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  • Homegrown Whole Grains

    Homegrown Whole Grains

    Book Review: Homegrown Whole Grains
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    A backyard field of grains? Yes, absolutely! Homegrown Whole Grains are rapidly replacing grass in the yards of dedicated locavores across the country. For adventurous homeowners who want to get in on the movement, Homegrown Whole Grains is the place to begin.

    Growing whole grains is simpler and more rewarding than most people imagine. With as little as 1000 square feet of land, backyard farmers can grow enough wheat to harvest 50 pounds in a single afternoon – and those 50 pounds can be baked into 50 loaves of fresh bread.

    In addition to providing information on wheat and corn, Homegrown Whole Grains includes complete growing, harvesting, and threshing instructions for barley, millet, oats, rice, rye, spelt, and quinoa, and lighter coverage of several specialty grains. Readers will also find helpful tips on processing whole grains, from what to look for in a home mill to how to dry corn and remove the hulls from barley and rice.

    Chapters for each grain include inventive recipes for cereals, desserts, casseroles, salads, soups and stews, and, of course, home-baked breads, the crowning achievement of the home grain grower. Sara Pitzer shares dozens of ideas for using whole grains – from cooking sturdy wheat berries in a slow cooker to malting barley for homebrewed beer. Whether milled into nutritional flours or used in any of their unmilled states, wheat, barley, quinoa, and the other grain crops are healthful additions to every diet.

  • How to Make Sticky Rice in a Crock Pot

    How to Make Sticky Rice in a Crock Pot

    Kitchen DIY: Cooking Rice in a Crock Pot
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    There is not a lot to say about cooking sticky rice in a crock pot other than saying how easy this is, and how cheap rice is.  Preppers already know that rice is a great preparedness food because it is cheap, filling, and lasts a long time if stored properly.

    How to Cook Sticky Rice in a Crock Pot

    There is not a lot of difference between cooking rice in boiling water on the stove and cooking rice in a crock pot.  The ratios of water to rice (2 cups water to 1 cup rice).  The only real difference is the time required.  Since crock pots are fix and forget cooking utensils – they take longer than stove methods because they don’t get as hot.  Depending on you settings it takes about 2 hours to cook rice in a crock pot, but time is not as important as getting the water absorbed.

    The way you go about cooking rice in a crock pot is exactly opposite of cooking rice in a pressure cooker.   A crock pot takes much longer, but you don’t have to watch it –  which is quite useful for us busy folks.

    Cooking Rice in a Crock Pot works well, but it does come out a little stickier than normal methods.  Especially in the video because I did not wash the grains to get rid extra starch.  I like sticky rice.

    This turned out more like rice pudding than individual grains.  Some would sayI cooked it too long.  However, I like it this way.

    I put in a lot of creamy chicken soup and shredded chicken and eat on it for a week.

    If you like it less mushy then cook is a shorter time.

    It never occurred to me that not everyone likes to make sticky rice.  I like mine with some stick to the ribs gooey factor.  I normally throw in some shredded chicken and some cream of chicken soup.

    If you want the rice to be less sticky, rinse the grains first and cook for a shorter time at a higher temp.

  • How to Cook Rice in a Pressure Cooker

    How to Cook Rice in a Pressure Cooker

     

    Kitchen DIY: Rice in a Pressure Cooker
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    Pressure cookers are great for preppers as it cooks things in a fraction of the time using less energy.

    Today I show how to cook rice in a pressure cooker as a “I wonder if…”.  It was just a guess if it would work.

    It did, and not I am going to show that method.

    I have heard of a pot in a pot method that supposedly works much better.  After I do more research I will try it out later.

    This is a faster method than my how to make sticky rice in a crock pot article.

    From my experience here are some knowledge points for cooking rice this way.

    • Do not fill the pressure cooker more than halfway full.
    • Do not short change the standing time at the end of the process.

    Ingredients:

    • ]1 cup rice
    • 2 cups water, broth, or stock
    • 1 tablespoon butter (optional, I sometimes use oil – or even omit it altogether)

    Procedure:

    • Add all of the ingredients to the pressure cooker.
    • Securely fasten lid.
    • Cook over medium-high heat until it is at high pressure. (it will vent)
    • Reduce heat a little and continue cooking for 7 minutes.
    • Remove from heat (I let it set until it cools, but you can place in sink and release pressure by running cold water over the lid if you are in a hurry)
    • Let rice stand covered for 5 minutes. Check pressure before removing lid. If any pressure has built up, run under cold water again to release it.