There are many wonderful benefits of grinding your own flour. It’s high in B vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, iron, and fiber.

Most commercial flour has had the bran and germ removed, which is what makes up about 40% of wheat, where most of the nutrients are located.

Ever wondered why store brought breads and flours can last for months on the shelf? Because they’ve been stripped and processed leaving them with very little nutritional value.

Freshly ground flour goes rancid within three days if not stored in the freezer.

Another thing, whole wheat berries that are stored properly can last up to 30 years or longer. Amazing! Talk about food preparedness!

Proper storage for whole wheat berries is to simply store in a dry environment. Airtight plastic buckets make great containers.

When my family first began grinding our own wheat we used a hand grinder, then after at least a year we purchased a motor attachment to make things easier.

It burned up within the first week. The next one didn’t last long either.

So, we were hand grinding again.

We finally decided that if this was going to be a big part of our life we needed to invest in a good grinder, one that could handle grinding at least 4-6 cups of flour daily.

After much shopping around and reading many customer reviews we decided to invest in an attachment for the kitchen aide mixer.

Great investment!

I grind almost daily, and sometimes I’ll even grind my flour for the upcoming week and store in the freezer.

The motor in the kitchen aide is strong and can handle it.

Here is the links to the mixer, attachment, and the whole wheat berries.

I highly recommend checking it out!

Wheat Berries

Grain Mill Attachment

KitchenAide Mixer

Now that you’ve made up our mind to make a change in your diet, it’s time to decide what to eat.

Make a list of all the ingredients that you are not allowing in your new lifestyle and then go shopping.

Keep it simple and stick to the basics!

Over the years we have learned that fresh is best, followed by frozen and then canned.

Organic is the best choice, or at least try to buy chemical free foods. Also look for the Non-GMO stamp.

Try to stay away from processed foods. If it comes in a box you shouldn’t eat it very often.

Remember don’t be too strict or you’ll set yourself up to fail. Just know what ingredients not to eat.

Try to find a local farmer for a supply of raw milk. If you’ve never had then it you are definitely missing out. There are so many health benefits in drinking this stuff.

Now let’s talk meat. We eat a lot of venison and tend to stock up during hunting season for the upcoming year.

If you’re not a hunter then you probably know someone who is. Lots of folks these days hunt just for the sport of it.

So, we always let our friends and neighbors know that we’re willing to take any deer or turkey they aren’t going to keep.

Organic or grass-fed beef from the store is fine but can be a bit pricey. This also goes for organic chicken.

This past year we raised a bull calf and had him slaughtered. We also raise chickens and guineas; however, we prefer the guinea meat.

Then there’s fish. We go fishing at a nearby lake in the spring and summer but we usually just catch enough for one meal at a time.

It’s hard for us to catch enough fish to store away, but we’re getting there. However canned fish is something that is also good, (wild caught of course, not farm raised).

We eat a lot of eggs, just not in the winter. Our hens take their ‘time off’ during the winter months.

Now for flour we use Wheat Montana Whole Wheat Berries and grind them at home.

You can also purchase already ground organic flours, chemical free flours, and sprouted flours at most grocery stores if you don’t have a grinder.

Baking your bread from scratch is always the best option.

If that’s not your thang, then there are organic loaf breads available. Just like with meat it too can be pricey.

For cooking oil, we use olive oil for pretty much everything.

Also be sure to eat lots and lots of fruits and veggies.

Ok so it that it?? Wait I almost forgot the most important staple in our diet, BUTTER. Real Butter.

I disagree with the idea that butter is bad. There have been a lot of recent studies done showing that real butter is not bad for you at all but is actually beneficial.

Okay, there you have it.

We eat real, every day, normal food just made with real ingredients.

It’s simple, you just have to want it!!

Has anyone ever told you that eating too much salt was bad for you?

Your mother, father, or maybe even your doctor?

The truth is the salt most Americans are eating is bad for you. I’m talking about table salt, the white stuff. Sodium chloride, which is highly refined. Lacking all key nutrients.

Real salt such as Himalayan pink crystal salt contains 84 minerals along with trace elements.

Unrefined and unprocessed, just completely raw and natural.

Just the way God intended.

In the early 20th century it was noticed that people who were eating white table salt started to suffer from things like goiter and mental retardation.

The cause was a deficiency in iodine. Which naturally occurs in raw salt.

So, iodine was added back into table salt, thus creating ‘Iodized salt’.

They strip over 80 naturally occurring minerals from our salt and only add one back in?

The other minerals that are stripped out are what we need to function properly, and the lack of, causes disease.

Think rickets and scurvy.

During their discovery they were treated with the pharmaceuticals of the time.

After much research and study, we know today they’re simply a deficiency of vitamins and minerals.

What else are we missing in the other minerals?