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Ever heard of sorghum?

While this ingredient may be new to you, but its actually as old as time.

you could easily sub in sorghum instead to enjoy all its health benefits.

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As a gluten-free flour for baking

Just like wheat, sorghum can be ground into flour.

Dont go swapping in sorghum for all-purpose flour cup-for-cup in any baking recipe, though.

Healthy chips

Sorghum also serves as a delicious base for chips.

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Syrupor spirits

You may have seen sorghum as a syrup on store shelves.

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