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    Cooking with Teff - 6/30/2009 7:23:34 PM
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    Hi. I saw on a past post that we can have Teff. My husband bought some and whipped up some good wrap-like things with it. It's kind of like a grainy flour. (It's from Ethiopia and very good.) Can you tell me now much Teff I can have as a carbohydrate? 1 serving is 1/4 cup for 160 calories, 1.0 Fat, 5 mg Sodium, 220 Potassium, 32g Carbohydrate, Protein 5g. If there's any other info to consider, just let me know. Thanks for your help. BTW, I'm a B if that's helpful too.

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    Re: Cooking with Teff - 7/1/2009 12:56:32 AM
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    As with all grains, we take our measurement off the cooked yield.  Please consult your Fast Track card to see how much you're allowed.  Teff is categorized as a Carb B.  Smile
     

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    Re: Cooking with Teff - 7/1/2009 4:22:14 PM
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    Thanks. I am a B and can have 1/2 c. carb B. It's hard to figure 1/2 c. of the cooked product when making pancake like things out of it. Teff flour is funny (tastes good but it's very odd). When water is added to it, it causes a chemical reaction just as if it were sour dough. It expands so I'm not sure that just measuring 1/2 cup batter and eating what comes out is the right answer either. Do you happen to know what the calorie count is for the carbs that we're having? It gives the count on the package for the serving size and that might be the best way to figure it out.

    Thanks for your help.

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    Re: Cooking with Teff - 7/1/2009 4:44:35 PM
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    I'm a little confused here.  Though I've not used teff, I understand it is known as the finest sized grain, and from your description and data it appeared you were using the whole grain.   If you are actually using teff flour, this is not something we'd recommend-- the point raised in your post underlines part of the issue with such products.  You'll find further information on the topic of flour in your binder in the "Using Food to Lose Fat" section page 12 (Processed Carbs-- grinding your metabolism to a stop) and additional posts on the subject in our "Answers to Common 6 Week Body Makeover Questions" and "General Food and Eating FAQ" as well.

    If you are using the whole grain, our measurements are still going to be based upon the cooked yield assuming the product is conventionally prepared.  According to my notes, ½ cup teff cooked in 2 cups of water yielded about 2 cups cooked teff-- meaning the product more or less quadruples in volume when cooked.  That being the case, with a requirement of ½ cup for your plan, you'd be entitled to one quarter of the cooked yield.  So if you make some sort of pancakes starting with ½ cup of this grain, you may wish to dole out the batter in such a way as to easily enable divvying the results into four portions.

     

     

     

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