This table is designed to help you decide which flours combine to make a great flour mix.
Good Luck in your mixes.
EXOTIC GRAINS http://www.usda.gov nutrients of 13,000 foods we eat
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TYPE **supergrain
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USE IN:
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QUALITIES
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SOURCE
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STORAGE
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Almond meal
$$$ |
In breads, mixes, desserts, crusts,
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High in Proteins,
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Almonds ground in food processor or blender. I do it w/ rice flour
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Fridge, freezer-tightly sealed, keeps 6 months
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Amaranth **
$$$ |
In mixes bread, muffins, bagels, pasta, milk, nut butter, cookies, gravies, sauces, pancakes, flatbreads, doughnuts, dumplings, pasta.
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Excellent filler grain,
1-3 grain mix
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Bobs Red Mill, Arrowhead Mills, Walton wheat, grind fresh or harvest home.com specialfoods.com
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Tightly sealed, fridge, freezer, keeps 1 yr.
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Arrowroot (starch) $$
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West Indian starch
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Swap for cornstarch
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Bobsredmill.com, Arrowhead Mills
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Seal tightly on Shelf
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Bean, black, pinto, white, garbanzo, fava, romano, $
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In mixes, as thickeners, Indian foods, baking breads
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High food value, pulses mixed with grains = complete protein
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Grind alternating with rice flour, high moisture, BobsRedMill.com, or Asian/India market
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Shelf
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Buckwheat **
aka groats (Kasha)
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Pancakes, cakes, baking
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Flavorful, grainy, rhubarb relative
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Bobs, Arrowhead mills, grocery stores, walton feed,
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Tightly sealed, 6 mo.
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Coconut
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Mixes, Can comprise as much as 10-30% mix
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Good fiber, protein
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Bobs, tropicaltraditions.com simplycoconut.com
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Refrigerator, freezer
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Cornstarch
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Thickening- soups, sauces, and mixes
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Bland, blending power
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Grocery shelf, or asian store.
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Shelf, cool dry
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Corn flour, meal
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Muffins, spoonbreads. tortillas, hot cereal
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Gritty,
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Grind from popcorn
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Shelf, cool dry, years
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Green Pea
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Soups, thickening
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Strong flavor,
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Grind
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Shelf
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Flax **
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In everything
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Heart, colon healthy
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Coffee grind, blender
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Fridge, freezer, dark
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Millet **
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Breads, salads,
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Grandma’s favorite
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Grind, or steamed whole
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Grain– Shelf, cool dry
Flour, freezer/fridge
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Nut, hazelnut, pecan, walnut,
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Dessert crusts
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Flaky, flavorful
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Grocery stores - grind in coffee grinder or blender
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Fridge, freezer
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Quinoa **
flakes, flour, grain
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Salads, tabouli, in place of couscous, flakes in place of oatmeal, sprouts 4 hrs.
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Exotic, complete protein.
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Bobs, quinoa.net, Wikipedia suggests 3 parts quinoa, 3 parts sorghum flour, 2 parts potato starch, and 1 part tapioca starch.
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Shelf, dry, 1 year, longer if unground and stored in grain.
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Potato Starch
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In mixes, superior thickening,
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Good blending power
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Bobs, Asian/Indian store
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Shelf
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Potato Flour
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Thickener, flavorful,
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Moistening power
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Bobs, Can grind instant potato flakes
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Fridge
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Rice, white, sweet, wild rice Montina, brown
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Baking superior, alone and in mixes, soups, salads, performs best when mixed.
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Gritty, mild, good base flour in mixes
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Grind myself, or Sams, or Asian Store, Waltonfeed.com or Bobsredmill.com,
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Brown whole grain rices must be frozen or refrigerated. All others shelved
Wild rice– indefinitely
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Sorghum **
$ |
Alone in cookies, makes great raw dough, in mixes,
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50% swap in flours, good mix w/cornstarch
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Grind, or Bobs, best source is Twinvalleymills.com in Ruskin Nebraska
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Shelf, in grain form 10 years cool, dry - flour refrigerate or freeze.
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Soybean
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Mild nutty flavor
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Never alone, mixed 30% with other grains
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Versatile, I grind, Bobs
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Freeze, fridge
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Tapioca starch
(cassava root) |
Favored GF Flour, in mixes, adds chewyness
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Mucilagenic
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Bobs Red Mill, Asian/India market, Walton Feed,
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Shelf
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Teff**
$$ |
Exotics, in mixes, soups, thickener, sprouted, salads--chocolate cake!
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Tiniest grain in the world, good 30% mix
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Teffco.com and natural food stores.
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Sealed tight, fridge, freezer
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2 comments:
This is a brilliant list! Thanks so much for all your help Terina!
Brilliant listing and very helpful. Thanks so much Terina!
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