Organic Roasted Buckwheat (Kasha) by Fenbrook Organic. Organically grown, harvested and roasted in Ukraine. Packed in the UK. Buckwheat also known Grechka is believed to have been first cultivated more than 8,000 years ago in Southeast Asia. It was one of the first crops introduced to North America by early European settlers and is a staple food in much of Eastern Europe. INGREDIENTS Organic Roasted Buckwheat Groats DIRECTIONS mixing it up with onions, garlic, herbs and other ingredients (vegetables, nuts. anything that takes your fancy, really!) and using the mix to make roasted stuffed peppers and other vegetablesTry adding it to soups and casseroles. SAFETY WARNING Packed on premises that handle celery, cereals containing gluten, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites and tree nuts (such as almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, pistachios and macadamia nuts). See more

Buckwheat is also fantastic for baking, giving homemade cookies and crackers a satisfying texture and the goodness of whole grains. If you're feeling like spoiling your kids with a sweet treat that's also a stealthy health food, try whipping up a chocolately breakfast cereal by mixing our roasted buckwheat up with a little cocoa powder, honey and coconut oil and baking it – once it cools, it's ready to serve, and can be kept fresh in an airtight jar for up to a month. Yum!. As for its nutritional value, it contains plenty of vitamin B, magnesium and fibre. Since it does not contain gluten, it is one of the best alternatives for celiac patients and gluten-free diets. Our Roasted Buckwheat Kasha is 100 organic, vegan vegetarian. Fenbrook organic roasted buckwheat is a delicious, nutritious way to vary your diet away from carbohydrates such as rice, couscous, potatoes and pasta. Use it as a side dish for stews, curries and other saucy preparations, toss it into salads, and replace the rice in risotto- and pilaf-style dishes with our buckwheat. The consumed part of the buckwheat plant, which is known as a nut rather than a grain due to its structure, is the seeds. It is a tiny plant from the sorrel family, also known as kasha, and can grow mostly in arid and cool climates. As for its taste, it does not have such a dominant feature, and those who eat it generally liken it to bulgur.