Patience.
Patience is key when baking sourdough bread.
You have to wait for your starter to mature. You have to wait for the dough to rise. Sometimes you have to wait longer than the recipe says and beg a little. Sometimes you even have to wait to make loaf number one into croutons and then try [...]
Entries Tagged as 'whole grains'
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Honey Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
March 12th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Do It Yourself, recipes
Tags: baking·bread·frugality·sourdough·whole grains·whole wheat
Food for Thought: What is the Role of Phytase in Soaking Grains?
March 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition
As promised, I’ll feed you a little soaking grains research as I can unravel it. I have so many more journal articles to read, but I think I can at least define phytase and explain its definite and potential roles in phytate reduction.
What is phytase?
Phytase is an enzyme. An enzyme is a protein in a [...]
Tags: phytase·phytates·phytic acid·soaked grains·soaking grains·whole grains
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Pizza Dough
March 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments · recipes
We’re sticking with sourdough recipes that don’t need as much rise for now, in case you’re still nurturing your baby sourdough starter and waiting for the bubbles you really want to see, like this:Look at the beautiful air pockets right through the side of the jar! This starter is ready to leaven some bread!
I am [...]
Tags: pizza·sourdough·whole grains
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Sourdough Pancakes
March 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · recipes
My very first attempt at baking anything with my new sourdough starter last fall was Sarah’s sourdough focaccia with her Best Ever Minestrone. It really doesn’t need to rise at all, which is good, because I don’t think mine did. I thought I’d died and gone to Heaven in an Italian restaurant, though, when we [...]
Kitchen Tip: On the Buying and Storing of Flour
March 9th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Upgraded Nutrition
We know that freshly milled grain is the most nutritious of all, but hey – I don’t have a grain mill yet, do you?
Since many of us have to buy our grains already in the form of flour, here are a few tips to get the best nutrition out of the situation:
Buy flour at a [...]
Monday Mission: Sprout Something!
March 8th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Do It Yourself, Monday Missions, Upgraded Nutrition
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to sprout a seed. I know many folks are getting into their gardening groove already, but that’s not exactly what a mean. I mean sprouting a seed, like a wheat berry, pinto bean, or lentil, then cooking and eating it.
Impact Ratings:
Level of Commitment: Baby Steps
There [...]
Tags: legumes·seeds·sprouting·whole grains
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Whole Wheat Crackers
March 8th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Avoiding Waste, recipes
If you started your sourdough starter last week, you may be ready to try your hand at something with it. I’ll be posting recipes all week long. These first few will give you a chance to use up some of your ever-growing starter without begging for rise action…success without chance of brick-bread! That’s the kind [...]
Tags: crackers·guest post·phytates·snacks·soaked grains·sourdough·whole grains
