Mission Challenge: Bran Flakes Recipe, and More
We challenged people in Mission, B.C., to try local eating for 100 days starting June 1. Nearly 100 people signed up—and we couldn’t resist signing up, too. Can a community change the way it eats? It’s never too late to get involved: Join in for a month, a week, even a single meal.
DAY 62 - Yes, the site looks different today…a little more streamlined, and with some updated features, such as a map that can draw your 100-mile zone no matter where you are on Earth, and a search engine. Many thanks to our friends at Biro Creative. Now we can get back to blogging!
Alex sent in her increasingly famous breakfast cereal recipe, which, if you’re grinding your own wheat, is a great way to use up any bran that you sift out to lighten your flour. And remember: it’s blueberry season, and blueberries pair amazingly well with bran.
Bran Flakes Cereal
2 c bran
2 c whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 c milk
1/4 c oil or butter
1 tbsp honey
Combine dry ingredients. Make a well in the centre and add oil, honey and milk. Mix well. Divide into four parts and roll out as thin as possible on a greased cookie sheet. (Parchment paper works best as you can roll out the mix between two pieces and get it nice and thin). Bake in 350 F oven 15-20 minutes, or until lightly browned and crisp. If dough is not completely dry, turn oven off and let it remain longer. Break into small pieces. Store in airtight container. Makes 1 lb of cereal. Note: If you want a sweeter taste drizzle honey on halfway through baking.
Thanks, Alex. That should tide us over until the local food revolution inspires some local farmer to sow oats…which reminds me of a message that came in from Stephen Jardine, a TV journalist who recently visited B.C. on a holiday. He’s a Scot who’s eating nothing but Scottish food from Burns Night to St. Andrews Day this year. As he says, “It’s hardly a hardship.”
-JBM
