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Introducing Pulses
 In the battle for healthy foods, one group is getting is more attention, and legitimately so. Pulses are crops such as lentils, peas, chickpeas and beans. We love this food group in my family and use them in all kinds of dishes. Pulses have many health benefits:
 
Good source of proteinHigh in fiberLow glycemic indexLow in fat and sodiumExcellent source of B vitamins and various mineralsHigh in potassium. 
They are also… gluten-free.
 Besides making gluten-free products, foodmakers mix pulses with wheat to make flour and baking mixes, cereals, crackers, soups, pastas, sauces and more. These pulse flours stack up well nutritionally against other gluten-free flours and starches:
 
Pulse Flours Are Better 
Mixing in some pulse flour, then, can enhance the nutrition content of everyday foods… |  |  | 
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