Summer is here and you are bound to end up cooking some food of some kind for some event/reason. For those of you who end up cooking for something because you allowed yourself to get roped into it, here is a pretty simple meal that tastes good and looks great.
Food for Life Baking Company sent me a few of their products including Sprouted Whole Grain Penne Pasta, Almond Sprouted Whole Grain Cereal and Cinnamon Raisin Whole Grain Cereal.
As mentioned above the simple meal I prepared is just pasta with a few basic ingredients added in. I cooked the Sprouted Grain Penne Pasta and added some baby spinach once the pasta was pretty much finished cooking. FYI baby spinach cooks down pretty fast. I also added in Feta Cheese and tomatoes. I don't know if there is an ideal time to add the Feta and tomatoes so you may want to search around and see what you can find as to preparing pasta dishes.
The link below has pictures that can give you an idea of what these ingredients look like in case you have never eaten or cooked with them before.
http://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2013/03/spinach-saute-with-grape-tomatoes-feta-cheese-and-toasted-pine-nuts.html
I am learning as I go about sprouted grains. I added some of the Cinnamon Raisin Whole Grain Cereal to a yogurt snack and I have also had it as a snack by itself. I've had the Almond Sprouted Whole Grain Cereal as a snack by itself as well.
If you are interested in a self guided/self-paced introduction to Sprouted Grain they have a resource on their website that gives you information about the benefits as well as the available Food For Life products that include sprouted grain as an ingredient. I like that it is detailed and it seems to me that these products would be good for anyone who has food sensitivities or is preparing meals for someone who does. Their website says that sprouting produces Vitamin C, I wonder if sprouted grain products would be a good source of Vitamin C for people who have a citrus allergy. (* I am not a health care professional and this is not meant to serve in any way as medical advisement*)
http://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/sprouted-grain-difference
Food For Life also has a section on their website that lists out the Low Glycemic and Diabetic Friendly offerings. I'm impressed that they obviously took a lot of time to address the potential concerns of a wide variety of customers. Very inclusive.
http://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/diabetic-friendly
Ezekiel 4:9® Sprouted Whole Grain Penne
Pasta
http://www.foodforlife.com/product/pasta/ezekiel-49-sprouted-whole-grain-penne-pasta
Ezekiel 4:9® Almond Sprouted Whole Grain
Cereal
http://www.foodforlife.com/product/cereals/ezekiel-49-almond-sprouted-whole-grain-cereal
Ezekiel 4:9® Cinnamon Raisin Whole Grain
Cereal
http://www.foodforlife.com/product/cereals/ezekiel-49-cinnamon-raisin-whole-grain-cereal
