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Today I needed to do some “catching up” in the kitchen because I’ve been under the weather. I like to get batches of items cooked and prepared and ready to go to cover those days in the week where I am not physically able to prepare food. SO, I take advantage of a day of strength and stamina. Today is one of those days.
Up early, I decided to hard “boil” a dozen eggs in the NuWave infrared cooker (See my review on Infrared Convection cookers) which is easy and with minimal mess. Once the eggs were peeled and placed in the fridge, I went about multi-tasking.
Homemade Kamut noodles with freshly-ground Kamut flour
Homemade meat sauce with home-preserved marinated Roma tomatoes
Quinoa and corn
Herbed hulled barley
Roasted green beans in olive oil (also roasted in the NuWave cooker)
Hamburgers (grilled in the NuWave cooker)
Re-hydrated chicken and broth (from my DE-hydrated chicken)
For me, as I am a T2 Diabetic and low-carber most times, I’ll stick with the proteins and veggies. For the rest of the family, I have some that do not like anything sweet, some that prefer sweet over savory and some that will eat anything not tied down. 🙂
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE making homemade pasta from freshly-milled flour. I used my whole grain sourdough starter instead of water.
Rolled homemade Kamut sourdough pasta
Cutting into nice wide strips
Homemade Kamut noodles tossed with thick homemade meat sauce
Fluffy whole grain hulled barley with lots of aromatic herbs is good warm, cold as a salad or tossed into omelets or broths. Always good to have around.
Herbed barley
We roast all sorts of veggies and green beans are a winner choice around here. Toss with some extra virgin olive oil and salt and let ’em roast until brown. Again, I use my NuWave!
Roasted green beans
Grilled beef hamburgers are great for quick snacks or a late meal. Over grains (like the barley or quinoa), or between two thick slices of homemade whole grain bread, or just by themselves with some veggies! Again, I grilled these in the NuWave for fast, easy and cool grilling.
Grilled beef hamburgers are a hit!
Re-hydrating my de-hydrated grilled chicken breasts. It took a little longer than expected, but it all turned out fabulous.
Re-hydrating chicken breasts
So, that’s what’s on the menu for today at the Haycraft Home, what’s cooking on your kitchens?
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