Tag Archives: Grains

Instant Breadsticks

Posted on August 21, 2014 by judilyn

Here is an example of instant breadsticks. They are crispy and delicious. Just prepare what you will eat at that meal, because like regular breadsticks, they will get too hard after about an hour out of the toaster oven. On … Continue reading →

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Put it together, and what’ve you got? (sing along)

Posted on March 31, 2014 by judilyn

This is a plate made completely of leftovers. The mystery meat is meatloaf – I make it thin and bake it in the toaster oven for about twenty to thirty minutes instead of an hour in the big oven. The … Continue reading →

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Israeli Cous Cous – Trader Joe’s Version

Posted on January 22, 2014 by judilyn

This is for all the Israeli cous cous fans (waving to Dale!). We made our annual pilgrimage to Trader Joe’s last week and scarfed up three one-pound bags of their pseudo Israeli cous cous. They call it Harvest Grains Medley. … Continue reading →

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Israeli Cous Cous

Posted on July 27, 2013 by judilyn

Israeli cous cous is delightful stuff. It seems to be a cross between pasta and rice, but it really is just pasta, all dolled up. I don’t know what the little brown flecks are, but I suspect that it is … Continue reading →

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Chunky

Posted on June 10, 2013 by judilyn

I can’t get my head around “Smoothies”, but yesterday I made a “Chunky”. It was unintentional, actually. I got too much yogurt and orange juice in my cooked five-grain cereal with fruit, so I just put it into a glass. … Continue reading →

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Poached Eggs and Polenta

Posted on April 21, 2013 by judilyn

Almost every morning we have a giant bowl of five-grain cooked cereal, loaded with cranberries and dates while being cooked. At serving time, we pile on whatever fruit is in season, unsweetened coconut flakes, and homemade granola. But some mornings, … Continue reading →

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Barley “Rice Pudding” – in the extreme

Posted on April 15, 2013 by judilyn

This deliciousness went beyond wonderful – totally scrumptious! For the “nearly naked” version from yesterday, see: For this company-appropriate dessert, I left off the maple syrup and nutmeg, and added a light homemade orange marmalade, garam masala, and . . … Continue reading →

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Orange Zest, Strawberries, Barley, and Yogurt

Posted on April 14, 2013 by judilyn

Kitchen excitement! I’m easily thrilled, but hope you will love these two ideas as much as I do! The first is a colorful addition to our cereal in the morning. I used a zester to denude the orange of its … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Peppers, Fresh Spinach, Barley and Gravy

Posted on January 17, 2013 by judilyn

I tried out the vacuum bottle method of “cooking” to make the barley in the above picture. I thought I would have to cook it more when dinnertime came along, but it was perfectly done in the Nissan-Thermos. I baked … Continue reading →

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