Try It Tuesday : Kamut
So this last week we tried kamut. What is it you ask? Kamut is an ancient relative of our regular ‘ol common wheat. The grain is actually a couple times larger than wheat and it contains 20–40% more protein, is higher in lipids, amino acids and vitamins and minerals. And because it hasn’t been messed with by modern plant breeders, it retains all of the good stuff that it did thousands of years ago. And while it’s not gluten free, some people with wheat sensitivities can tolerate it, which is why I thought we’d give it a try for my husband as well as try it for nutritional reasons for all of us.
I ended up making a pizza crust with it and while it looked great, the crust was a bit crumblier than we would like. I also didn’t like the taste as much as we liked the spelt. All in all it wasn’t bad, it just won’t be our new favorite. I do plan on using it mixed with either spelt or wheat flour to bake a couple loaves of bread, so we’ll see how I like those!
Stacy tried Sorrel Avocado Soup
Becky has tried Radicchio and Orange Salad
Alison is trying to drink more water
About donielle
Donielle is an amateur herbalist and natural momma to two littles (with another babe in heaven) after struggling with infertility. She has a passion for nourishing nutrition, natural living, and spreading the word on how food truly affects our health. Her blog Naturally Knocked Up focuses on fertility and reproductive health and her book on natural fertility will be available in June 2012. She also runs a local blog (Grand Rapids Natural Living) and is active the local community in order to provide the area with resources and information for natural families.
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http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/06/02/early-results-natural-dishwasher-detergent-experiments/
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I recently tried sorrel for the first time! I made sorrel avocado soup.
http://www.completelyedible.com/2009/06/sorrel-avocado-soup/
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Radicchio and Orange Salad
(yum!)
http://boysrulemylife.blogspot.com/2009/06/try-it-tuesday-radicchio.html
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I tried making homemade granola sweetened only with banana and 1 Tbl. maple syrup.
did you use whole kamut, ground yourself? or kamut flour store bought?
i love the idea for this blog, I am quite certain that diet can positively affect fertility! glad to have found you!
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I have started to try to drink more water!
http://alison.blogsome.com/2009/06/02/h2o/
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Michelle – It’s store bought already ground. unfortunately I don’t have a grain mill yet. But it’s on the wish list!
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I'm looking into trying new whole grains too…definitely something that takes a little guts!
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I just found this through Becky's blog, what a cool idea! I may have to join in
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