Tag Archives: whole grain

Whole Grain left-over blender waffles

What to do with the whole grains that are left over? There is an easy to follow recipe that I use and have made a video for you to try the same steps. If we have even just a little left over oatmeal and grits – we don’t throw them away! This recipe makes the [...] 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

Whole Grain Breakfast Cookies Recipe

The next recipe to go out for this newsletter is: Whole Grain Breakfast Cookies Wholesome and quick out the door is the best benifit to this recipe! Be sure to sign up for the Newsletter! Read more

Make ahead whole grain muffins

If your mornings are as rushed as ours are, there is a way to make a great warm, wholesome, whole grain breakfast without the long prep time. You can even use your own recipe! First simply substitute the flour in your recipe for 100% freshly milled flour. It’s whole grain and provides all the nutrients [...] 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

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

Whole Grain Pancakes

Pancakes are an easy, fast and tasty breakfast, or even a nice late night dinner. When made with whole grains, these fluffy treats add the bonus of fiber and nutrition that is missing from a box-mix. Pancakes can be made with buckwheat (not a grain but a seed), oatmeal, cornmeal, wheat, Ezekiel Flour (for a [...] Read more