Real Food Living

A student of health and nutrition for 30 years, Vickilynn Haycraft has over 20 years of actual hands-on experience reviewing and personally using different tools of the homemaking vocation, focusing on the areas of health and nutrition. Vickilynn is a magazine columnist, product reviewer and cookbook author, as well as being full-time wife and mom to 5 children. Vickilynn blogs at the RFL Blog.

If you have a standing mixer, such as Kitchen Aid, you know all too well that you must stop and “scrape down the sides of the bowl” during the mixing process. Until now…

Dear Readers, have you ever cast your eyes longingly and lovingly upon those gorgeous hanging pot racks and wished with all your heart that your kitchen and / or budget could handle one? Can you just imagine how a pot rack would transform your kitchen ambiance as well as show off your cookware and to top it off, create a neat and tidy storage solution? The wait is finally is over!

Yum. Those round, dense, chewy, tasty bites of history now grace the plates of people from all over the world. Toasted or not, slathered with cream cheese, lox and whitefish, or topped with pizza or sandwich fixin’s…bagels are mainstream! McDonald’s even has had Breakfast Bagel sandwiches filled with egg and cheese.

Yield: 10-12 English Muffins 1 1/4 cup warmed milk 110 degrees (I prefer homemade cashew milk) 1 Tablespoon SAF yeast 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour, plus more as needed, about 1 cup 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons good-quality oil (I prefer organic virgin coconut oil, melted) 1 tablespoon honey or organic sugar 1 egg, [...]

The Morningware oven is fun to use and it works quickly and efficiently to cook so many types of foods. I find myself using it several times a day, almost every day.

BARBECUED LENTILS We like this a tad sweeter than the recipe, so taste and adjust seasonings and sweetness to taste. We use this on top of organic all-beef hot dogs in homemade hot dog buns, or mixed into cooked brown rice or barley, or just as a yummy side dish. It’s good warm or cold [...]

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Vickilynn Haycraft makes 2 loaves 6 ounces granola, any type, homemade preferred 3/4 cup warm water Mix in a bowl and set aside. Let sit about 45 min – 1 hour to soften Sponge: 1 1/2 TB yeast 11/2 cups warm water 1/3 cup honey 2 cups whole wheat flour Place all ingredients in a [...]

by Kathleen Johnson 1/3 cup warm water 1 tbsp dry yeast 1 tsp honey 2-2/3 cup hot water 1/4 cup oil 1/2 cup molasses 1 tbsp (or less) salt 7-1/2 cups whole wheat flour Mix yeast with 1/3 cup water and honey till foams. In a large bowl mix hot water and four cups of [...]

(makes 2 loaves) 3 cups boiling water 2 cups rolled oats 1/3 cup honey 1/4 cup applesauce 2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 tablespoons SAF yeast 1/4 cup vital gluten flour 6-7 cups whole wheat flour (I used Prairie Gold) Mix together boiling water, oats, applesauce and honey and stir well. Let cool until lukewarm (100-110 [...]