Nutty Millet Breakfast Cookies

     This afternoon I decided to make cookies. But not just any cookies... They were healthy cookies! The recipe was from a book called Whole Grain Mornings  by Megan Gordan. The cookies were supposed to be a healthy whole grain breakfast, whether you're in a hurry to get to the bus or just taking it slow on a Sunday morning these make a great breakfast.

     In the fall my mom and I started a list of recipes from this book we wanted to try. Twice a week for ten weeks we made a special breakfast for each morning. We made everything from Peach cobbler to Ginger Bread cake. These are some excellent recipes and you should definitely try  them sometime. We also had to be very flexible, one day hazelnuts weren't in season so we couldn't make our own chocolate hazelnut spread so we used nutella! Every recipe in this book uses whole grains like farro, spelt flour, buckwheat flour, millet, brown rice, barley & wheat berries. Whole grains are healthy for you, that is why we like this book so much.

     These were some great recipes and you should definitely try them sometime. We have only tried 20 recipes so far I look forward to making them all. If you check out some recipes I wish you the best of luck. Good luck on the cooking. -Ginger :)  

Soba Noodles

This week I decided to try something new. My friend gave me an Awesomely Amazing cookbook for a secret Santa. It held the secret  to Soba  Noodles, as I said I tried it. Heaven! It was amazing just like it said it would be. "It's even better the next day" she wrote. You should so look up the recipe and try it. Like I said, Delicious.

My family rated this dish on a scale of 1 (disgusting) - 10 (tastes like heaven). 9, 4, 8 and a 15. that's pretty delicious for a first time rating. My  mom added a few things that weren't in the recipe, including red cabbage and peanut butter. You should definitely try this at home.

According to Health Hokkido, a health information website for the people of Japan, soba noodles are

...native Japanese noodles made of buckwheat flour. They are roughly as thick as spaghetti, and they are prepared in a variety of hot and cold dishes. The most basic soba dish is "zaru soba", in which boiled, cold soba noodles are served with a dipping sauce. Like pasta, soba noodles are available in dried form in supermarkets, but they taste best if freshly made by hand from flour and water. Recently soba making has also become a popular attraction. Last year the Asahikawa International Committee held a workshop for soba making with some volunteer translators in Etambetsu, a small rural area on the edge of Asahikawa.

 
I think that soba noodles are a great way to learn more about the Japanese culture and tradition. In addition to their food being yummy they also have a great way to run things and themselves. Just ask my parents,  they went to Japan for a couple of weeks to visit some friends and learned about Japanese culture when they were there. This was a great recipe you should totally check it out sometime. -Ginger (: