When I lived in Boulder I occasionally had some interesting looks from friends whenever my kids talked about Mom growing grass.
My Mormon friends were especially curious to know just what exactly I was growing in my kitchen.
In training your children to be deliberate with the language they use, remind them to call it “Moms WHEAT grass growing operation” to protect you from intense scrutiny.
I was chatting with my friend Aisha on Facebook about wheat grass and she wanted to know what I did. So I made the above video. It could not be easier, just be careful what you call it…
I bake whole grain baked goods every day.  Muffins, cookies, bread, cinnamon rolls, pizza.  My family is always chowing down the foods I create, especially if  they are slathered with cheese or sugar.
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.
I just snarfed down three potato pancakes with applesauce and Thai Seasoning. Man, they were good!
I made some Kamut pancakes for my family that had eggs and milk in them.
I have gone back to eating Vegan after a fourteen year break and wanted to share a few tips learned over the years that have enabled this transition to be relatively easy.
First, you need two crockpots and a bread machine. It also helps tremendously to have a seed mill or two and also a grain mill.
I keep the crockpots going almost full time with beans. This morning I had garbonzos and pintos w/ brown basmati rice cooking. The liquid generated from cooking the beans is chock full of b vitamins and I use it to cook my white rice in. I also dip into the beans to quickly throw together a paste that can be eaten on tortillas, bread, or tossed into a vegetable stir fry. After three days on low, the beans are soft enough to make into burritos, hummus, and/or used in soups, stews, or casseroles.
I also use my bread machine throughout the day to mix dough for rolls, vegan pizza, and bread.
Every week I buy salad fixings for a huge garden salad and then gradually eat it during the week.
One of the main reasons I stopped eating Vegan was because my husband developed a gluten intolerance for five years and could not eat any grains. He ate meat two or three times a day during those years and I could not afford to purchase the groceries and did not have the time to cook double meals plus care for my four little children.
I am OK with doing double meals now because I have more time and no toddlers hanging on my legs!
I was just called to be the Young Womans Secretary in our ward.
We had our first activity with the girls last night. The relief society president had been asked to teach a lesson on canning garden vegetables and I snapped this picture just before I left to attend choir practice.
I was not able to hear the lesson, but am certain it was great information for the girls!
our choir director has agreed to have the womens choir perform Danny Boy and Mary Poppins one more time at another venue, so I guess I will be singing that eighteen minute song again! Good Times…
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.
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.
