Last night I put together my first Pod Cast Video. I’m planning to do this once in a while to help demonstrate whole foods cooking.
Since Whole Grain Bread is the foundation of our Diet, I thought it would be an appropriate Place to begin.
Recipe:
3 and 1/2 Cups Fresh Ground Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 Cup Fresh Ground Whole Golden Flax Seed
1 and 1/3 Cups Water (purified water works best!)
1 Tsp Honey
1 Tsp Yeast
1 Tsp Salt
Bake in Bread Machine that can handle a two pound loaf and has a whole wheat setting.
Here are the Video Clips:
Grinding the Flour:

Here is a video explaining how to fresh grind flax seeds into meal. I used Golden Flax, which has a more buttery flavor than the traditional brown flax. I purchase almost all of my seeds and whole spices at Vitamin Cottage.

Here is a video of Ben and I putting the ingredients for the Bread into the Bread Machine: Ben turned off the camera before I had a chance to explain and demonstrate the rest of the ingredients. You want to add your ingredients into the machine in this order: Water, Honey, Yeast, Flour, Flax Meal, Salt. It is important to put them in the right order. Then I baked the bread on the 2 lb whole wheat setting with a light crust. It is important to make sure your bread machine can handle whole wheat before you try this recipe.

Here is a video taken right after the bread finished baking in the bread machine:

The question must be asked, “can this recipe be used without a bread machine?”
Of Course.
All you would do is put the ingredients into a bowl and mix it well, let it rise, punch it down, let it rise again in a bread pan and bake for 40 minutes in the oven at 375.
I love the bread machine because I can time the loaf to come out hot whenever I want, minimal mess, and I don’t have to spend more than five minutes a day making bread for my family. I made the bread last night and this morning used it to make my children peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for school.
Total Cost of indredients for bread? 25 Cents.
The Economics of Natural Mothering are incredible. To purchase a good loaf of whole wheat bread at the grocery store generally costs between $2 and $5 a loaf. To get the equivelent type of bread (fresh ground grains, hot out of the oven), the only place I know of where you can get it is Great Havest, and a loaf of bread from them costs about $5.00 a loaf.
When you grind the grains and seeds fresh and immediately make the bread, the moisture content of the flour is at its highest peak. Within 12 hours of the flour being ground, 90% of the moisture is gone and the oils in the wheat germ begin to go rancid. That is why it is ideal to freeze whole wheat flour, and why the better health food stores keep all of their whole grain flours in the freezer.
How much better to just purchase your own organic grains and grind them up fresh every day! It only takes a few minutes, the money saved is real, and the costs of the bread machine and wheat grinder can be recouped in just a few short months.
Jenny Hatch