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Food for Thought: Is Freshly Milled Flour more Nutritious?

February 17th, 2011 · 44 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 [...]

Nutrimill vs. Wondermill Grain Mill: the Head-to-Head Challenge (VLOG)

February 14th, 2011 · 19 Comments · Do It Yourself

Look out, folks, it’s been a year since I got in front of the video camera for Kitchen Stewardship, and for good reason! Get ready to laugh at my amateur videotaping and lack of editing skills (i.e. I don’t edit at all, deal with it.) My friend Shannon and I got together for some fun [...]

Monday Mission: Watch Your White Flour

December 13th, 2010 · 32 Comments · Monday Missions

…or not. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to watch your white flour intake this week. Either watch it sit on the plate, or watch it go in your mouth. Your choice. Impact Ratings: ??? Level of Commitment: Baby Steps 3 Reasons to Eat Less White Flour The healthy parts of the grain, [...]

Whole Foods for the Holidays: St. Nicholas Spice Cookies

November 30th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen, Recipes

Desserts are the feature at the Whole Foods for the Holidays: Real Food Progressive Dinner this week, thanks to our host, Kate of Modern Alternative Mama. For our family at Christmastime, it’s all about the cookies. My mother always made a bazillion varieties, and my husband’s family absolutely focuses on the cookies as well (pies [...]

Kitchen Tip: On the Buying and Storing of Flour

March 9th, 2010 · 10 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 [...]

Monday Mission: Make a Sourdough Starter

March 1st, 2010 · 113 Comments · Recipes

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to capture your own yeast from the air! We’re going to make our own sourdough starters. Don’t get scared yet. Believe me, if I can do this, you can too. I was so intimidated by sourdough that I waited over six months to try it. I was [...]