If you'll be attending the If:Gathering at my home church this weekend, you'll be able to taste this simple and absolutely scrumptious oatmeal and blueberry breakfast cake. Lately, I've been using a high extraction einkorn flour to my hearts delight. I decided to use it for this breakfast cake which gave it a slightly sweetened nutty flavor. The flavor of the flour developed beautifully with rolled oats. To gently sweeten the cake, I used honey, my natural sweetener of choice, and added ... continue reading...
Simple Lives Thursday, #183
It's Simple Lives Thursday! My favorite day of the week where you share your tips and recipes for living a simple life. Whichever blog that you choose to link up your post, it will show up on all 4 sites! As a reminder, this blog hop is a way to share with many people your posts on what you are doing to live a simple life. Whether that's gardening, raising urban chickens, homeschooling, sewing, making your own deodorant, or cleaning supplies... we want to know about it! If you're into ... continue reading...
Einkorn Pasta, Spinach Mac and Cheese with Toasted Einkorn Wheat Berries
Since writing this post about bread and learning about the dramatic differences between modern and ancient wheats, I've been experimenting more and more with different varieties of ancient grains. Currently, I'm using a lot of einkorn flour, pasta, and wheat berries in my cooking. I enjoy that it has 30% more protein than modern varieties of wheat, has 3 times less gluten, more B vitamins and trace minerals like iron, and especially that it tastes wonderful. Einkorn has a sweet, nuttiness to ... continue reading...
Simple Lives Thursday, #182
It's Simple Lives Thursday! My favorite day of the week where you share your tips and recipes for living a simple life. Whichever blog that you choose to link up your post, it will show up on all 4 sites! As a reminder, this blog hop is a way to share with many people your posts on what you are doing to live a simple life. Whether that's gardening, raising urban chickens, homeschooling, sewing, making your own deodorant, or cleaning supplies... we want to know about it! If you're into ... continue reading...
Roasted Tomato Tortilla Soup
Written by Katie from Nourishing Simplicity As I stand at the table separating a stack of warm corn tortillas fresh from the market I feel a bit like a Mexican Mama despite my Midwest/European roots. My girls' laughter floats through the open window as they run around on a lazy Sunday afternoon. As I cut the tortillas into thin strips, Lesly rushes into the tiny kitchen/living room and asks, "¿Estas haciendo chilaquiles? ¡Me encanta chilaquiles!" I tell her no, that I am making tortilla soup ... continue reading...
