, Josie. I thought making a bread by myself is healthier because it won't have any preservatives. 

First bread, was a fail! Forgot to take a photo of it, because I was like, oh noo, it's so hard...Oh well, it was a rocking hard bread like a stone. I could even kill a cat with that heavy bread. I didn't know why it turned into a rock, but anyway, I tried a second one. It was better, but something I didn't expect. I was expecting something good, just like bread from the supermarket. 

After six hours of making the bread, I gave up..haha.. silly me. I was confused why my two breads were so bad. 

The next day, I looked at other recipe. Salami and Mozzarella bread. Hmmm, that looks nice! I'm a big fan of salami and cheese. Then I put all the ingredients in the bread maker and left it baked for three hours. 

and voila...it worked! Here are the photo of my awesome bread! 

Golden colour of my bread

my Salami and Mozzarella bread

If you are interested of making your own bread, first of all, you need to buy your own bread maker ;-) They are awesome! Then, here is the recipe of my bread:

what you need:
For 750g bread
1 1/2 tsp Dry yeast
600g/3 3/4 cups high grade flour
1 tsb milk powder
1 tsb sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup chopped salami
2/3 cup mozzarella
1/2 mixed herbs
1 tbs margarine
315 ml water

topping
1 egg yolk

what to do:
1. Place all the ingredients into bread pan in the order listed. Wipe spills from the outside of the pan.
2. Place the bread pan into the breadmaker and close the lid.
3. Press the Menu button to program (1) Basic, then you need to choose the size, crust colour and press start.
4.  When the bread is about to bake, the machine will beep, thats the time to put the egg yolk on the bread.

It needs about 3,05 hours to bake a 750g bread like mine. Good luck! 

Using Colour Wheel in Interior Decoration

What is a color wheel? If you love colors and you want to decorate your room, or the whole house you need to know about this color basic wheel. I will give you some examples for using this color guidance in decorating, from different sources.

The color wheel is a color circle, based on red, yellow and blue, is traditional in the field of art. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors in 1666. Since then, scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept.

Differences of opinion about the validity of one format over another continue to provoke debate. In reality, any color circle or color wheel which presents a logically arranged sequence of pure hues has merit.

There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the color wheel. 

colour wheel

Monochromatic: a one colour scheme can incorporate several values of the colour to keep it from looking monotonous. Various textures help ehance the single colour scheme.

A monochromatic color scheme for the porch (via The Paramus Post)

Related/Analogous: This scheme uses three to five colours and includes one of three primary colours (red. yellow and blue). the related/analogous colours are the colour segments showing on either side of the primary colour. Varying the value and intensity of the colours is beneficial. 

Yellow, yellow-green and green bedroom via homedeco2u

Complementary: these schemes use colours that are opposite each other on the wheel, such as red and green or blue and orange. The result is usually vibrant and lively. It works best if one colour dominates and the other severs as a contrast. 

Blue and orange living room via alkemie

Triadic: Red, yellow and blue
this shceme uses three colours that are equidistant on the colour wheel, such as red, yellow. blue. One colour can be used as the dominant colour and the other two as accents.

 Red-yellow-blue bedroom via designintell

Split complementary: This scheme is one that uses any colour from the wheel in combination with the two colours that are directly opposite the one chosen. For example, you could use violet, yellow green and yellow orange.

via homedeco2u

and the last one is achromatic. There are colours in the white through to black range. Achromatic schemes are restrained and sophisticated. 

via housedesigndb

Hope this help to give you an idea how to decorate your room using the colour wheel. It's fun! Next week I'll talk more about the psychology of colour.