Practical Implications of Milling and Baking with Whole Grains

Are you part of the 96% of North Americans over the age of 12 who haven’t met their current whole grain dietary recommendation?  Are you aware that half of your daily grain servings should come from whole grain products? Whole grains are an excellent dietary vehicle for delivering health-promoting nutrients that you body needs.  These [...] Read more

Eating a healthy, balanced diet includes whole grains.

Eating a healthy, balanced diet doesn’t have to be a life of depravity or boredom! You don’t even have to deny yourself some of your favorites – you just have to learn how to make them more healthy and in the current economy, more budget friendly. One food group that often gets a ‘bad wrap’ [...] Read more

Amaranth

Amaranth, like Quinoa, is often referred to as a grain, because of its taste and the way it is cooked, but it is actually a seed. Amaranth, an ancient crop originating in the Americas, can be used as a high-protein grain or as a leafy vegetable. The largest acreage of Amaranth grown was during the [...] Read more

Nutrimill Grain Mill Review

In 2004, I bought our very first grain mill  and began a lifelong passion for freshly milled grains! Given my current state of domestic dysfunction, I was very unsure of what I was getting into and  doubted that I could even accomplish this task of home milling, but the features of the Nutrmill soon gave [...] Read more

Sprouting Grains

The newest nutritional information truly supports incorporating some (if not all) grains in your diet to be sprouted (thus also soaked).   Now admittedly, I am still a die-hard fan of simply fresh-milling the grain and using it immediately, but there are some very good nutritional (and taste) bonuses to sprouting the grain, dehydrating it [...] Read more

Let us help with your whole grain questions.

One of the biggest joys of what we do is help teach others learn how to add whole grains into their diet in an enjoyable and easy fashion.  Incorporating whole grains doesn’t have to be a daunting task Are you: Just starting out? Riddled with questions? Confused by techniques? Need help troubleshooting? One option is [...] Read more

Is it a Grain Mill or a Grain Grinder?

Options abound when talking about what a whole grain is actually called. Some people call them berries, other folks call them kernels and still some of the whole grain foods are actually seeds. Not unlike the tiny jewel being called different names, what people call the apparatus that turns it in to whole grain flour [...] Read more

Millet – a versatile grain.

Millet is one of the most versatile,  yet not widely used grains America. It is more often used for bird seed than people food! Millet can be ground and used as flour as well as cooked whole in a variety of methods such as: steaming, broth, juice and roasted. It is often soaked and added [...] Read more

Quinoa

Quinoa (pronounced KeenWah) has been enjoying a rebirth from its origin as a sacred grain to the early Incas, thanks to its high protein and calcium content and sweet and nutty flavor. Most quinoa is ..... Read more

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Whole Grain Fruit Cobbler

~~~~~~~ Recipe of the Month from 2008 Newsletter ~~~~~~~ - Whole Grain Fruit Cobbler- Ingredients: 3 Cups of sliced fruits (berries, apples, pit fruits are best) **Option – 2 Cans Fruit Pie Filling of choice** 2 TBS Corn Starch **omit if using canned 2 TBS Organic Evaporated Cane Crystals **omit if canned 2 Cups Organic [...] Read more

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