Hard Red Winter Wheat

 

• Hard Red Winter Wheat Stew
•  Acorn Squash with Sweet Bourbon Butter (I omitted the orange juice and added toasted pecans.  I also used lots of salt and pepper.  That might sound weird with the sugar and butter, but it's yummy.)
• Best Broccoli Ever (from Barefoot Contessa---I think that's what the recipe is called)
    
• I had some hard red winter wheat that I needed to use up.  I went on a Whole Foods 'interesting grains' spree.  I made it up as I went along, taking the general idea from these recipes from Purple Foodie and Epicurious.  

The short version:  I boiled the wheat, and reserved it in a separate bowl. I cooked up all the left over dried beans I had....limas, kidney beans, and pintos, about 2 cups dry.  Cook them as you normally would, but use lots of water to make the broth. Add extra veggie or chicken broth if desiered.  I cut up onions, carrots, garlic, celery, tomatoes, yellow squash, and sauteed them, then put them in the beans.  I added lots of grated parmesan, and about a tablespoon of soy sauce and worcestershire sauce. Mix in the wheat at the end, & serve.

Adam insists on meat with everything, so I crumbled some sausage into his.  Violet and I ate the vegetarian version.  It already has tons of protein with the beans.

 
 And for dessert, Pumpkin Pound Cake. (I took some to Violet's school, and this was the label.)  I added extra walnuts and mixed up a simple drizzling sauce of caramel sauce mixed with chocolate syrup.   

P.S. I love it when I pull into my driveway and Clyde jumps onto the hood of my vehicle.  It's nice to sit for a while and watch him taking a cat bath with the woods in the background.  I think it's so peaceful to see cats bathing themselves. 

Comments

[Dusti]

I love it when you write about what you cook. I get tired of the food I make, you know? I made a pumpkin poundcake last weekend, but I got a little crazy with adding Greek yogurt and it's not cake-like enough. P.S. My cat Mixie always jumps up on the hood of my car when I get home too! I love it, except when I've just been to the car wash and she gets her little paw prints all over. I've always thought kitties are so relaxing to have laying around, very soothing presence.

[Jill James]

That broccoli does look delicious.....I love her recipes because they're approachable & I always have most of the ingredients....mostly I just love your poundcake label !!!