Comments on: Baby Steps: Using Alternative Grains

By: Jaeny

Jaeny — Sat, 28 May 2011 02:49:09 +0000

A wonderful list of grains. Indeed, we have become too dependent on wheat that we have stopped paying attention to most of these, in the house, we have also tried to use grains like barley and quinoa and they are great. We have a family member that is wheat intolerant, thus our wheat free diet, at first I though "Oh no, that means no more bread and baked goods in the house!" but in came countless recipes that used grains etc instead of wheat, which has definitely helped a lot :)

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By: Candace

Candace — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:59:13 +0000

Hi Stephanie,
I saw a comment of yours on another blog, stating that you don't use wheat at all. I was just curious about that. Does your family have sensitivities, or are you trying to avoid a problem in the future, or is it because it is engineered? Or another reason?
I use a lot of wheat, but have begun to reconsider and just wondered what was your main reason for avoiding it (and paying more for spelt).
Thanks.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:35:27 +0000

I'm having trouble weighing up the whole 'food miles' thing with nutritious/organic eating. eg quinoa is shipped here from peru, organic chickpeas from china, bulgar from turkey..at what cost to the enviroment do I continue using these foods? what are your thoughts about this?

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:14:29 +0000

What a great post! I am actually waiting for test results to find out if I have Celiacs Disease and I will have to explore a lot of new foods if I do have that. Thanks for this insightful post!

By: Faith

Faith — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:53:51 +0000

Question: Are you able to find the grains that you use for wheat flour substitutes already ground or do you grind them? In our organic food store, they only have the whole grains and I don't have the means to grind it.

For those asking about Quinoa...I know it depends on where you live, but I was surprised how easy it was to find (although I don't think it is at my regular food store although I haven't looked)

By: Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home

Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:34:37 +0000

Ok, I will definitely make a point of getting that chart made and up sometime this week!

By: trying traditional

trying traditional — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:09:49 +0000

I was just discussing with my husband how I dislike that wheat, rice, and oats are the only grains we eat. The next trip to the bulk store I had planned on picking up spelt, but I think I will add Millet and Quinoa to the list as well.

Keep posting baby steps...it's the little things in life that add up to a great sum!

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:39 +0000

Thanks for doing this series, Stephanie. I am interested in trying quinoa, if I can find any in our rural area.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:50:18 +0000

This post couldn't have come at a better time. I was looking for something just like this! We are slowly trying to add new/different grains into our diets here and this post was very helpful! :) Thank you!

~Melissa