Make homemade rice flour rolls.
White and brown rice flour works well as a healthy, gluten-free alternative to all-purposeflour when making main dishes, baked goods and other recipes. Some people have sensitivities to wheat, so using a substitute allows them to enjoy cookies, cakes and other foods without worry. White rice flour has been milled from polished rice, so it has a bland flavor, yet this doesn't usually matter because recipes call for other ingredients such as sugar and salt. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Breads and Muffins
Make your favorite banana bread, blueberry muffins, sandwich breads and raisin bread with rice flour, rather than standard flours. The rice flour has a soft, yet thick consistency that works well when used for baking breads and muffins. Simply substitute rice flour for the same amount of all-purpose flour in recipes.
Cookies
Use white or brown rice flour when making all types of cookies. Simply replace the all-purpose flour on the recipe list with rice flour. The flour has ample amounts of protein which can make any sweet treat more nutritious. Don't worry about the bland taste of the flour because cookie recipes call for sugar, eggs, salt and other ingredients to make the finished product. Many types of all-purpose-flours and other wheat flours have a bland taste also. The taste of the flour itself is never a problem as long as you add the other ingredients needed in the recipe.
Soup Thickener
Use rice flour to thicken tomato, pea and other varieties of soup. Mix a small bowl of rice flour with sea salt, herbs and other seasonings to enhance the bland taste of the flour. Adding the flour alone to soups can diminish the flavor unless you add flavors to the flour beforehand. Add two tablespoons of flavored rice flour to a five quart pot of soup and see if this helps to create the consistency you want. If not, add a few more tablespoons and continue to experiment until the soup has the desired thickness.
Protein Supplement
Brown rice flour also works well as a protein supplement. It contains protein, B vitamins, potassium and other nutrients. Add a heaping tablespoon of rice flour to a fruit smoothie, cup of yogurt or oatmeal to increase the protein content. This flour adds to the nutritional value and bulk of your morning meal since rice flour creates thicker smoothie or cup of yogurt. Added bulk may help you feel fuller, faster. The other ingredients and fruit hide the taste of the flour, but oatmeal has a bland taste also, so you might want to add 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, regular sugar or honey to a bowl of oatmeal.
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