Green Christmas Giveaway Bash: Soft White Wheat Grains from Tropical Traditions
I'm excited to be participating in the Dreaming of a Green Christmas Giveaway Bash this week along with several other green bloggers. We'll be giving you the opportunity to win green Christmas gifts for your family, friends, or yourself! Be sure to check out the other great giveaways at the end of this post.
Today's giveaway is brought to you by Tropical Traditions.
They are giving you a chance to win a 5-pound bag of Soft White Winter Wheat Grains!
Maybe you are thinking: Wheat Grains are not a Christmas gift item! Are you? Because I would love a bag of wheat for Christmas. In fact, once my mum disguised a Christmas gift in an empty brown rice box and I was thrilled (thinking it was actually brown rice)!
Even if you don't want wheat grains for a Christmas gift, you can use them for Christmas baking. Soft White Winter Wheat makes a lovely pastry flour that works very well in baked goods.
Judging by the response and questions I received after sharing about grinding my own wheat, I think many of you will be excited to try these grains.
Before I go on, Tropical Traditions does sell many other wonderful items that would be perfect for gift giving: coconut oil soap, hair oil, some of the best coconut oil around, gift certificates and so on. So, even if you don't care for wheat grains, be sure to check them out.
Why Soft White Wheat Grains?
When I first began to grind my own wheat, I only used hard white or red wheat grains. These grains work well for yeast breads and some quick breads, too. But they tend to make muffins and other baked goods a little heavy.
Soft white wheat grains make a lighter flour, called pastry flour. Since using soft white wheat grains to make pastry flour, I have been able to sneak it into all kinds of goodies without people noticing!
I've made cakes with it and taken them to church. And people eat them and like them!
A few items I've cooked up with flour made from soft white wheat:
- Cranberry Apple Walnut cake
- Applesauce Cake
- Banana Bread
- Pumpkin Bread
- Muffins
- Scones
Another reason it is nice to buy grains opposed to flour, is because they stay fresh longer. Grains stored correctly can last indefinitely, where as flour will go bad in a matter of months.
Why Buy from Tropical Traditions?
Tropical Traditions is a company with high standards. So far all of my dealings with them have been positive. I have confidence that they choose products of good quality and work ethically.
I tried their wheat grains and loved them. They were fresh and tasted good (that's important!).
To enter to win a 5-lb bag of Organic Soft White Wheat Grains:
For extra entries (Leave an extra comment for each):
- Share about the giveaway on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog.
- Take a look around Tropical Traditions and tell me what other products you'd like to try
- Follow @TropTraditions on Twitter
- Subscribe to the Tropical Traditions Sales Newsletter (I do – they have GREAT sales!).
Giveaway ends on Wednesday, November 23rd at 5pm.
Open to US residents only.
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I would love to win these grains! I haven’t ever tried the soft white wheat grains.
I love Trop Trad and would love to try their coconut cream concentrate some time. looks delicious!
I love Tropical Traditions! I’ve wanted to try their whole chickens, just can’t afford to. I haven’t tried soft white wheat grains.
I’d love to win the wheat grains! Sounds good!
I looked around Tropical Traditions and would like to try palm oil. I’ve heard good things about it!
I would love to try some soft wheat!
I tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/soblessedmomof4/status/136909746442735616
I would love to try some of their coconut oil!
I follow them on twitter
I am signed up for their newsletter
Fun thing to do some holiday baking.
I would love to try the soft wheat grains! Thanks for doing this giveaway!
I checked out Tropical Traditions and would love to try the hand sanitizer they have on there!
I’ve never tried these wheat grains before but would love to!
I checked out their website… and would love to try their bulk organic pasta!
I subscribed to the newsletter
i love this gift getaway.i just checked out there awsome stuff and subscribed to there news letter
i love this i can’t wait to see what it next
i would love to try the white wheat grain,the different books,and the natural soap.i would love to also try the massage oils,this would be great for me because at 36 i have a dibilating form of arthritis.i live in pain 24/7.oh i pray i win this one
i don’t have twitter so i am unable to do this
i shared this on facebook
I would love to win!
I love their coconut oil and honey and coconut flour!
I follow on Twitter.
I would love to win these wheat berries! Thank you!
I think grains make a fine Christmas present!
This is a great idea. I always try sneaking whole-wheat flour into cookies, banana bread, etc., but my husband always notices!
I would love to try this!
I’d like to try their coconut oil!
I’d love to try this wheat, I’ve never had it before!
I love this brand, would love to win!
I would also like to try the raw honey!
I have heard using fersh wheat is better so would love to try this.
I love their coconut oil
I subscribe to Tropical Traditions newsletter.
I would love to try this wheat for pie crusts…
I would like to try the eggs from coconut fed chickens from Tropical Traditions.
I would love to try this kind of wheat grains.
I would also like to try their brown rice syrup and palm shortening.
I subscribed to the Tropical Traditions sales newsletter.
Ooo, yay, white wheat is my favorite! I have always bought hard white for bread so would love to try soft for cakes, etc.
I would want to try the traditionally made gold label coconut oil.
Thank you for hosting this giveaway – this would be awesome for baking Christmas cookies
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I tweeted your giveaway
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I want the coconut oil. I tweeted and I am already receiving th newslater. I also posted on my wall.