The long, string bean-like seed pods are abundant in the Valley. They appear throughout the summer on the mesquite tree, a popular choice for suburban landscapes. For the unknowing, the pods are ...

Last fall's mesquite milling event by the Tucson Audubon Society was so successful that some people had to wait awhile to have their tree pods turned into flour. The society made a fix for this year's ...

Let’s say you’re one of those “desert foodies” who harvested a bunch of mesquite pods and are wondering where you might have them crushed into sweet, gluten-free mesquite flour for baking. Answer: ...

A 5 gallon bucket of mesquite pods will yield 1 gallon of mesquite flour. Because it has no gluten, the flour should be mixed with standard flour in recipes. For example, says Schwemm, in a recipe ...