Click HERE to buy the Oatmeal roller used in this video.
Cooking with Whole Foods is not only more nutritious, it is the key to keeping the family budget under control!
Happy Cooking!
Food Blogger,
Jenny Hatch lecturing on whole foods in Boulder Colorado summer of 2012
I saw this photo on Facebook this morning and thought, SUPPER! Our family has had years of Vegetarian and even Vegan eating, but during the winter, especially when it is bitter cold, the Tofu Pot Pie just doesn’t pack the protein and calorie punch that a good old fashioned meat and potatoes supper does. This recipe was easy to recreate, I did not even go read it on Pinterest, just saw the picture and went HMmmmm… and here is what I came up with:
Recipe
2 lbs Ground organic beef
2 large purple onions
3 cloves freshly chopped garlic
6 Eggs
1 slice of fresh baked Kamut and Flax seed bread crumbled into breadcrumbs (I did a fresh baking of bread this morning and used a slice for the Meatloaf, but you can use any breadcrumbs)
1 Stick butter
Salt n Pepper to taste
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp parsley
On low heat saute onions and garlic in butter.
Add Seasonings and let cool while grating in the bread.
Add in eggs and meat. (Temper the eggs in if the onions are still really hot)
Mix well and spoon into greased muffin pan.
Bake at 375 for an hour on top of a cookie sheet to catch the drippings.
I used some old organic potatoes that were going to seed for the mashed potato filling.
Shelly and Ben peeled and chopped them up and I boiled them in water with a teaspoon of salt. Paul mashed them up with salt and pepper and a half cup of whipping cream. Then I added in some parsley before dropping the potato into the pastry bag. The meatloaf crust was a little tough to smash the filling into, but it worked to have a little bit of it in the middle of each loaf.
Normally when I try to recreate a Pinterest recipe I have to title the post Pinterest fail, but this was by far the best Meatloaf I have ever made. I have only made it about four times during my whole marriage, and mostly it was terrible, but this was YUMMY!
I broiled the tops of the loafs for about five minutes just to reheat and brown them up right before serving. We all really enjoyed this meal.
I made these granola bars six days ago on monday, double batch with whole wheat flour and a whole cup of golden flax seeds. Sometimes if I make things “too healthy” my family does not eat the baked goods. Â But if I slather some cream cheese frosting on old cinnamon rolls or muffins, or some chocolate frosting on week old granola bars, they magically disapear.
Once in a while I will come out in the kitchen and a little mouse, named Benjamin, will have LICKED the frosting off the baked goods. Â But he knows Mama has feelings on that score, so generally they eat the whole grain goody. Â I was thrilled to wake up from my sunday afternoon nap and see that platter of bars greatly diminished down to two.
The WHOLE GRAIN catagory of my blog has many tutorials and videos on how to cook with whole foods. Enjoy the archives!
Last night at the Louisville Rec Center our LDS Ward hosted a Food Storage Know How Class for our Community. Â We had three speakers and a Q & A after the lectures. Â I was happy to be included in the mix and had my husband video tape my thoughts to share here on my blog.
Most of my writings revolve around Self Reliant Mothering and this class was just an extension of all of my long term efforts to put the tools of Mothering into the hands of the women who are looking for them. Â Having a supply of basic food stuffs is one of the most effective and healthy things a family can do to further their own economic and health goals.
If you would like more information about Food Storage, please go to the Provident Living web site set up by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to learn more.
The Home Storage Section of the site has great information on how to get started storing and preserving food!
And the Emergency Preparedness section of the site teaches the principles of proper Water Storage, Short and Long Term Storage, and how to help dispel fear by being prepared.
If you would like to purchase some foods available from the church’s online store click HERE.
It is my prayer that any efforts you put out as parents will help to provide for your family during life’s storms.
