A blessed & successful New Year to you all!
Many folks start off the New Year with resolutions that deal with their weight, most often, weight loss. For some, this works. For most, it doesn't.
This year, my focus will instead be on "being healthier".
I plan on being able to accomplish this through the use of healthier foods, better portion control and just getting back into the habit of focusing a bit on taking care of me. I only have one body and I should be treating it with a little bit more respect than I have been.
So join me if you would like...
Change & promise to myself #1:
Eat a wholesome "quick" breakfast every day!
Instead of going for the quick cereal in a box, I aim to make hot, healthy, high protein & iron cereal a part of my day by making a large batch once a week and storing it in convenient serving sized containers that I will be able to heat easily each morning.
Spelt Breakfast Porridge
2 cups rolled Spelt (soaked & dehydrated)
2 cups filtered water
1 t. Celtic Sea Salt
4 T. Freshly Milled Flax Seed (you can use a coffee bean mill)
Bring water to boil, adding Salt.
Add Rolled Spelt & Flax.
Cook on medium/low heat for 2 minutes, stirring.
Turn off heat.
Placing lid on pot allow to stand for several hours, up to 24 hours.
Divide into serving containers for storage in refrigerator.
Reheat on stovetop by adding a small portion of water to pot & mixing in porridge. Stir over medium/low heat until warmed...shouldn't take longer than 3 minutes.
Serve as desired: adding nuts, dried fruits, spices, etc.
Here's to your dedication to meeting all your goals this year!
Would love to hea from you - your successes, your ideas, etc!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Demonstration Success!
Simply Home Cooking
One of the recipes I used during yesterday's class. I used Grains (Spelt, Soft White Pastry Berries, Brown Rice, Barley) that I had soaked and then dehydrated before milling for maximum nutrition and ease of digestion...turned out SO moist and yummy!
Apple Crumb Pie "Quick" Bread
Apple Pie Filling
2 Apples diced small (I like granny smith & fuji)
2 Tbsp Melted Butter
1/4 C homemade Brown sugar
1/4 C White Sugar
1 tsp Saigon Cinnamon
1 tsp Fresh Nutmeg
1 Tbsp Cornstarch
Bread
1C Room Temp. Butter
1/4 C Sugar
1/4 C Homemade brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp Mexican Vanilla
2C Flour (ap)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Saigon Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Celtic Sea Salt
For Filling
Combine all ingredients excepin butter and cornstarch in a sauce pan. Cook to make apples tender then add butter and cornstarch and stir till thick. Let cool.
Bread
Using the Bosch with the cookie paddles or batter whisk, cream Butter and Sugar together till fluffy. Scrape bowl at least twice. Add eggs one at a time and vanilla. Next add apple mixture.
sift together all your dry ingredients. Add to wet mixture and only mix till incorporated. Do not over mix or bread will be tough.
Pour into lightly sprayed loaf pan.
Bake at 325 for 30 minutes, take out and top with a crumb topping (equal parts fresh rolled oats, all purpose flour & 1/2 part homemade brown sugar), put back into oven and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes.
(revised/tweaked by Debbie Deitz using a recipe from www.cookingwithlacey.com)
One of the recipes I used during yesterday's class. I used Grains (Spelt, Soft White Pastry Berries, Brown Rice, Barley) that I had soaked and then dehydrated before milling for maximum nutrition and ease of digestion...turned out SO moist and yummy!
Apple Crumb Pie "Quick" Bread
Apple Pie Filling
2 Apples diced small (I like granny smith & fuji)
2 Tbsp Melted Butter
1/4 C homemade Brown sugar
1/4 C White Sugar
1 tsp Saigon Cinnamon
1 tsp Fresh Nutmeg
1 Tbsp Cornstarch
Bread
1C Room Temp. Butter
1/4 C Sugar
1/4 C Homemade brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp Mexican Vanilla
2C Flour (ap)
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Saigon Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Celtic Sea Salt
For Filling
Combine all ingredients excepin butter and cornstarch in a sauce pan. Cook to make apples tender then add butter and cornstarch and stir till thick. Let cool.
Bread
Using the Bosch with the cookie paddles or batter whisk, cream Butter and Sugar together till fluffy. Scrape bowl at least twice. Add eggs one at a time and vanilla. Next add apple mixture.
sift together all your dry ingredients. Add to wet mixture and only mix till incorporated. Do not over mix or bread will be tough.
Pour into lightly sprayed loaf pan.
Bake at 325 for 30 minutes, take out and top with a crumb topping (equal parts fresh rolled oats, all purpose flour & 1/2 part homemade brown sugar), put back into oven and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes.
(revised/tweaked by Debbie Deitz using a recipe from www.cookingwithlacey.com)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
A first of many...
Welcome to Simply Home Cooking, a place I hope will be "home away from home" for many.
This is a first effort for me, something I haven't done before and would welcome feedback from my followers/readers. While I've done emailed newsletters, which friends have said is just about the same a a blog, I'm a bit nervous...so please have patience with me.
My hope is that this blog will be a place that I can posts home cooking demonstration/class times, dates & topics as well as recipes, hints & handy tips on cooking, healthy food tips, etc.
My goal is to post new entries at least once a week, even if it is a short something or another that I've found that I think someone out there might benefit from...some little something or another that might make a difference in someones life, making cooking easier or more fun or maybe even inspire a non cooker to learn cooking.
Please join me on this cooking journey...where we truly can make a difference in the health of ourselves, our families, and loved ones...and were we can fit healthy "fast food cooking" into our lives.
This is a first effort for me, something I haven't done before and would welcome feedback from my followers/readers. While I've done emailed newsletters, which friends have said is just about the same a a blog, I'm a bit nervous...so please have patience with me.
My hope is that this blog will be a place that I can posts home cooking demonstration/class times, dates & topics as well as recipes, hints & handy tips on cooking, healthy food tips, etc.
My goal is to post new entries at least once a week, even if it is a short something or another that I've found that I think someone out there might benefit from...some little something or another that might make a difference in someones life, making cooking easier or more fun or maybe even inspire a non cooker to learn cooking.
Please join me on this cooking journey...where we truly can make a difference in the health of ourselves, our families, and loved ones...and were we can fit healthy "fast food cooking" into our lives.
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