"O Beautiful for Spacious Skies, for Amber Waves of Grain..." America the Beautiful

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Whole Grains and Grain Products

By Gale and Alex Jack

Amaranth is native to Central and South America and was identified by Columbus on his first visit to the Bahamas. It is remarkably adaptable, growing in almost any environment. At the Kushi Institute in Becket, its tall, wavy stalks and purple blossoms sometimes look out over fields of adjoining wheat and barley.

Amaranth has very fine, sand-colored grains and in cooking tends to add bulk or texture to other grains or foods. We like to add it to brown rice (about 20%).