Looking For a Way to Make an Extra House Payment This Year?
(And Live Healthier Too?)
Cold cereal costs about $3.89 a lb.
Wheat cereal costs about 20 cents a lb. (when cooked it will weigh even more)
A small family can eat 3 (1 lb.) boxes of cereal a week $606.84 per year
If they ate wheat cereal instead (3 Ibs. of wheat per wk) 31.20 per year
$575.64 Savings |
Think wheat cereal will get boring? Other ideas:
Bread or rice pudding
Muffins
French toast
Oatmeal costs about 35 cents a lb.
Pancakes (mix: add water only) costs about 72 cents a lb. dry
Breakfast burritos (Flour tortiJla, scrambled eggs, cheese, taco sauce) Grilled peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
Cornmeal mush
Cornmeal mush poured into loaf pan, chilled, sliced and fried in a little butter. Top with maple syrup
Scones
Puffed oven pancake Eggs and toast
Easy way to cook wheat: Before bed, put grain & water in: crock pot, set on low. OR: in shallow pan covered with foil into oven set at 150 degrees overnight. Breakfast will be ready in the morning! (Make more than you need, so you can warm it up with milk the rest of the week.)
Timetable For Cooking Grains (Stovetop)
(Bring liquid to boil. Add grains. Reduce heat to lowest setting. Simmer, covered)
| Grains (1C. dry) |
Cups of Liquid |
Approx. Min. of Cooking |
Approx. Yield |
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Time |
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| Barley |
3 C. |
75 |
3 ½ C. |
| Brown Rice |
2 C. |
30 - 45 |
3 C. |
| Bulgur |
4 C. |
15 - 20 |
4 C. |
| Cornmeal (mix with] C. |
4 C. |
25 - 30 |
2 ½ C to 3 C. |
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| Cracked Wheat |
1 C. |
5 - 15 |
2 C. |
| Hominy Grits |
3 C. |
60 - 120 |
3 ½ C. |
| Millet |
2 C. |
40 - 60 |
3 C. |
| Oats. Rolled (oatmeal) |
2 C. |
5 - 10 |
3 C. |
| Oats, Steel Cut |
3 C. |
35 - 45 |
3 to 3 ¼ C. |
| Rye (berries) Kernels |
3 - 5 C. |
60 - 120 |
2 ½ to 2 ¾ C. |
| Rye Flakes |
2 C. |
10 - 15 |
3 ½ to 3 C. |
| Wheat (berries) Hard |
3 - 5 C. |
120 - 150 |
2 ½ to 2 ¾ C. |
| (drain later) |
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| Wheat (berries) Spring |
3 - 5 C. |
90 |
2 ½ to 2 ¾ C. |
| (drain later) |
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| Wheat Flakes |
2 C. |
10 - 15 |
2 ½ to 3 C. |
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| Three Bears Porridge (from Whole Foods For the Whole Family, cookbook by La Leche Int'l) Yummy! Makes a good snack too. |
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| For several batches add each of the following to as many sandwich bags as you wish: |
| ½ C. cracked wheat |
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¼ C. raisins |
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| ½ C. rolled oats |
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¼ C. brown suga.' |
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¼ C. dry milk powder |
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½ t. ground cinnamon |
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To cook, add a baggie full of mix to:
3 C. boiling water |
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| Stir until thoroughly mixed. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmcr, covered, for 10 to ] 5 minutes. Yield: 6 servings. |
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Optional variations: ¼ C. dried fruit, 2 T. nutritional yeast, ¼ C. chopped apple, 2 T. soy flour or soy grits, ¼ C. bran, ¼ C. sunflower seeds, ¼ to ½ C. wheat germ. |
