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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

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

Challah – Braided Bread a tasty tradition

Each Fall, my heart turns to more regular baking. Although every Friday night consists of Pizza and Challa made from fresh milled whole wheat, Fall has a special baking place in my heart. Challah, also known to many as a Braided Bread, has a rich tradition for each Friday night in the Hebrew nation of [...] Read more

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

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

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