Whole Grains 101

For May, we’ve teamed up with Attune Foods to bring you Whole Grain Brunch. We challenged eight food bloggers to develop a whole grain brunch recipe using one of our flours and an Attune Foods cereal. Each week, two bloggers will post a great whole grain brunch recipe and host a giveaway of the...

It took me several years of working here before I took home my first bag of plump, golden Kamut® berries and I’ve been hooked ever since! Did you know “Kamut” is a trademarked term held by Kamut International and it cannot be used as an adjective? Take that little factoid and save...

I don’t know why I didn’t pick up this book sooner and now I’m loathe to give it away! Seriously- this book is awesome and I’m so excited to share it with one lucky winner. The Complete Whole Grains Cookbook by Judith Finlayson is the perfect thing for a whole grain beginner or...

Something about the weather today screams comfort food and, despite my love of hot soup, I can think of nothing better than delicious homemade pizza paired with a green salad for a *relatively* healthy meatless dinner tonight. Pizza is so simple to make and its versatility make it easy to please the...

I wrote this guest post for Andrew at Eating Rules for October Unprocessed. After I wrote it, I thought it would be a great post for our readers, too. I think it’s fascinating how we came to rely on white flour and how our society shifted gears in such a short time to use such a processed ingredient...

I’m going to let you in on a dirty little secret of the microwave popcorn industry: It’s all a sham. That’s right, I said it. Store-bought microwave popcorn is a lie. You don’t need to buy those expensive, high-fat, high-salt, individually-wrapped packets. You can just take...

This book has been kicking around our offices for a long while, yet I didn’t lay eyes on it until I saw a great tweet from Maria Speck (@MariaSpeck) about some fabulous recipe or another that was contained in this beautiful book. Ancient Grains for Modern Meals should be billed as a Bob’s...

When we think of oatmeal, we typically picture good old-fashioned rolled oats (or maybe quick oats). When you visit the store, especially our store, you find many varieties that may make you wonder what the difference is between them. What makes steel cut different from rolled? What makes instant different...

Classic rolled oats are perfect for oatmeal cookies and granola. Find recipes for gluten free versions on our website. In honor of National Oatmeal Month, I thought I would take a few minutes to talk a bit about gluten free oats. It’s been almost three years since we introduced gluten free oats...

Not all of our products bear the stamp, but we're working to add it to all of those that qualify. In part two of our “Demystifying Label Terms” series, we’ll cover the term Whole Grain. Parts 3 and 4 will cover Gluten Free and Kosher. Whole Grain: The Food and Drug Administration...