| As the number of people who are diagnosed with | | | | mellow blend of chocolate, coconut, mocha and |
| Celiac disease and gluten sensitivity grows, the | | | | cinnamon, mesquite has been used as a food for |
| demand for delicious and healthy ingredients that are | | | | over 2000 years. |
| safe in gluten free diets increases. | | | | Mesquite flour can be used to replace up to 1/4 of |
| Now, finally, GF baking is moving beyond the bland, | | | | the flour in traditional baked goods using wheat flour |
| dry rice flour based products of the past thanks to | | | | or in gluten free baked goods. It's said to be |
| several versatile options including mesquite. | | | | particularly tasty in chocolate chip cookies, but it can |
| What is mesquite? | | | | also be used to dust seafood, poultry or meat |
| Mesquite trees grow in semi-arid regions of North and | | | | before grilling. |
| South America, Africa and southern Asia. Most people | | | | You can create your own flour blend with mesquite |
| associate mesquite with the wood smoke that | | | | by using 3 parts of your favorite gluten free flour |
| creates flavorful BBQd meats. | | | | mix and 1 part mesquite flour. |
| Mesquite flour isn't made from the wood of the | | | | There is no need for blandness and a sense of |
| mesquite tree, it's a bean flour created by grinding | | | | deprivation on gluten free diets with so many exotic |
| the pods that grow on mesquite trees. | | | | and delicious ingredients, like mesquite, to experiment |
| Prized for it's nutritional properties (high in protein and | | | | with. |
| lysine) and what is often described as a warm, | | | | |