Wednesday, March 31, 2010

More Sprouts

 

IMG_1805so continuing from the last post about sprouts…

they just keep on growing…. and growing… and you just got to keep on wetting it (we used a spray bottle filled with pure water).  you’ll notice some clumps are missing, that’s because we like to just rip off a chunk of grass and chew like cows (except we spit our the fiber)

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so i guess eventually you can juice it, but we never got that far. Nay, we ate all that we could and then it turned yellow, and it just kind of died. right in the kitchen. and now it is sitting outside our front porch being used as a kitty litter by the neighbor’s cat (at least that is what we account as the stink)

BUT……. before you stop reading for reals, here are some pictures of some sprouted spelt tortillas i made (way before the spelt became so grassy)

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I blended up the spleties in the Vita-Mix

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Kneaded them with some flour, salt and oil. Rolled them out and…

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… popped them on the griddle. yum?

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Conclusion: the store bough ones are better.

kenya

 

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Pear Muffins

this morning, for breakfast i woke up at the crack of dawn and prepared some muffins.
okay, okay, so twas a little later.

i got this recipe from cookie madness, but of course i changed it in my very own special ways. :)
so the first step is to grind the flour (i am using only the best organinc whole spelt, i can assure you)

so after grinding up the flour, you measure 2 cups and put it in you second (i'll explain later) favorite mixing bowl with




-2 tsp. salt

-some cinnamon (~2tsp)


-nearly 1 tsp of baking powder and


-1/2 tsp. baking soda


after mixing the dry stuff, you move onto the PEARS!!

Go ahead - wash 4 pears, dry them, remove the stickers (oops - looks like i forgot to do that) but just do me one favor, dont peel 'em!
i know the characteristic gritty graininess may be a lil unpleasant, but, there are so many nutrients packed into the skin! so save yourself, save the skin.






then chop them, remove the cores and stems with love


















okay, you'll want to add 4 TB of coconut oil to the pears that you are about to puree, and if you're feeling adventurous, pour in 1 tsp. almond extract.


then, uh .... puree, till smooth!

Below is what it should like like















pour the pears into a bowl, and mix in 2 eggs.



then, mix in the flour mixture (this is the fun part)
















then the batter is finished! all you have to do now is grease some muffin tins




then pour in the batter


this look like one blue muffin, maybe he knows that he is about to be cooked in a 375 F degree oven.



so there they are! they take around 20-30 minutes,

just check them every once in a while, alright?



And finally, the finished product!!


Yum! 'specially with some butter












Monday, March 1, 2010

wheat(spelt)grass cont'd

so. the spelt is still good. here are some overdue updates...


so right to the left you can see the spelt is sprouting! i transfered the grains to a grilling kind of cookie sheet (it has hole-like open panels on the bottom) that i had padded with a damp tea towel. after a few days it started sprouting, and we just keep on spritzing it with water.