we recently had a grains
class and this recipe was made!

Simple Whole Wheat Waffles / Pancakes
pg. 18 of Cooking & Baking with Fresh Ground Flour
by Christine Downs

A great book to have by the way!!!

1 cup freshly ground red or white hard wheat flour
1/4 level tsp salt
2 level tsp Baking Powder
4 eggs
1 cup Milk
2 tbsp melted butter

1. Combine the flour salt and Baking Powder in a medium size bowl
2. Beat the eggs and milk until batter is smooth. Stir in the Melted Butter. Mix Well.
3. Pour the batter into Hot, well oiled waffle iron or skillet. Cook until brown.

These were quite wonderful even with out any toppings -
honestly no need for butter or syrup! --
although I was in charge of the toppings
and was sure to bring plenty of less than healthy choices there.
haha.

BBQ Chicken Salad

This yummy dish is a copycat from The Cheesecake Factory. Even the onion straws were made from scratch.

-Soak a sliced onion in buttermilk for at least one hour (I did not wait that long). You can use sour milk instead of buttermilk. (Just add a couple tablespoons of vinegar to milk and let it sit for 5 minutes.)
-Combine 2 cups of flour with almost 1 Tablespoon of salt and lots of pepper. (I used seasoned salt.)
-Dip onions in flour mixture, coat well. Fry them up and you are set!

They are soooo easy! Recipe courtesy of Pioneer Woman Cooks. You can use French's Fried Onions too or tortilla chips.

Layer lettuce, corn (drained), black beans (drained), avocado, tomatoes, onion straws, green onions (and or cilantro), pepper jack cheese (not pictured) and BBQ chicken. I cheated and boiled about 6-8 chicken tenders, shredded them and added BBQ sauce--still turned out great!

For the dressing simply add BBQ to ordinary Ranch dressing. It was almost too pretty to eat!