Back in the day, I used to see instant oatmeal packets as the epitome of a healthy breakfast. These days, as I make nutritious oatmeal from freshly-rolled oats, fresh cow’s milk, fermented blueberries, and sometimes protein powder for extra protein, I laugh at my old self. Not that she wasn’t necessary, she was. I wouldn’t […]
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Ever since I started milling my own flour my basement is overrun with wheat berries. And whenever I show my wheat berry stash over on Instagram, I inevitably get lots of questions about how to store wheat berries. So let’s answer all the burning questions.
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It’s no secret that fresh flour is becoming popular. In fact, in my research for this post, I was shocked to find that web searches for fresh milled flour categories are HIGHER right now than they were in 2020. That’s wild. If you’re new to the world of grain mills, wheat berries, and fresh milled
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When I first started milling my own flour, I stopped using sourdough all together. I’d been making sourdough bread for years and loved it. See my detailed recipe for making sourdough without discard here. But making sourdough bread with fresh milled flour seemed impossible. In fact, to this day I still often suggest that folks
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When I first started making my own flour almost a decade ago, people called me crazy. Make flour at home? That sounded wild just a few short years ago. Then 2020 hit. Nobody made fun of my flour-making. I was content at home, with my wheat berries, grain mill, and plenty of flour for baked
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Sometimes it’s hard for me to believe that some people haven’t been convinced to mill their own flour yet. I get it, it can be overwhelming to start. But there are so many benefits of milling your own flour that it’s beyond worth the learning curve.
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When I learned how to make flour at home it transformed my whole kitchen! I own and use a grain mill on a daily basis, but you can easily make flour without one. Making flour is such a rewarding, nutritious and delicious way to eat more vitamins and minerals without any extra effort. Whether you’re
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Before diving into this in-depth list of tips for using fresh flour, be sure you Enter to Win a FREE Grain Mill, right here. And check out this amazing Real Ingredients Giftaway that also includes a grain mill! Lisa Bass and Michelle Visser share tips for using fresh milled flour in this conversation. Join us
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The idea seems to intimidate folks… Using fresh milled flour to make sourdough bread. And I get it. The idea of using fresh milled flour at all can be intimidating, add in a live, fermented yeast culture, and even experienced cooks may run to the hills. Or I guess toss in the (kitchen) towel might
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I had no desire to grind my own flour a decade ago. But when our family moved out of suburbia and into our old New England farmhouse, I never would have thought that one old house could teach me so much either. It turns out our old farmhouse was at one time the miller’s home.
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