We read, we cook, we chat.
That is the FSC Book Club.
That’s a wrap! We have successfully cooked and baked and experimented our way through the fantastic cookbook Whole Grains for a New Generation: Light Dishes, Hearty Meals, Sweet Treats, and Sundry Snacks for the Everyday Cook by Liana Krissoff. As a group, we tried out new grains- farro! amaranth! millet!- and learned new ways to cook our old favorites too. Every other week, a new challenge was posted on Goodreads and we launched ourselves into new grains. You all posted photos on your blogs, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and in the Goodreads community. You stopped in for inspiration, for tips, to share your newest culinary creations and to help each other. Our Book Club author Liana even joined in the discussion, offering amazing recipe adaptions and advice.
Success!
Here’s a quick recap of {Meetings 6 & 7}: Corn, Wheat Berries, Amaranth, Sorghum, Teff & Wheat
Julianna made Savory Supper Muffins.
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Amy made a Wheat Berry Salad with Avocado and Pickled Onions.
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Jackie made the Cornmeal Cookies saying, “I love cookies like these – not too sweet, dense & filling.”
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Bulgar Bean Burgers with Slaw by Meg.
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Southern Cornbread by Casey, and she also posted about Whole Wheat Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper & Garlic Sauce here.
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Meg made Millet porridge.
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Corrina adapted Mom’s Quinoa Meat pie to make it meat-less.
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Amy was adventurous and made a recipe called Talapia and Barley Larb.
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And she also made pork on corn cakes.
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Meg chirped in to share her Farrotto with Asparagus dish.
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Stay tuned for the announcement of our next book club pick on June 10! We are taking a book club break for a few weeks and then will start Round 4 with our soon-to-be-announced selection on JUNE 24.
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I have a suggestion about the next book you pick. With The Homemade Pantry, I was able to take the book out of the library to see if I was interested in purchasing it first, and I did purchase it. This last book was not only not in my library but not in the whole system. I couldn’t even ILL it. I did not want to purchase the book before I took a look at it. Could the next book be common enough to at least to be in most people’s library systems?