Good Grains

We missed you Joelle and Brant at the Healthy Cooking class with Brandon. There was a lot of people there at KeriLyns, despite the heavy snowfall! Everyone that came was glad they did! I was totally inspired to make a conscious effort toward better health. Our bodies are the only place we have to live! I want mine to be a lean clean healthy machine! He (Brandon) demonstrated how to incorporate more grains into our diet and he was a living testimonial to how beneficial this is. Amaranth, Quinoa, Kamut, Spelt, Buckwheat, Hulled Barley were the main grains he used to make "Dads Pancakes", beautiful loaves of bread and yummy scones cooked in coconut oil (which by the way I learned has many benefits, one that it is a medium chained triglyceride (sp?) which is converted to energy quicker and less likely to be stored as fat, even though it is full of saturated fat) it is also the safest oil to use in high heat cooking since to doesnt transform when heated like other oils (but you probably allready knew that). I learned that Amaranth is the number one nutritous grain, with Quinoa and Kamut following closely on the nutient level. He used Rumford baking soda in his cooking cause it dosent have aluminum in it like regular store brands. He is a huge fan of Xagave for sweetner, since it is the lowest on the insilin spiking levels 30 - 35, where sugar is at 90 and honey at around 80 I think he said. White agave has recommended daily allowance of calcium for women in one tablespoon! Xagave is made from both blue and white Xagave which contains more fiber and nutrients than just getting one or the other. There was so much information shared. Maybe Mom, KeriLyn and Jess can share what they remember. Anyway - sorry for going on and on, I'm just excited about getting on the path to better health!