Help me celebrate the Year of Millets by cooking or baking with it, or simply trying this week’s featured breads:
- Millet Fancy Sourdough: This is a traditional wheat bread with cooked whole millet for an incredibly light texture and a mild millet flavor. Great for sandwiches.
- Rustic Millet Sourdough: If the gluten-free bread you find at stores is too dry and dense, this bread is for you. It has an open crumb that is soft and moist. The flavor is rich thanks to the sourdough and the buckwheat but not too strong. (Note: only gluten-free ingredients are used, a great choice for those with gluten sensitivity/allergy, but not recommended for those with celiac)
Why Millet is good for You
Eating a variety of foods is touted as beneficial to your health. And millets are a great option to integrate into your meals on a weekly basis. The grains provide a variety of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and are a rich source of protein.
Digestion: Millet is loaded with fiber and contains prebiotics that support the gut microbiome. Millet is gluten-free and is a safe option for people with gluten-sensitivity/allergy or celiac disease.
Diabetes prevention and heart health: Research has shown that adding millet to the diet can help those with type 2 diabetes or those at risk of developing it by lowering blood sugar levels and improving insulin sensitivity. Additionally, millet provides benefits to the cardiovascular system, thanks to magnesium (regulates heart rhythm) and B3 and niacin which can help lower cholesterol.
Other benefits include protection from colon cancer, improvement to moods, better sleep and it may help with weight loss.
It seems a no brainer to include millets as part of a healthy diet. So, give millet a try this week!