Adventures With Whole Wheat: My Family Suffered So Yours Doesn’t Have To (Prologue)
Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Kate in Musings, Recipes
I stood in the bathroom hurriedly pulling half my youngest daughter’s hair into a lopsided ponytail when Nate walked in, kissed me goodbye, and said, “I don’t know what you made, but it tastes like chalk.”
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I am the mother of five learning to live in the country surrounded by in-laws. I've been married to the amazing Nate Palmer for 15 years; he is teaching me how to be a farm girl in between chasing children, cooking dinner, and doing laundry. In my spare time (okay--time I try really hard to set aside), I like to write.
"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal." ~Pamela Vaull Starr°Click my About page for this year's goals.
Betty
23. Oct, 2009
Okay, they do look good. At least you bake from scratch. That is more than I do. Have a good day. It is Friday. I hope you win!!!!!!
Jenni H.
23. Oct, 2009
OK, I need to hear the rest of this story. I’ve substituted half wheat in my favorite white bread recipe and not had any problems, (unless Chas just can’t tell, because it tastes better than those cookies) but now I’m afraid to try again.
Jenni
23. Oct, 2009
Two Jenni H.’s? Cool!
Karen H
23. Oct, 2009
I have a nice wheat bread recipe that my mom and her friend converted to a white bread recipe. It worked great for a while but the last couple time I tried to make it it just did not turn out well. At least you have the excuse of messing around with the ingredients.
Brian
23. Oct, 2009
Looks tasty! When can I come get some?
melindalomax
23. Oct, 2009
My friend Jennifer thinks you’re a great cook!
Farrell Palmer
23. Oct, 2009
I am sure Nate hasn’t a clue. Those muffins look to good to taste like chalk?
Heidi
23. Oct, 2009
Healthy is always better. I’ll need the recipe.
Stacey
23. Oct, 2009
My friend Jennifer thinks you’re a great cook!
Karen
23. Oct, 2009
This is neck and neck, but you’re ten behind. so I’m going to help out by leaving another comment. I always go for the underdog. Not the undercat.
Circe
23. Oct, 2009
My friend Jennifer thinks you’re a great cook.
Hyte
23. Oct, 2009
I bet I could make muffins so good, they’d sing!
Steve
23. Oct, 2009
So how does whole wheat mess with the expansion potential theory?
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23. Oct, 2009
Did you laugh or did you cry when your husband said this?
Jenni H.
23. Oct, 2009
Jenni-
That’s great! I put Jenni H. for my name because I saw your earlier comments and wanted Kate to know I was a different Jenni. But your last initial is H too huh?
Kate
23. Oct, 2009
@Hyte, Steve, buddies where have you been? It’s been years! Love the comments! I am laugh-laugh-laughing=)!
Amanda
23. Oct, 2009
My friend Jennifer thinks you’re a great cook.
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23. Oct, 2009
Ode to Katrina’s blog
Cakes, cookies, meals galore
Books, Ranch, wait there is more
Katrina, what is there you can not do
You move pipe and even pick up the poo
Milk the cow, weed the garden, feed the chickens
Yes, you even read that book Charles Dickens
oh how the rumors are all true, you are the best
and you do all most everything with so much zest
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23. Oct, 2009
I hope you liked my poem. I wanted to post a fun comment. I really do enjoy reading your blog. It helps me to get to know you better. I would love to read your book, when will it be published? Are you all finished. Would you like to include my poem into it. It is OK if you do, haha, just joking. But seriously I hope you win this competition.
Pam
23. Oct, 2009
Knowing and working with Nate I am going to give him a really hard time.
The next time you make pancakes!!! include the chalk and maybe some dirt, sand and gravel.
Whole wheat is very interesting to cook with, hats off to you for trying new things. Let me know if you come across any great recipes that include whole wheat, haven’t done so yet in my cooking career.
Judy
23. Oct, 2009
Nate doesn’t know what he’s talking about! I think they look yummy…
Tucker
23. Oct, 2009
Honestly Nate really, don’t mess with the lovely woman that cooks for you??? LOL!
Mindee
23. Oct, 2009
And again Katrina, I think next time some laxatives would be in order for Nate…. LOL
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23. Oct, 2009
My friend Jennifer thinks you’re a great cook!
Leslie
23. Oct, 2009
They look really yummy but I would definately have to taste them to make sure they don’t taste like chalk. Feel free to drop a couple off any time
!
Jack Spear
23. Oct, 2009
Growing up where my siblings and I played in the granary has made it impossible for me to eat red wheat. No matter how little was use, i can taste the granary which always smelled like mice.
Karen H
23. Oct, 2009
If I that’s what I associated with the smell of wheat I wouldn’t eat it either.
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23. Oct, 2009
Cooking with whole wheat is great, because it has lots of Fiber and you need 25 grams per day. If you have ever looked at how much fiber is in things it is hard to get 25 grams each day. So, by cooking with whole Wheat will up your chances of reaching 25 grams. Fiber can help reduce colon cancer, and reduce your risk of heart disease. Just a little tidbit about the nutritional value of Whole Wheat according to Food Sense at USU Extension. If you want any more information contact me at foodsanpete@gmail.com. I got a lot more where that came from.
Kyler
23. Oct, 2009
I’m really starting to feel for poor Nate here. He makes an honest comment about some food and people want to slip him laxatives, among other things. Tsk, tsk. What’s it come to that a man can’t be honest with his wife
Shandrae
23. Oct, 2009
I’ve found that the hard white wheat doesn’t have such a strong smell or taste. I like it much better than the red wheat.
Mike
23. Oct, 2009
Good luck with perfecting your recipe. I find that even 1/4 white flour, 3/4 whole wheat flour goes a long way to balance out the whole wheat.
Shandrae
23. Oct, 2009
Poor Nate? What about poor Katrina? She put all that work in to make breakfast and the thanks she gets is, “It tastes like chalk”? There’s honesty, but there’s also tact…: )
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23. Oct, 2009
Trina, Nathaniel wants more!
Joy
23. Oct, 2009
Your sister says you’ve figured out how to make yummy wheat muffins.
Shirley
23. Oct, 2009
I love to bake but when it comes to making wheat bread it comes out heavy and very dry. I can make rolls which are a form of bread. I just need to learn how to cook at a high altitude – I lived at sea level for awhile.
Becky Stoneman
23. Oct, 2009
Mmm. Those do look really good. I’m always looking for good ways to improve the nutrition at my house.
Richard
23. Oct, 2009
Those muffins sure look good! My favorite is homemade whole wheat bread!
Glenn
23. Oct, 2009
Reminds me of growing up.
Shandrae
23. Oct, 2009
Donovan wants the recipe so he can eat some muffins!
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23. Oct, 2009
Drake says me, too!
Johnathan
23. Oct, 2009
I’m always willing to try something new. My mom is teaching me to cook so I will be able to take care of myself when I graduate and move out on my own. We haven’t done homemade muffins yet, so maybe we’ll try those in the future.
Jenni Sherriff
23. Oct, 2009
Is your hubby used to whole wheat? He may just need to get used to ti. I think they look wonderful. Whole grains can be difficult to work with at first. Your family will survive.
jennie
23. Oct, 2009
My friend Jennifer thinks you’re a great cook!
Nate
23. Oct, 2009
Thank you kyler…believe me when I say my comment was aimed at saving my children from the wrath of their mother.
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23. Oct, 2009
I’ll be the fist to tell anyone that my wife is the best cook i know (well, next to my grandmother, but she’s had about 50 years more experience). Kate has come a long ways since our first months of marriage…now those were trying times.
Braden
23. Oct, 2009
I just have to wonder how many muffins Nate ate before he decided they tasted like chalk.
Annalyn
24. Oct, 2009
I’m glad this is just the prologue- it sounds like there are some doosies of stories there!
jack
24. Oct, 2009
You should be congratulated for trying to make your family healthier
kris
24. Oct, 2009
i’ve tried to use wheat, without success. can’t wait to see what you’ve got to tell us
becky
24. Oct, 2009
hope you win