Archive for ' Wheat & Grains'

Thoughtful Food Storage: Grains, Part 1 Posted:June 22, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Thoughtful Food Storage: Grains, Part 1

Guest post by Debbie Cee The best thing about buying foods in the grain group is that they are rather inexpensive, for the most part.  You can stock up in grocery stores easily without having to [...]

Posted:February 27, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Barley, the forgotten grain

Of all the grains we’ve written about here on TheSurvivalMom, barley has never been mentioned.  In fact, up until a few months ago, I never gave barley a thought.  Lately, though, I’ve been incorporating more barley into my recipes [...]

Posted:December 07, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Chrystalyn’s Corner: Whole Grains Magic!

Oh, goodie!  With three grains lessons behind us, the time is finally here to share with you what my family calls our four grain mix.  I’ve been waiting for this moment.  This mix of grains is [...]

Posted:November 20, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Chrystalyn’s Corner: What’s a kamut??

So, have you put to use your new knowledge of grains?  I hope so.  If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can read my past  articles here and here!  This week I’m going to [...]

Posted:November 13, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Chrystalyn’s Corner: There’s rice and then there’s Super Rice!

We’ve talked a little about wheat here and here, and now let’s move on to rice. Nutritionally we all know that white rice pales in comparison to brown rice, but white rice wins when it comes to storage life. [...]

Posted:October 30, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Chrystalyn’s Corner: There’s More to Grains Than Wheat

By Chrystalyn Trimble Before we begin our weekly grain lessons, I have two questions for you.  Why in the world do you need to store any whole grain at all?  If you read my column last week, [...]

Posted:October 23, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Chrystalyn’s Corner: Wheat for Dummies

by Chrystalyn Trimble I get a lot of questions about the types of wheat and grains I use in my own cooking and food storage.  Today I have some basic information for you about wheat, but each Friday [...]