$19.95 464 pages, lay-flat binding for easy kitchen use, four-color laminated (wipe off) cover with French flaps (bookmarks). Book includes an Appendix on Shopping for Spelt—Resources and Information. |
BOOT THE BLAND AND BORING FROM YOUR LIFE. Do you think because a food is healthful it has to be boring, bland, distasteful or taste-less? Think again. Whole Food Cooking and Baking with Spelt is uncomplicated, authentic food with complex, savory, sumptuous tastes and textures.
Enjoy worldly foods that light up slumbering taste buds and your spirit but not your stomach. |
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In whole food cooking the life of the food is transmitted directly to you. The flavors and textures of Spelt products are delightfully and deliciously varied. Earthy breads with chewy crusts with fine flavor, freshness, and character. Breakfast foods that both satisfy and sustain you and vegetable dishes that you look forward to eating like Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms or Zucchini Fritters. You will find there is a spectrum of tastes, a flavor rainbow of beautiful, authentic foods inside Spelt Healthy! |
Q: What are the benefits
of a fresh whole foods
cuisine based on Spelt?
A: Nutrient dense, delicious
and soul-satisfying food
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CHANGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER by changing what you eat the most—common wheat flour products. Replace the empty carbs of common wheat flour with the delicious, nuanced, high protein of Spelt that has not undergone the genetic modification that common wheat has and is. Spelt comes naturally enriched. Spelt is alive when you buy it. It is not de-natured through multiple processes and then re-enriched at a lower level than it began. It is enriched by nature. |
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TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR OWN HEALTH! Many health conditions maintained by medication can be ameliorated or eliminated by changing the foods you eat. Spelt in concert with other whole foods gives you the energy to exercise and the mental well being to stick with a healthier diet. It really helps that Spelt Healthy! foods are as delicious as they are nutritious. (CLICK HERE to see the entire foreword by Dr. Suzanne Bentz.) |
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SO WHY CHOOSE SPELT? Here’s just one reason why you may want to make some changes . . . What you thought were externally caused allergy problems stemming from sources like pollen may be due to the common wheat you eat and foods containing additives. Your allergies may not be permanent. By cooking the Spelt Healthy! way you know what goes into your food and you generally see positive results in short order when you stick to it. There is a chapter devoted to answering your questions about “Why Choose Spelt?” along with a chapter on Food Intolerances and Allergies that discusses the subject along with a Bibliography so you can find out more.
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DID YOU KNOW? Spelt is water soluble and high in fiber for easy digestion, full nutrient uptake and regularity. It’s high in vitamins that are critical for alertness, level moods and mental activity. The amino acids (protein structure) in Spelt provide a line of defense against stress and related symptoms like depression and constant tiredness. Spelt is high in B-complex vitamins important for optimum metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fat.
An example from the book: Spelt, like almonds, turkey products and tart cherries, contains higher amounts of the essential amino acid tryptophane, the precursor of serotonin, for level moods and quality sleep. Try recipes like Cherry Almond Biscotti, Turkey Toscano and Cherried Plum Bread (CLICK HERE see the complete index of the book for more recipes). |
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TYPE 2 DIABETIC? Health professionals tell you to eat fruits, vegetables and whole grains for starters. Spelt is one of the original whole grains. The Spelt Healthy! concept includes eating small amounts (portion control) of interesting healthful foods throughout the day and evening. Under Many Small Things (in fact, throughout the book) you will find many such foods that are high in beneficial nutritional qualities like beta carotene and other elements useful in managing diabetes, including diminishing fatty liver syndrome. We’ve provided Nutritional Information for the recipes in Appendix 1 to help you choose your foods.
LOW CARB DIET or WATCHING CARBS? All carbs are not the same. No matter what diet or eating plan you are following, you want to avoid empty carbohydrates. You need carbs to live—so eat quality carbohydrates like those in Spelt and other whole foods.
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THE STAFF OF LIFE? Bread used to be the staff of life because of its healthful properties. With Spelt, it is again. Consider that Calabrese Bread or Roasted Garlic and Mozzarella Baguettes in the book offer a complete protein meal in themselves. These are not dense, tasteless loaves—they are mouth watering, “I want more” breads that something inside you recognizes immediately as ancient and good, and good for you. So if you ever have a longing for a truly fine piece of bread, try Spelt and discover why Spelt is the fine wine of flours. Learn to make your own by mixing varieties of Spelt flours and choose from the many delectable recipes now available to you in Spelt Healthy! |
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YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FAVORITE RECIPES OR FOODS. Revise them according to your tastes or eating plans. Whether you’ve been cooking all your life or just beginning to cook, let Spelt Healthy! be your guide. There is conversion information for you in the Knead to Know section of the book. |
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FOOD FOR ALL SEASONS OF LIFE. If you are reading this, you are perhaps already thinking about the foods you’re eating and wondering if there isn’t a better way to eat. Start with Spelt and you may never look back at the assembly-line tastes of refined and highly processed foods. Small changes add up. You will find, for example, that you can replace the empty carbs or avoid potential allergies from cornstarch or common wheat flour by using Spelt in sauces. Become more alive and alert by cooking and baking with foods that are alive, not created from a pastiche of additives and de-natured common wheat flours. |
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WHAT BETTER GIFT FOR YOUR CHILD? Spelt Healthy! can be used for women in gestation and to introduce children to the benefits of Whole Food cooking, nutrition and exercise, setting them on the course of good health and vigor and wellness to carry them through life. |
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KIDS IN THE KITCHEN RECIPES. You’ll find kids-in-the kitchen recipes in the book like Ebleskivers and Waffles to get them started and keep them cooking and there are simple to follow how-to drawings to help like Fun Forms for rolls and coiled forms for bread. |
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WHOLE GRAIN WAFFLES WITH SPELT SPROUTS AND FRUIT BITS MADE IN "LITTLE FLOWERS" GRAVITY WAFFLER. |
TEACHING or BOOK STUDY OR COOKING GROUPS? The book contains interesting factual information presented in section style and illustrations that make learning fun. Spelt is one of the trio of grains that kick-started Western Civilization. It’s been with us since Man and Mammoth roamed the earth together. It’s a great way to get kids in touch with the earth and their history. There’s plenty for adults too because Spelt and the other ancient grains have been pictured or written about since the dawn of human history.
“Whole food cooking and ancient recipes go hand in hand. Some foods then and now create a suite of savory, sumptuous, simple yet complex tastes and textures. They give us nourishment; they give us delight; they connect us to the past.”
“When we eat meals in our kitchen or prepare special foods for marked calendar days, our histories and our traditions, old and new, come alive and help us understand we are part not apart or outside the circle of all things. You touch the past deeply, that circle is joined in cooking and baking—in your kitchen—with that ancient, life-giving grain, Spelt.”
HANDS-ON LEARNING. Nothing reinforces learning like hands-on. The book contains a wide variety of recipes from quick and simple foods to some breads that take can take two days to make but only involve about 30 minutes of your actual time. In these cases the timer and the ferment do the work while you do other things. This is another thing good about Spelt—baking with it takes less time than the wheat breads you may be accustomed to making. Look for our upcoming Teaching Guides for various school levels and Book Group Guides. In the meantime you can be enjoying Spelt Healthy! and getting a head start. Check for our group discounts. |
