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Welcome to our Radio Archives: “Encouragement in the Kitchen”
The purpose and mission of our weekly radio show (and with everything we do) is to “Prepare you and your kitchen with tools, tips, skills and encouragement.” We venture beyond discussions of whole wheat and grains and include other areas in making your kitchen more efficient and rewarding, and ways you can save money.
This page is in the midst of an update – so please pardon our dust!
Taking the Mystery out of Meatless Protein Options
Budget, Antibiotics, Hormones and Cloned Meat are just some of the reasons to consider other protein options.
We will discuss some avenues to address this in your typical meat and potatoes family tonight on this show!
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My Mission: “To Prepare you and your Kitchen with Tools, Tips, Skills and Encouragement. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Now go play with your food!”
How to make delicious Whole Wheat bagels and English Muffins.
Making these tasty alternatives to store-bought processed bread is much easier than you may think!
On this show, I go through step-by-step verbal instructions. If you’re on our NEWSLETTER LIST you will get the recipes!
My Mission: “To Prepare you and your Kitchen with Tools, Tips, Skills and Encouragement. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Now go play with your food!”
Expand your knowledge and see the possibilities of using this green, energy-saving cooking option
* Different Solar Cooking options
* How/if recipes, times and planning differently for Solar Cooking.
* Donna’s top pick for a Solar Oven.
* Learn what type pans/pots to use.
* How to adjust for slow cooking or for high heat baking.!
My Mission: “To Prepare you and your Kitchen with Tools, Tips, Skills and Encouragement. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Now go play with your food!”
Listen to this special show as we discuss finding produce that doesn’t break the grocery budget bank.
* Learn to decipher codes on labels at the grocer
* Learn to quickly spot some of the best selections from any produce market.
* Why should you even care about organic?
My Mission: “To Prepare you and your Kitchen with Tools, Tips, Skills and Encouragement. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Now go play with your food!”
What is Dry Canning? How is it done? Is it safe? What would you use that for?
We are going to discuss these questions and talk about this great storage option for making the most of your budget!
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My Mission: “To Prepare you and your Kitchen with Tools, Tips, Skills and Encouragement. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Now go play with your food!”
Although I don’t have to be completely gluten free, I do know that many people are being told they need to at least cut down on their gluten intake. We are going to discuss some of the grains that are free of gluten, low in gluten and just some of the best ways to use them. If you have specific questions email us HERE !
My Mission: “To Prepare you and your Kitchen with Tools, Tips, Skills and Encouragement. If I can do it, YOU can do it. Now go play with your food!”
How to choose them, use them and how to store them!
On this show, we will be discussing the important reasons to use Healthy Oils and how to make them a part of our kitchen. Here are some of the items we will discuss:
* What are the Smoke points, and why are they important?
* What about FAT?
* Single chain, Mono-Unsaturated Fatty Acids deciphered.
* Are there healthy saturated fats?
* Are there imposters on the ‘oil’ isle?
* Non-stick spray – friend or foe?
Good reasons for milling at home
On this show, we will be discussing the reasons (there are many) for milling whole grains at home.
From health to budget the reasons for home milling are often over looked by most people because they feel it will be time consuming or costly. Neither of those assumptions are correct. This show will help you dispel those thoughts.
Benefits of Juicing
Four out of six of us in the Miller Family (daughter-in-law included in the count) are going on a Juice Fast/Feast! We are currently on day 3 and counting.
Come listen to just what are the benefits of juicing, the best foods to juice and find out what is the best juicer! It doesn’t have to always be a fast – juicing can boost the intake of live fruits and veggies during every regular day!
Using Your Freezer to Save Money
This appliance is more than a huge ice chest. It’s a budget booster if you learn how to use it right! Tonight we’re going to discuss how to stretch money, prolong foods and serve your convenience needs by using the freezer.
- Using the freezer as the middle-man for longer storage
- How to freeze to get the best use of items.
- Planning freezer meals.
Preparing Warm Meals on a Budget:
When temperatures drop in winter we are often tempted to not eat as healthy. Maybe that’s more of an individual issue, but the fact remains that colder weather can be a stumbling block for many in eating a healthy diet. This show we share options for preparing warm meals (budget) on those cold winter days.
Sprouted Grains are wonderful
- How easy is it to use sprouted grains?
- What is the difference between sprouted grains and unsprouted grains?
- What can I and can’t I do with sprouted grains?
Join us tonight to discuss these and other questions!
It can be easy to Create Delicious Dehydrated Foods
We are going to talk about simple ways to dehydrate to save yourself some serious money by making those live fruits, herbs and veggies still nutritious and last much longer!
Hope you’ll join us!
Dehydrate to Save Money
Safely Managing Meat
Listen tonight as we focus on working with foods that may provide not be fish, steak, poultry, pork, luncheon/deli meats, cheese, dairy and eggs!
- When has meat officially ‘gone bad’?
- How can I tell if meat is spoiled?
- Up to what point can meat still be used beyond the “use by” date?
- How do I make meats last longer?
Difficulties with Dairy
Listen tonight as we focus on working with foods that may provide not be fish, steak, poultry, pork, luncheon/deli meats, cheese, dairy and eggs!
- When has dairy officially ‘gone bad’?
- How can I tell if something is spoiled and unusable?
- Up to what point can it still be used?
- How do I make the food last longer?
Being Productive with Produce
- When has produce ‘gone bad’?
- How can I easily tell when produce is not usable?
- Up to what point can produce still be used?
- How do I make produce last longer?
Listen tonight and we’ll go over some tips and techniques to keep good food from going bad and how to recognize when to toss it!
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Creating a cheerful and organized Kitchen
Breaking down the holiday cooking into ‘bite-sized’ events can help keep cheer and merriment in your kitchen.
On this show, we will discuss ways to effectively manage your Holiday baking and food preparations, so you can enjoy your family.
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Healthy Food Planning
Tired or hearing all the Fad ‘diets’ that say don’t eat this (major food group) eat more that (major food group)?
Let’s try some seriously easy balancing steps as we try to approach healthy food consumption and planning.
Pre-Thanksgiving Pep-talk
The special feast is planned and tomorrow we actually begin preparing the meal. Before getting frantic, let’s talk about ways we can organize the meal to make things more effective.
We’re going to calmly get it together before it’s time for bed!
Incredible Baking and Cooking classes Ahead!
2012 is going to be a fantastic year for Millers Grain Houses. We have great plans for training classes and retreats, and look forward to sharing in the kitchen.
Join us tonight to discuss the plans ahead, and how you can be a part!
Returning to Couponing: It’s not that extreme
In a tight economy, companies use coupon advertisements to entice us to visit their store. Obviously, giving coupons will bring traffic and create cash flow.
On our show, we will discuss how you can use coupons to save a bundle of money on your grocery bill. You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to save money with this “non-extreme” method.
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Winter Squash
On this show we will discuss winter squash. Many of these vegetables are offered at bargain prices per pound and are excellent in nutritional value. We’ll discuss how to prepare veggies that will stretch the grocery budget.