Cooking thread, anyone?

[30WCF]

Wow that's great protein based crust! That cake looks great. You have that perfected.

Yes, it’s my healthy dessert option or if you need to boost your protein intake. 😂

 

[ispinwool]

The kid and I are both baking this morning. She’s making an oat bread, I’m doing cornbread again, but using some spelt instead of soft white wheat berries.

I've been really enjoying baking bread with fresh ground wheat. Yesterday I had to experiment and bake in my roaster oven...It actually worked! ...(my regular oven needs a thermometer--ordered it 4 days ago and it hasn't even shipped yet!).

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I’m sold on fresh milled flour! The health benefits make the extra cleanup from milling very worth it. It’s not like there’s much cleanup. I use a paint brush to brush out the mill then call it a day. I think a lot of the benefit for me was from the extra fiber, but the bloodwork taken at my last physical showed a lot of changes too. Im not even going to pretend I understand how all that works together.


Yesterday was another baking day. In the morning I made more cornbread. I’d used up the old popcorn so I opened the bag of yellow corn. I remembered the earplugs so grinding wasn’t as punishing for the ears. I didn’t notice any difference in taste, but the bread was yellower, lol. Spelt was the wheat I mixed in.

In the evening I made some peach cobbler. I decided to try a new recipe where I dumped the fresh milled flour mix (decided to try Kamut) on top of the peaches and then poured a cup of water on top of it. I really wasn’t sure how that would turn out. It didn’t look great. The recipe was called “Grandma’s Best”, I wasn’t sure Grandma wasn’t a bit off. My wife was sure I’d just ruined a batch of peaches, I was pretty sure she was right!

It turned out pretty good! The flour washed mostly down into the peaches and became a filler of sorts. The kid described it best with it became peach flavored apple sauce with peach chunks, lol.

It was really easy to make, even if the flour part felt really wrong while doing it! We cleaned the fridge and found a half bag of apples in the bottom. Maybe I’ll try it with apples, lol.

My Grandma's Easy Peach Cobbler Made With Fresh Milled Flour

My Grandma's fresh peach cobbler made with fresh milled flour recipe is so easy, it comes together in less than 15 minutes! Plus baking time.

grainsinsmallplaces.net

 

[thewoodlands]

Some Baked Ziti I cooked a few days ago.

 

[30WCF]

We made California Rolls for lunch today. The kids made a sushi mat out of kabob skewers and we gave it a whirl.

 

[30WCF]

And a version of Beef Bourguignon. For supper tonight.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

That looks so much better than the cheeseburger I had! Lol

 

[NickW]

That looks so much better than the cheeseburger I had! Lol

Or the pigs in a blanket in the oven right now...

 

[Whitenuckler]

Or the pigs in a blanket in the oven right now...

Or left over chicken legs and sauerkraut..oh well they were hot and it's a cold day here

 

[thewoodlands]

I’ve been in a cheesecake kick.

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What's the drink behind the cheese cake on the table?

 

[thewoodlands]

I made this last week, tater soup.

It called for orange sharp cheddar cheese but we had some regular sharp cheddar so we used it.

 

[30WCF]

What's the drink behind the cheese cake on the table?

Hmmmm, hard to say what that was. Could have been Bulleit 10 or 12 year a few days ago. Tonight I’m trying out some Old Elk Wheated and rather enjoying that one.