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By Teri Gruss, MS, About.com Guide to Gluten-Free Cooking

How to Use Millet and Teff in GF Recipes

Wednesday June 24, 2009

Food anthropologists believe that millet was the first cereal plant domesticated by man. Today millet is considered the 6th most important grain crop in the world, an important source of energy for millions of people in Africa, India and Asia. So why are millet and teff- a member of the millet family, seldom found in gluten-free recipes?

Learn more about this interesting, highly nutritious gluten-free grain-like seed and maybe you'll decide to try it in one of your gluten-free creations.

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