Sweet Potato French Fries

by | Aug 29, 2009 | Gluten-Free Grains and Potatoes

Sweet Potato French Fries were a huge hit with everyone. I wanted to use coconut oil for the good fats, so I just melted it in the oven in the pyrex I was going to use to cook the fries in. 375 degrees uncovered for 25 minutes, though this will change based on how...

Orange Juice Millet Porridge

by | Aug 17, 2009 | Gluten-Free Grains and Potatoes

I heard about this millet porridge when I was a nanny, and updated it to make it more digestible (and it is!) by soaking overnight with a dab of whey.  In Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon recommends soaking all grains overnight in whey or an acetic medium to...

Using Sprouted Buckwheat

by | Jul 16, 2009 | Gluten-Free Grains and Potatoes

I wasn’t quite sure what to do with the buckwheat I had sprouted, so on a whim I added it to a lunch of scrambled eggs.I added a good 1/2 cup + of sprouts to 5 eggs at the end of scrambling, when they were mostly cooked. I was surprised that it was really good,...

Sprouted Buckwheat

by | Jul 15, 2009 | Gluten-Free Grains and Potatoes

I sprouted the buckwheat (talked about buckwheat back here) and it sprouted really well. I wasn’t sure since it was hulled, so I thought that might have made it so it couldn’t sprout. Pictured is after 24 hours in the sprouting jar. Can you see the tiny...

Buckwheat porridge

by | Jul 14, 2009 | Gluten-Free Grains and Potatoes

The porridge turned out really well. My 2 year old liked it a lot, I think that she liked that the ‘grains’ were easier to pick up than rice, since they’re a little bigger. The only thing that was a little weird, was that it retained it’s green...

Buckwheat and Vitamin B17

by | Jul 13, 2009 | Gluten-Free Grains and Potatoes

I try to be slow and steady in how I add new healthy things into our diet, while systematically getting rid of things I know aren’t good for us. I recently decided to add buckwheat. After working with wheat (see bread here, sprouts here) and feeling like...