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Would You Feed Your Child a Twinkie for Breakfast?

December 9th, 2011 · 29 Comments · Food for Thought

News flash! Kids’ cereal has lots of sugar in it, and – are you ready for this? It may not be good for you. The Environmental Working Group released a study this week detailing the amounts of sugar in popular children’s cereals, noting that many of them have more sugar than a Twinkie. A Twinkie! [...]

Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat: King Arthur Flour’s 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread (no. 8)

March 2nd, 2011 · 35 Comments · Recipes

In high school one of my favorite breakfasts was a leftover baked potato and a glass of orange juice, eaten standing up a the counter. My mom and I used to joke that if you eat standing up, the calories don’t count (ha!). Anyone else like to have dinner leftovers for breakfast? How about in [...]

Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat: Nourishing Traditions Soaked Buttermilk Bread (no. 7)

February 22nd, 2011 · 20 Comments · Recipes

I was almost certain this recipe would be a bust. I’m glad my bad attitude didn’t taint the whole process, because I have to say I was thoroughly surprised and impressed by the end result. I’d often heard of people having bad experiences with the baking recipes in particular in Nourishing Traditions, and I always [...]

Food for Thought: Is Freshly Milled Flour more Nutritious?

February 17th, 2011 · 43 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

Sometimes my husband just shakes his head when he walks past me, and I’m never sure why. Recently he confessed, “I’m still sort of in disbelief that you make flour in our basement.” It’s a big step to go from buying flour to buying 50-pound bags of bulk whole grains and grinding them in your [...]

Name That Grain! (What are all Those Kinds of Wheat For???)

February 16th, 2011 · 26 Comments · Do It Yourself

If you had asked me what kind of wheat I used two years ago, I would have said "whole wheat, sometimes unbleached white flour." I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew to get unbleached flour and how to substitute part whole wheat in my quick bread and cookie recipes. Guess what happened [...]

Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat: Tammy’s 100% Whole Wheat Bread (no. 6)

February 15th, 2011 · 68 Comments · Recipes

We have another serious contender! The Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat Bread series is heating up! From my husband at dinner tonight: “Oh, my gosh, this is good bread.” I wish I would have taken a picture of his super thickly sliced, toasted, garlic-salted bread. It was just gone too fast! See what our [...]

Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat: Our Favorite “Happy” Rolls (no. 4)

February 1st, 2011 · 76 Comments · Recipes

Sometimes the answer might be right under your nose. I’m pretty sure this recipe is the winner so far in my book, and it’s one I’ve made for a few years now as rolls and hamburger buns. It’s featured as THE soaked bun recipe in the Family Camping Handbook. I found it at The Happy [...]