wheat – Oh Lord Help Us

Warm Soup and Golden Buns (what you’ll get from me if you ever have a baby)

Eat, Save, Stay SaneNovember 6, 2014

I love my veggie soup. It’s so yummy, so easy, and so inexpensive. It also has no onions, no garlic, no broccoli; so it’s perfect for new moms that may be nursing. There is also enough for leftovers, so the new mom gets two meals out of it.

I made this this past weekend for a family in our church. We were also going over to a friends house for trick or treating and she was making beef stew. So I decided to make some rolls to go with both! This is my hamburger bun recipe, I just didn’t flatten them so they have more of a roll look about them.

First, the veggie soup recipe:

Ingredients:

20 oz package ground turkey

1 jar of spaghetti sauce

4 cups of mixed veggies (frozen or two cans)

1 quart chicken broth

1 tsp salt

Step 1:

Brown the turkey.

Step 2:

Add everything else and let simmer for at least 30 minutes.

See? How easy is that?

Here’s the price breakdown. I got everything at Aldi. I prefer to use frozen veggies, but they didn’t have it, so I used the can version. But they do have organic spaghetti sauce and chicken broth which I love!

Ground turkey $3.29

Spaghetti sauce $1.79

Mixed veggies $1.30 (for 2 cans)

Chicken broth $1.69

Total: $8.07 for 6-8 servings. That’s $1.01-$1.35 a serving!!!

Now for the hamburger buns/rolls:

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup butter

4 1/2 cup all purpose flour

2 1/4 tsp yeast

2 Tb honey

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

Step 1:

Heat milk, water, butter in saucepan until butter has melted.

Step 2:

In large bowl mix 1 3/4 cup flour, yeast, and salt.

Step 3:

Mix in milk mixture, egg, and honey.

Step 4:

Add remaining flour and knead until smooth and elastic (about 8 minutes).

Step 5:

Divide into 16 equal parts. Shape into balls and place on greased baking sheet. Leave as balls if you are making rolls, flatten them if you are making hamburger buns. Cover and let rise 30-45 minutes.

Step 6:

Bake 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

Watch out for sneaky husbands!

Here’s the price breakdown:

Milk $.24

Butter $.37

Flour $1.05

Yeast $.31

Honey $.27

Salt $.01

Total: $2.25 for 16 and there is no yoga mat foam in the ingredients. Did you hear about that? Crazies.

Honey Wheat Bread

RecipesAugust 8, 2014September 18, 2014

3 cups warm water

4.5 tsp active yeast

1/2 cup honey

5 cups bread flour

3 Tb butter melted

2 Tb salt

3.5-4 cups whole wheat flour

In a large mixing bowl, combine yeast and water, add honey and stir. Add bread flour. Let rise.

Add melted butter and salt.

Add 2 cups of whole wheat flour, then knead in the remaining flour.

Place in buttered bowl, cover with towel and let sit until double. Punch down.

Divide into thirds, place in buttered 9 x 5 loaf pans, cover with towel until double.

Bake 350 for 25 minutes.

Saving a lot of dough. On your dough.

Eat, Save, Stay SaneAugust 8, 2014September 18, 2014

Here it is. Isn’t it beautiful! This is my go to bread recipe and what we use for sandwiches, toast, and when we need something to put honey on.

Ingredients. Six glorious ingredients (not counting the water), that is all. Check your bread package, how many do you see? Can you pronounce all of them?

3 cups warm water

4.5 tsp active yeast

1/2 cup honey

5 cups bread flour

3 Tb butter melted

2 Tb salt

3.5-4 cups whole wheat flour

In a large mixing bowl, combine yeast and water, add honey and stir.

Add bread flour.

Let rise. (I usually wait until it’s at the rim of the bowl)

Add melted butter and salt. (I use a spatula and make a hole to pour the butter, then mix)

Add 2 cups of whole wheat flour.

Knead in the remaining flour. (Here is where I was messing up. Knead it until it forms a ball and is completely mixed-no dry flour to be found)

Place in buttered bowl, cover with towel and let sit until double. Punch down.

Divide into thirds, place in buttered 9 x 5 loaf pans, cover with towel until double.

Bake 350 for 25 minutes.

Now, let’s talk about ingredients and costs.

The yeast is Fleischmann’s in the jar. It’s more economical than the packets.

The honey is local, and is oh so yummy. It’s not much more than what I was paying at the supermarket.

The bread flour is King Arthur. Gold Medal is a bit cheaper. Pillsbury is even cheaper.

The butter is generic. I would love to use local grass fed. Just haven’t gone there yet.

The salt is Morton’s.

The whole wheat flour I ordered off Amazon. A 25lb bag of organic whole wheat bread flour from a company called Great River.

Here’s the cost for this recipe:

Yeast .63

Honey 1.09

Bread flour 1.17

Butter .28

Salt .04

Whole wheat flour 1.30

Total: $4.51 for 3 loaves!!!

That’s $1.50 a loaf people!!! And you could make it even cheaper by using different brands. That’s up to you!