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blender pancakes, cookies, fiber, food storage made easy, health benefits, meat extender, popped wheat, protein, sprouts, sweet wheat, vitamins, wheat, wheat berries
The second portion was wheat – I used the wonderful notes from Food Storage Made Easy
Things I was impressed with:
- HEALTH FACTS:
Wheat is an important protein that has most of the nutrients, vitamins and minerals that your body needs for survival (wheat sprouts containing 2900 calories produce 100% of the 50 essential nutrients a person needs to stay
healthy).
- Wheat has ALL of the following vitamins and minerals in each kernel: iron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, copper, selenium, manganese, zinc, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin E, folate,
fiber and fat. One cup of hard wheat has 632 calories, 3.7 g of fat, 130.6 g of carbohydrates, 23.4 g of fiber, and 26.9 g of protein.
- A study by James Stevens who wrote the book Making the Best of the Basics, found that it takes 130 slices of white bread to equal the nutrients in one slice of whole wheat bread.
- Simply swapping white for whole wheat bread you cut your chances of heart disease risk by 20% (according to The Journal of the American Medical Association in 2003).
- Fiber helps you feel full and makes it easier for you to control your weight.
- Reduces your risk of colon cancer & other diseases.
- Fiber reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
- There are no chemicals, bleaches, or additives added to your freshly ground wheat flour.
- Wheat can be sprouted and used on salads, in smoothies, or put in soups/stews to add even more nutrients to your diet.
- Wheat can be used as a meat extender. Use in your ground hamburger, sausage or turkey or add to soups and stews to extend your meat.
I did not realize that wheat had THAT much PROTEIN!! I have used it as a meat extender and sprouted wheat. But for this class I popped wheat – my kids LOVED it including my teenage nephew. It kind of tastes like popcorn.
The picture includes sweet wheat (like oatmeal with cinnamon and sugar), yummy cookies Heide made – good thing we took the picture before the last one was gone!!!, sprouts that Sherry grew, the wheat berries I cooked in the crock pot, blender pancakes and wheat flour in the grinder. I do not see the popped wheat in the picture – people were more willing to try it.
Of course the cookies were the biggest hit but it was fun to see all the different things we can do with wheat.