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Strawberry Rhubarb Breakfast Bar

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May 112011

Ingredients:

2 sticks butter
2 cups spelt flour
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons whey

Combine ingredients into a food processor. Pulse until crumbly. Cover and let sit overnight (12-24 hrs.)

Add:
1/2 cup finely shredded coconut
1 cup sucant or rapidura

In a saucepan combine:
1 cup fresh strawberries, chopped
3 cups fresh rhubarb, chopped
3/4 cup honey
3 Tablespoons of arrowroot powder dissolved in 1/4 cup of water
Bring to a boil stirring constantly until fruit is soft. Set aside to cool. It will thicken as it cools.

Meanwhile, divide dry ingredients in half. Press the first half into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Spoon the fruit over the crust. Sprinkle the remaining dry ingredients on the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 min.

These are delicious warm or cold. We enjoyed plain morsels of this rhubarb delight right out of the oven, and then later in a bowl with milk.

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Cinnamon Swirl Sourdough

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Mar 312010

For a breakfast treat I made the kids Cinnamon Swirl Bread with raisins. swirl I used my regular Sourdough bread recipe. It makes 3 loaves 2 lbs. each. I took out enough dough for 2 loaves and put 2 lbs. back into my Bosch. I added 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1/2 cup of organic raisins. Then I rolled out the dough on the counter to about 18 inches x 7 inches. I spread soft butter onto the dough, then sprinkled about 1/4 cup of sucanat and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon (I didn’t measure it, I took the shaker and sprinkled it all over the dough. Then I rolled up the dough starting at the 7 inch side. I set it beside the other two loaves to rise for several hours and then bake. I use glass bread pans which need a lower oven temperature. I bake at 350 for 40 minuets. The house smells soooo good when the bread is baking.

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Soaked Buttermilk Pancakes

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Mar 102010

Pancakes are a favorite breakfast here. Now we have this season’s fresh Maple Syrup.

4 cups freshly ground spelt flour

1 cup all purpose flour (sometimes I use oats or another kind of flour)

4 cups of water

4 Tablespoons of whey (I use kefir whey from homemade cottage cheese you can use yogurt, buttermilk, kefir, or apple cider vinegar)

Combine these ingredients in a large glass bowl and leave overnight covered with a towel.

In the morning I usually have a layer of water on top of the soaked flour so I pour that off into the sink.

In a separate bowl combine -

4 eggs, beaten

1 stick of butter melted

1 cup of buttermilk (more or less depending on the consistency you want)

2 teaspoons of vanilla

Mix well and add to the bowl of soaked flour. These are difficult to combine, just keep stirring.

Add -

4 teaspoons of baking soda

1 teaspoon real salt

1 teaspoon cimmamon

1/4 teasoon of nutmeg

Pour onto a griddle. Serve with butter and maple syrup. We also like nut butter, bananas, and cottage cheese. Soaking the grain breaks down the phytic acid and unlock nutrients making the food easier to digest and absorb. The Nourishing Traditions book has much more information and recipes using soaked flours and grains.

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Soaked Oat Breakfast 2 for 1

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Jan 272010

soaked oats Growing up we ate oatmeal for breakfast. We soaked our oatmeal overnight. I don’t remember seeing that instruction on the oatmeal box but I do remember reading the box and seeing that I did not have to soak it. I never knew why my mom soaked the oatmeal until I started hearing about Weston A. Price. So now I again soak my oatmeal overnight to breakdown the phytic acid for easier digestion. And once we gave up boxed cereals oatmeal was served even more often.

Before I go to bed I soak 4 cups of oatmeal in 4 cups of water plus 4 Tablespoons of whey (or yogurt, buttermilk, kefir)

I also soak 1 cup of raisins in water because I like them soft. If you buy organic raisins, you might want add the water to your oats in the morning for added sweetness. Otherwise you might want to pour out the water and what chemical spray might be left on them from the fields when the raisins were drying.

In the morning I add 3 cups of water and raisins with their water , stir, bring to a boil, and cook for several minutes.

I put half of this mixture into bowls and serve with maple syrup and Real milk. I like more protein for breakfast so I stir 1 egg into my bowl while the oatmeal is still hot.

Then I get ready for tomorrow’s breakfast. To the remaining prepared oatmeal I add

2 beaten eggs oatmeal bake

1 cup sucanat or Rapadura

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

Pour into a baking dish and cover. Let cool slightly and store in the refrigerator until the next morning when I pull it out of the fridge. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes. Serve in bowls with Real milk.

Planning ahead is the secret.

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