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Day Class in Miller’s Creek, NC

MILLERS GRAIN HOUSE is having a Day Class at Miller’s Creek Baptist Church !! in Miller’s Creek, NC 10:00AM -7:00PM – Saturday - October 9, 2010 We’d LOVE to have YOU join us !! Learn how to stretch your food dollars using healthy, whole foods. Learn how to make healthy foods convenient. Learn to use [...] Read more
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Price of wheat on the rise as Russia bans exporting.

Russia has experienced one of the worst draughts in history. Due to this and the current economic climate, this once huge exporter of wheat will NOT be exporting wheat until further notice. The wheat exporting ban in Russia is likely to do more than hurt only neighboring countries. What does this mean for the USA? [...] Read more

Whole Grains; a vital part of a plant-based diet

The CDC, FDA and many other American government agencies are taking a serious look at supporting a plant-based diet. Why the sudden turn? Perhaps they are finally realizing that a plant-based diet has long time been recommended by experts in the fight against cancer, diabetes and obesity. All of which are hot topics and health [...] Read more

Why do I mill grains at home? Part 3

Now that you have tried the previous tips and attempted to reason with friends and family that it is more healthy, and you can make a cheaper/healthier loaf of bread and that the storage life is longer, you may be, like I was, trying to convince yourself that you can DO this (I can, right?). [...] Read more

Play with your food. Break some rules!

We can search the web, go get a million recipe books, follow around a world class chef and huddle on to Mama’s apron strings but one thing that will remain a rule in baking and cooking is: Break some rules! Play with your food! Sure there are some hard and fast ones like: Yeast breads [...] Read more

Why do I mill grains at home? Part #2

If you already read Part One of this tip, then you may or may not have peaked the curiosity of former nay-sayers. You may still need more explanation for why you are thinking of or currently milling at home. After all, inquiring minds want to know. The second tip to answering the questions of why [...] Read more

Why do I mill at home? – Part 1

Okay, I will be the first to admit it, I was not raised to be a domestic person. When I first heard of milling grain at home I was puzzled and thought it was a far fetched idea, time consuming and a big mess. It didn’t take me long to see how wrong I was. [...] Read more

TIP #3: Hard, Soft, Red or White – Easy differences.

Freshly ground whole wheat is wonderful! But not all recipes work the same with one type of wheat. Here is a breakdown of wheat types and which recipe to use them: ~ HARD wheat is best for breads and items that require high rising. ~ SOFT wheat is best for pastries and flat breads such [...] Read more

Basic Whole Wheat Bread: More than loaf bread

You can stretch your budget and your menu with the one basic bread recipe that we send out with every newsletter. “How?” – you may ask. Simply look at the lump of dough differently. The Basic “Fool Proof” Bread Recipe we send out second in our newsletter series can be shaped into: ~ Burger Buns [...] Read more

Diagnosis of gluten sensitivity…leads to home milling.

This could be either a really long post or a short and simple one. I’m not sure how it will turn out. What I mean is I could make it long, but the outcome is quite simple so it could be brief. Anyway, here goes nothing…. ?????? ????? ???? Several years ago I was diagnosed [...] Read more