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New Mother's Day Treat in next newsletter

Be sure to sign up for the next newsletter. It is sure to be a treat for Mother’s Day (oh, but it will be out next week!) Speaking of Mother’s Day there are two GREAT sales going on until Mother’s Day (or while supplies last, we sold out last sale within 2 days!): ! Both [...] Read more

The Fiber Factor

Ahh, the ‘fiber factor’; it’s hard to ignore it, especially as we age or travel or take a serious look at our eating habits. The benefits of fiber are written everywhere: It is known as “Nature’s Broom.” It fills you up more for that satisfied feeling. Fiber rich diets may help detour colon cancer. ?????? [...] Read more
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More Q & A's: Hard, Soft, Red, White – what wheat for what?

Greetings! Below is a question from a dear customer who is really excited about learning the value of healthy food storage and milling at home. As I answered the question privately, my thoughts were that many people may be wondering the same thing! So, I wanted to share it with you all! Please feel free [...] Read more

Question and Answer: Sub bread (hot dog & burger buns too)

This question came to me from a dear lady who has just grown leaps and bounds in her knowledge of eating healthy and caring for her family! Hopefully her question and the following answer will help inspire you to ‘think outside the bread-box’ and make more whole wheat breads for many options! Question: ” hi [...] Read more

Millet, the under used grain.

Millet is not really bird seed. It looks like bird seed but it is a wonderful grain for human consumption as well. What cannot be made with millet? Yeast breads. There isn’t enough gluten in the grain to make a loaf. What can be made with Millet? Many things. Millet can be cooked and added [...] Read more

Milling pastry flour at home to eat more whole grains.

A word about the ‘pastry flour’ from fresh milled grains. You can mill pastry flour from soft wheat (vs. the hard wheat that make good loaf bread) but it will not be silky smooth like bagged flour because the hulls (aka: bran., fiber) are not separated. You could sift it to get some of them [...] Read more

How do I eat more whole grains?

This is the eve of the New Year, 2009. One of the resolutions for many people is to eat more healthy and take charge of thier nutrition. Today I was asked a very simple (yet also could get confusing) question: How do I eat more whole grains? The FDA has said to make at least [...] Read more

Long Term Items: Organic Grains and Beans (Legumes)

If you are stocking up your long term pantry, the two biggest items (both in amount and weight) will likely be the dry goods of grains and beans. We are getting a new shipment of these long term commodities on Friday, October 24th. Be sure to visit our store site at: http://www.millersgrainhouse.com/store. Also, if you [...] Read more

Easy Whole Wheat Bread Video!

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The Base of the Food Pyramid – Whole Grains

The base of the New Food Pyramid is still grains – but the focus has turned to make sure there are more WHOLE grains, not just empty starch. Interestingly enough though you can see (if you click on the image) that the allowance is for only half of the grains to be whole grain. My [...] Read more