Millet can be ground and used as flour as well as cooked whole in a variety of methods such as: steaming, broth, juice and roasted. It is often soaked and added to veggy burgers to make a tasty and filling vegan dish.  It can be used much like cous cous (which is not a grain at all but a miniscule pasta) with the bonus of fiber that is not offered in processed grains.

What cannot be made with millet? Yeast breads. There isn’t enough gluten in the grain to make a loaf.

What can be made with Millet? Many things.
Millet can be cooked and added into many multigrain dishes. It can be used by itself as a side dish. It be added to other grains or in bread for a little crunch like sesame seeds!

Millet is a low gluten way to add a cous cous side dish to your meals.
Prepare as you would rice in salted water or broth.
For a sweeter side, use apple juice for the liquid and add some dried fruits and almond slivers the last 3 minutes of cooking.

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