Making your own Cream of Wheat hot cereal from fresh-milled wheat berries is a more traditional approach that is great addition to any morning routine. It's quick to make, warming on a cold morning, ...

I was also intrigued by the use of wheat germ, a nutritional powder from wheat kernels, which I'd never used before. Although Yearwood's recipe wasn't difficult, her instructions were pretty specific.

The extra bran and germ in whole wheat flour results ... combine all the ingredients for the fresh milled whole wheat sourdough bread recipe in a bowl and let the mixture rest for 45 minutes.