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About Mare @ Just Making Noise

Marillyn Beard is a deaf missionary wife & mama living on a farm in Honduras with her wonderful husband and 4 beautiful kids. Together they are heading up a ministry called Rancho Oasis for Youth. Marillyn takes care of her family naturally by using herbs, homeopathy, essential oils and a wholesome diet. She loves to bake wholesome treats, whip up homemade ice cream, experiment with lacto-ferments, work in the garden and care for the farm animals with her family. Between washing diapers, cooking, and caring for her family she shares her interesting & noisy life at Just Making Noise.

Grain Mill Wagon Challenge: If you are familiar with my blog… then you know I like to use whole grains (soured or soaked) for pretty much all my baking. I've always wanted to be able to use fresh flours, but my first mill made it an horrible and complicated experience. I ended up only using a handful of times before packing it away because the flours always came out gritty. I basically gave up the idea of ever grinding my own flours after that.

Later, when I was offered to try out the Wonder Mill for the challenge… I took up the offer quickly because I had heard from a few of my blogger friends how much they loved their Wonder Mills! After my first try, I was THRILLED with how simple it was to use it and how the flour was so soft & powdery in the bucket.

The Grain Mill Wagon Challenge really drove me to try different kinds of grains and I was really pleased with how well they turned out! Especially my mango cake using sorghum. That is still a favorite around here when I have mangos available.

Of course, my whole family enjoyed the creations I came up with for the challenge. I highly recommend the Wonder Mill to anyone who is in the market for a grain mill and urged any food blogger to join in the Grain Mill Wagon Challenge!