What is the staff of life? Wheat has been considered the staff of life for thousands of years.
It is a versatile grain! To name a few, here is a list of wheat uses: appetizers, desserts, breakfast cereals, soups, chili, wheat grass juice, crackers, brownies, breads, pancakes, muffins, cakes, to make sugar, extension for meat, snacks, in salads, main dishes, hamburgers, fish sticks, to make vegetarian meat, and gluten, a protein for baking and cooking, etc. Wheat adds fiber, flavor, protein, and important vitamins and minerals to our diet.
Watch the videos below and be dazzled by the power of this grain...wheat!
Lesson
Objectives:
- Try delicious, simple recipes using wheat.
- Learn how to incorporate wheat into the dishes you already
for flavor and nutrition.
Is old wheat still
good to eat? What if it has weevils?...I'll show you what to
do!
Are you ready?
Here are quick facts to get you started:
- Wheat kernels can be cooked (called wheat
berries) and added to recipes to make delicious meals.
- Sprouted wheat grass juice makes a wonderfully healthy and
tasty addition to smoothies.
- Whole wheat makes wonderful crackers.
- Wheat can be popped and added as a condiment.
Healthy Smoothie:
Wheat grass juice is one of the healthiest
substances you can add to your diet. When you add wheat grass or wheat
grass juice, to your diet, you are essentially harvesting the
energy of the sun
directly into your body. The chlorophyll in wheat grass
is remarkably similar in structure to the hemoglobin found in our blood.
VIDEO CLIP 1: Fresh fruit
smoothie with wheat grass.
Activity
1: Grow a batch of wheat grass and make a smoothie:
If you don't have a sprouting tray yet, you can start by
growing it in a planter. Mix 50% soil and
50% peat moss in a planter. Follow the instructions on the video to
soak the wheat overnight, then transfer it to the planter and place it
in indirect light. Water with a sprayer every day until the
grass is 5" high and ready to be used.
However, we recommend using a
sprouting tray.
When the wheat grass is ready, try the
smoothie that Anitra makes, but don't stop there. Try any
smoothie recipe by adding wheat grass as an additional ingredient.
Tasty Wheat Berries for Breakfast
Watch video 1. Anitra will show you that wheat is a grain you
will want to have in your food storage.
VIDEO CLIP 2: Fresh fruit, yogurt, and wheat berries for breakfast
After watching the video, can you see how easy and interesting
and inexpensive using wheat can make your daily diet?
Activity
2: Cook a pot of wheat as directed in the video and
follow the recipe above.
Begin thinking of different
dishes that you could top off with refrigerated cooked wheat. Also, try
adding it to your meat recipes. You'll be
surprised at how easy and tasty wheat is.
Popped Wheat as a Condiment
This is one of the simplest recipes that can add protein to just
about any recipe. Notice that you can include different spices
with this wheat recipe.
Activity
3: Pop some wheat kernels and try your recipe.
This lesson obviously follows on Activity 2, so you'll need some cooked
wheat to start. Follow the video, and then use other seasonings that
you
like. Notice that Anitra uses two of her favorite flavorings. Be
daring—use your own favorite flavors! Try until you get if
perfect for your family.
Remember, the key to your success is action.
Watch the
videos. Complete the lessons. You’ll learn to enjoy
using your food storage as part of your daily diet in ways you never
thought of before. The best way to get prepared for an emergency is to
have food storage that you eat from everyday.
If you have questions, visit the Forum
first.
Materials
Seen in this lesson
Equipment
- Sprouting
Tray (to grow wheat grass)
- Glass
jar (Mason jar)
- Blender
- Air
tight container square shaped
- Air
tight container stand up bottle
- Cereal
bowl and spoon
- Ingredients:
- ¼ cup of Red Hard Wheat kernels
- Banana
- Salad
bowl
- Lettuce
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Cinnamon
- Sugar
- Blue
berries
- Soy
Milk
- Orange
juice
- Cooking
oil
- B-B-Q
Seasoning
- Yogurt
-optional
- Sliced
almonds
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