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  September 2009
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Dear Fellow Breadlovers,

Many look at fall with a sigh of relief that school is beginning which brings a more scheduled life.  Humm...I haven't joined the band wagon of rejoicing yet! lol  However, fall does bring the beautiful fall foliage, crisp weather and a desire to bake more.  The oven will no longer be the enemy of heat but bringing cozy warmth to our home.  Funny how seasons and weather can change even our mental disposition to the kitchen.  I am starting a series on  grains to help you expand your recipes and bring variety to your diet.  Hope you enjoy the new ideas.  Happy Fall and Happy baking!

God bless you,
paula :)
Fast School Lunches!
I get so tired of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as the only lunch I have to offer my kids.  We have expanded our lunch cuisine by choosing lunch ideas that required minimal prep.  I make up the fixings ahead and then keep them in the fridge or freezer for the kids to prepare for themselves.  It is simple and they enjoy getting to create their own lunches.  We have bean burritos (see recipe); wraps; hot pockets (see recipe); soup; and barbecue roll-ups (see recipe).  You can also take your good old peanut butter and jelly, or any sandwich for that matter, and make it fun.  Simply use the egg rings to make different shaped sandwiches!  The kids always think it is a treat to eat heart, star or flower sandwich.  Throw in some fruit and veggies and your kids will have a great nutritious meal without a lot of work on your part. :) 

One last suggestion is the cookbook by Sue Gregg, "Lunches and Snacks."  A great cookbook for more fast, nutritious meals for your kiddos!  Enjoy lunch!



New Grains for our Diet!
Many have been wanting to add other grains to their diet.  To help keep your body from developing allergies keep variety in your diet.  There are so many healthful nutrients in all grains.  A simple way is to add other grains is to add 7 Grain mix to your regular baking.  You can mill 2 to 3 cups of the 7 Grain mix and add it to your basic bread recipe.  Barley and oat flour make wonderful additions for pancakes and muffins.  They are a sweet grain and will give new flavor to pastries.  Remember most of the other grains do not have a high gluten and you will need to use wheat flour along side the other grains.  The usual ratio is 2/3 wheat berries to 1/3 other type of grain.  I will highlight some grains and how to use them in the next few issues.

A fresh review on wheat.  Red and White wheat, both 100% whole wheat, are high in protein and great for making bread.  White wheat, also called Prairie Gold or white spring wheat, can cross over and make pastries (cookies, muffins, pancakes, etc.)  Red wheat has a more grain flavor and makes a darker loaf.  Many who are not used to whole wheat flour do not like the strong grain flavor.  Soft wheat, also called pastry wheat, is great for pastries but cannot make bread!  Good old All-Purpose flour you find in the store is made from soft wheat.  If you have ever tried to make bread with your "AP" flour, this is why it never turned out! 

Many ask how long their wheat will last.  As long as the wheat in the wheat berry form, it is preserved.  They found it in King Tut's tomb and were able to sprout it and make bread out of it!  Wheat farmers will tell you that wheat berries will last 10 to 15 years.  The three things that destroy your wheat are bugs, mice and water, thus I sell wheat in sealed buckets!  Once the wheat berry is broken into flour it begins its nutritional loss.  In fact 78 hours after milling your grain into fresh flour, all the 39 vitamins and minerals have oxidized out of the flour!  You will still have the nutritional benefit of fiber but not the nutrients.  You can stay off this nutritional loss by refrigerating and even freezing your flour.   Using freshly milled flour in your baking will make all your baked goods taste better!  Next month: spelt grain.


Lunch Recipes
Quick Bean Burritos!
Cook your favorite black or pinto beans.  Drain and put in your Bosch Universal. 
Add 1 stick butter; 1 packet Taco Seasoning; 2 T salt. 
Mix with your Bosch whips till smooth. 
I then keep the bean mixture in the fridge for the kids to make their own bean burrito lunches through the week!

Barbecue Roll-Ups!
Basic Bread Recipe
Roll 1# of dough into a rectangle (12" x 18")
Spread 1# to 2# cooked ground beef mixed with 1 cup barbecue sauce
From long side, roll-up like a cinnamon roll.  Cut with dental floss into 1-1/2" thick slices.  Place on Stainless steel jelly roll pan.  Top with grated cheese.  Let rise to double in size.  Bake 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
I make these ahead and have them in the fridge for the kids to heat one or two for their lunch.  Nutritious and Fast!
Sensible Cooking has some great variations for roll-ups!

Home-made Hot pockets!
Basic Bread recipe:
Pinch off 1/2 c. portions of dough and roll or press into 4" circle.  Place 1/2 cup filling in center and seal edges well.  You can lightly rub the seal with water to make a tight seal  Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 min. or until golden brown.
Pizza Filling:
1 1/2 c spaghetti sauce (I use the pizza mix with tomato sauce)
1/2 c sliced mushrooms
1/4 c chopped olives
1/4 c diced onions
Mix well and spoon into hot pocket dough.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

(really you can substitute the veggies with pepperoni, cooked hamburger, other veggies your kids like topped with shredded cheese!)
.  Delicious!



Issue: 3
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In This Issue
Fast School Lunches
New Grains for Our Diet
Lunch Recipes
Customer Corner
Tips for the Harried Woman
Customer Corner


Bosch Universal Plus Mixer

I was privileged to attend one of Paula Sutton's Bosch demonstration. Paula's knowledge and enthusiasm about using the Bosch to make fresh whole wheat bread to enhance my family's nutrition was contagious. She made me feel that I, too, could make all these whole wheat and other healthy foods and enjoy the process. I bought the Bosch and mill and have made whole wheat bread ever since. I am now a missionary in Honduras and brought all my Bosch "tools" and grain with me. Not only is my family provided still with the rich nutrition in freshly ground wheat breads, but I have the opportunity to treat other missionaries as well. Even from here, Paula is still a ready source of advice and counsel. She always has an answer for me or will find out how to get it to me. Her enthusiasm is still alive and going and keeps me enthused.
             -Cheryl K, Honduras


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Tips for the Harried Woman

Can I say, "Take a deep breath and smell the roses?"  I think one of the biggest threats to us as women is juggling many balls that quite frankly we were never meant to juggle.  I have a picture with this quotation, "One hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had, nor what my clothes were like, but the world may be a little better because I was important in the life of a child."  This picture reminds me to continually reevaluate my schedule and ask myself if I am really investing in eternal things and in particular the job God has given me in raising my kids.  Sometimes at the end of the day, I sigh and realize that I focused on the wrong things that day and my little people were on the back burner.  Hope comes new every morning!  Today is a new day to put our eternal little people our number one focus.  I find an easy way to give them my focus is to take them on my errands.  I will take one at a time and then ask them if there is anything they have been wanting to talk to me about, since they have me 'one on one.'  This opens the door for a 'heart talk' and many times very revealing to surprisingly deep thoughts even my little people ponder.  Next month I will give some tips I use to make sure my little people are given top priority.  Feel free to join in the discussion.  Visit my blog with your tips as well!  All of us will benefit.

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"Stand and consider....

The Hubble Space Telescope sends back infrared images of faint galaxies that are perhaps twelve billion light-years away (twelve billion times six trillion miles.)  Astronomers venture a feeble estimate that the number of stars in the universe equals the number of grains of sand on all the beaches in the world.  The star Betelgeuse has a diameter of 100 million miles, which is larger than the earth's orbit around the sun.

Why the immensity?  Why such vast, unmeasured, unexplored, 'unused' space? So that you and I, freshly stunned, could be stirred by this resolve: 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.' Phil. 4:13  The Christ of the galaxies is the Christ of your Mondays."
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