DYI Flour?
My mom has a small grain mill (about the size of a stand mixer or tall rice cooker), and buys wheat berries at a local (to her) bulk food store. This way she's got real whole wheat flour - even the "whole wheat" flour that we buy in the store isn't truly whole wheat. It's got less stuff removed than white flour, but real -actually whole - whole wheat still has some bits removed that would otherwise go rancid sitting on the shelf.
Comparing prices on what she spends on the grain, it's actually cheaper to go this route as well. Once again it costs less to go with the healthy option. Funny that.
She just does wheat flour, although the mill can apparently handle a variety of other grains as well - corn, quinoa, etc. It's pretty simple, but does provide some control over how fine the grind is, so I could make a fine wheat flour, and then crank out some coarse corn meal.
This is something I'm now increasingly interested in doing. It would help to find a nice bulk foods store in our area where I could pick up the grain, although I'm sure it can be ordered via the internet as well.
Comparing prices on what she spends on the grain, it's actually cheaper to go this route as well. Once again it costs less to go with the healthy option. Funny that.
She just does wheat flour, although the mill can apparently handle a variety of other grains as well - corn, quinoa, etc. It's pretty simple, but does provide some control over how fine the grind is, so I could make a fine wheat flour, and then crank out some coarse corn meal.
This is something I'm now increasingly interested in doing. It would help to find a nice bulk foods store in our area where I could pick up the grain, although I'm sure it can be ordered via the internet as well.