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Buckwheat – Healthy and nutritious

During my walk in the nearby fields, I noticed that farmers were sowing a lot of buckwheat this year. Usually I didn’t notice the buckwheat fields.  Buckwheat was once an ordinary peasant food, and even the food of the poor, today it is ranked among the most nutritious and healthy foods. In addition, it is gluten free and is also suitable for people with celiac disease. Just over half a century ago, considerable quantities of buckwheat were produced in our country, and then began to retreat to more fertile crops, especially maize. It was used in the form of pulp and flour. From flour is prepared mainly bread, cakes, dumplings, and other otherwise simple but very tasty dishes, which nowadays is known as a typical Slovenian culinary specialties. Buckwheat is often classified as a cereal although it is not.

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    • Gluten is in barley, rye, or wheat. People who suffer from celiac disease cannot eat anything with gluten in it because it destroys their small intestine.

  1. It has become popular here for some as a substitute for rice and also for sprouts which are used in salads. (as well as being ground into flour)
    I have learned just now that it is not a grain. Very interesting post!

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