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Butterfly pea flower swirl bread 🦋 Blue dough: 15% whole wheat flour, 85% hydration, 20% levain, 2% salt, 2% butterfly pea flowers, steeped for about two hours. Plain dough: 15% whole wheat flour, 85% hydration, 20% levain, 2% salt. Flours used in this bread: @hollimolle Sammalt hvetemel (finmalt) @kolonihagen Siktet hvetemel and sammalt hvetemel (grovmalt). • • • • • #sourdoughbaking #bakinglove #bakingfun #bake #breads #sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughclub #baking #homebaking #homebaker #homebakery #bread #breadtalk #breadbaking #baker #artisanbread #fermented #fermentation #eeeeeats #crumb #breadbosses #wholewheat #crumbshot #surdeig #surdeg #butterflypeaflower #thatssogood #breadbyelise

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According to a study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, creative activities help cultivate positive psychological functioning. As Boston University associate professor of psychological and brain sciences Donna Pincus told HuffPost, “a stress relief that people get from having some kind of an outlet and a way to express themselves.”

It’s all about creating something from scratch. As you’re mixing your ingredients, you’re predicting the final outcome and it’s really fulfilling when it’s finally done.

Another thing that boosts your mood is sharing what you made with the others. Sharing the food you made with people you care about helps you express emotions and it’s especially helpful if that’s what you usually struggle with. Baking something delicious is a great way to say someone that you appreciate and love them and now you have another reason to do it more often!

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> psychology Archives - falafelandcaviar.com Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:41:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 This Is Why Baking Makes You Feel Good https://falafelandcaviar.com/this-is-why-baking-makes-you-feel-good/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:02:03 +0000 https://falafelandcaviar.com/?p=11237 You know how baking can be a relaxing activity that helps you deal with stress? The psychologists have discovered why baking, as well as other creative activities, are so beneficial for our mental health and wellbeing. According to a study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, creative activities help cultivate positive psychological functioning. As […]

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]]> You know how baking can be a relaxing activity that helps you deal with stress? The psychologists have discovered why baking, as well as other creative activities, are so beneficial for our mental health and wellbeing.

View this post on Instagram

Butterfly pea flower swirl bread 🦋 Blue dough: 15% whole wheat flour, 85% hydration, 20% levain, 2% salt, 2% butterfly pea flowers, steeped for about two hours. Plain dough: 15% whole wheat flour, 85% hydration, 20% levain, 2% salt. Flours used in this bread: @hollimolle Sammalt hvetemel (finmalt) @kolonihagen Siktet hvetemel and sammalt hvetemel (grovmalt). • • • • • #sourdoughbaking #bakinglove #bakingfun #bake #breads #sourdough #sourdoughbread #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughclub #baking #homebaking #homebaker #homebakery #bread #breadtalk #breadbaking #baker #artisanbread #fermented #fermentation #eeeeeats #crumb #breadbosses #wholewheat #crumbshot #surdeig #surdeg #butterflypeaflower #thatssogood #breadbyelise

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According to a study published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, creative activities help cultivate positive psychological functioning. As Boston University associate professor of psychological and brain sciences Donna Pincus told HuffPost, “a stress relief that people get from having some kind of an outlet and a way to express themselves.”

It’s all about creating something from scratch. As you’re mixing your ingredients, you’re predicting the final outcome and it’s really fulfilling when it’s finally done.

Another thing that boosts your mood is sharing what you made with the others. Sharing the food you made with people you care about helps you express emotions and it’s especially helpful if that’s what you usually struggle with. Baking something delicious is a great way to say someone that you appreciate and love them and now you have another reason to do it more often!

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