Valvieja's Homemade

Bakit ang sarap sa feeling mag-bake ng sourdough? 🥖✨

Quick science: 𝘿𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 = yung “reward chemical” ng brain mo. Yung “YES! Ang galing ko!” feeling after mo magawa yung something hard.

Kaso most dopamine natin ngayon = instant but empty.
Scroll, like, scroll, repeat. Ubos agad, tapos pagod pa rin utak.

𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝? Ito yung “slow dopamine.” The kind that heals.

𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: Mix mo pa lang → “I started something.” Hit #1

𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝 & 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨 → It's coming together! Hit #2

𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜🌞☕: Puffy na dough → “Pwede na i-shape!” Hit #3

𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 dough feel→ "Yay! It's jiggly and plump!" Hit #4

𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 → Wheat stalk scoring kaya? parang art project lang *kilig* Hit #5

𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙗𝙚-𝙗𝙖𝙠𝙚 → Brain: “Reward is coming!” Hit #6

𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙇𝙀 ng loaf + first bite → BOOM. Dopamine + pride + calm Hit #7

How's that
12 (or more) hours of tiny wins > 12 seconds of scrolling.

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙎𝙊𝙐𝙍𝘿𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙘:
✋ Forces you to slow down — Can’t rush fermentation. Can’t multitask with sticky hands.
🧠 Moving meditation — Stretch & fold = lowers cortisol, kills anxiety
💪 Delayed gratification training — In a world of instant, you learn to wait for good things
❤️ Real, tangible win — You started with flour + water. You ended with food. That’s power.
🦠 Happy gut = happy brain — 90% ng serotonin made sa gut. Sourdough feeds good gut "bugs".

In a world na ang gulo, sourdough gives you 1 thing you CAN control.

That late night mix time? That’s not puyat. That’s choosing peace.
That crackling loaf? That’s your brain saying “wow.”

You’re not just baking bread.
You’re baking medicine like therapy to your soul, so to speak

Kelan mo last naramdaman yung “I MADE THIS” moment? 👇What's your therapy?

Happy mother's day to our mommy baker Angie Samson-Valvieja!🌺💐🌹 Love, O+ABCD

Let's celebrate the birthday of our Mommy baker, Angie Samson-Valvieja! Woo-hoo! 🎉🔥❤🥂

For those who don't know her, Mommy Angie is a TV producer by profession, who found a sweet connection with these non-sweetened sourdough fermented breads. She is a homeschooling mom of 4 and wife to business consultant, daddy Oliver Valvieja :) Together they are building the foundations of our home bakery, borne of a love for finding better & healthier options, adding the good in our every food and slowly making it more available to more Filipino (and foreign) families in the community. 🙏❤

Love and blessings to you Mommy and happy anniversary to you both, Mommy and Daddy!

❤,

Happy mother's day! 💐🌹😍💗
Sourdough bread, homemade ricotta cheese and honey, scrambled egg rosette. 😋

Happy mother's day! 💐🌹😍💗Who wants sourdough with small holes?

Had a fun teaching Sourdough bread making with Ronna Ogrimen 👌🥰🍞

Para sa mga naghahanap ng aliw hahaha 😆 “Ronna: therapeutic pala to! Ang saya!” Tagal na tong request ng ilang friends pati strangers din to hold workshop for basic sourdough bread baking :) Eto na nga po. Success naman yung bake ni Ronna Ogrimen ano? 🙏💪🥖🫓 #valviejashomemade #sourdough #breadbakingforbeginners #sourdoughbakingtherapy

Sourdough bread-making is an ancient food science and also an art. Being art, it’s subjective. What one defines as perfect, does not resonate with everyone. Sourdough is a matter of preference. 🙂 Ang mahalaga dito sa sourdough, fermented long and slow, so it’s better for the gut (compared to shortcut/yeasted bread).

Here’s to hoping more families get to enjoy home baked sourdough breads. 🥰👍🎉

📸 Multigrain seeded sourdough. This is our preferred bake, soft not dense, not sticky and, closed crumb (not big holes). We intentionally make most of our breads this way— butter clingy crumb. 🥰👌

Sourdough breads is ❤

Baking 2x a week. Just DM us to pre-order.