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Freeholdfarm
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I buy flaxseed meal -- it has to be kept in the freezer, but it easier than using my very slow little grain mill to grind my own. I add a heaping tablespoon to our kefir smoothies in the mornings. I've also added a tablespoon or two to pancakes, muffins, and so on. I think you can add some to just about any baked recipe without significant changes in the finished product.
Kathleen
Kathleen
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Kefir Smoothie? Care to give us the recipe? Sounds yummy.
Flax comes in 3 forms. The whole seed, cold pressed liquid and gel caps.
Many sprinkle flax seed whole over their cereal in the morning. You can also bake with flax but remember the little seeds, when wet swell and will make the food sticky and gluey.
I put them in my spirulina drink. Use about a teaspoon to 8 ounces of drink. When used fresh bulk they act as a fiber for the bowel.
You can mix them into muffins or cookies. The heat might reduce some of the good benifits of the essential fatty acids but they add a nutty taste to foods.
Flax comes in 3 forms. The whole seed, cold pressed liquid and gel caps.
Many sprinkle flax seed whole over their cereal in the morning. You can also bake with flax but remember the little seeds, when wet swell and will make the food sticky and gluey.
I put them in my spirulina drink. Use about a teaspoon to 8 ounces of drink. When used fresh bulk they act as a fiber for the bowel.
You can mix them into muffins or cookies. The heat might reduce some of the good benifits of the essential fatty acids but they add a nutty taste to foods.
I use a small spice/coffee mill to grind up to 3 tablespoons of flax seeds just before use. I just find it easier that way. I add the meal to my oatmeal after I cook it. I have also added it to a container of yogurt and made a spread for my toast. I like the strawberry flavor. You could use unflavored yogurt then add some low sugar jam to flavor it then add the flax meal.
One thing to remember is to always drink plenty of water when taking flax meal. Otherwise extensive irrigation may be needed to unplug the plumbing.
Mushroom
One thing to remember is to always drink plenty of water when taking flax meal. Otherwise extensive irrigation may be needed to unplug the plumbing.
Mushroom
Freeholdfarm
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The kefir smoothies are just a couple of cups of home-made kefir (from our own whole, raw goat milk), dumped in the blender with a heaping tablespoon of flax seed meal, a teaspoon of honey, a pinch of salt, and a little flavoring. I usually use vanilla, but have been having trouble finding clear vanilla at a reasonable price (we need gluten-free, and caramel coloring usually has gluten in it), so I got a bottle of sugar-free raspberry flavored syrup, the kind used to flavor coffees. It's pretty good, actually. I may try some other flavors, later. Would like to try hazelnut, but it has caramel coloring in it. Sometimes I add bananas or other soft fruit, but we are trying to minimize carbs. And once or twice a week I add a raw egg to the smoothies. (Our own homegrown and usually fresh the day before.)
Sorry, it isn't much of a recipe, but that is how I do a lot of my cooking, just throw in this and that. It usually comes out edible, and is sometimes pretty good!
Kathleen
Edited to add: these smoothies are quite filling and hold well. We usually have breakfast about 7:30, and I'm seldom hungry much before one in the afternoon.
Sorry, it isn't much of a recipe, but that is how I do a lot of my cooking, just throw in this and that. It usually comes out edible, and is sometimes pretty good!
Kathleen
Edited to add: these smoothies are quite filling and hold well. We usually have breakfast about 7:30, and I'm seldom hungry much before one in the afternoon.
HeliumAvid
Too Tired to ReTire
Flax Seed...
We buy it in 25Lb sacks... keep the local stash in the fridge, and the bulk in a 5gal pale in the frezer. Eat about 1/4 cup ground Fax seed every day (we use a small coffee mill to grind it) mix with water, let set about 2 min, then swallow. Great stuff. I will not burden you with my past history with the toilet, but with my flax, well I talk like the old men in the airport restrooms who liken the daily lightening to good sex. I have nothing but nice words for ground flax seed every day... just add water, wait a bit, swallow.... best bulk in the world..
HeliumAvid
Old fart
We buy it in 25Lb sacks... keep the local stash in the fridge, and the bulk in a 5gal pale in the frezer. Eat about 1/4 cup ground Fax seed every day (we use a small coffee mill to grind it) mix with water, let set about 2 min, then swallow. Great stuff. I will not burden you with my past history with the toilet, but with my flax, well I talk like the old men in the airport restrooms who liken the daily lightening to good sex. I have nothing but nice words for ground flax seed every day... just add water, wait a bit, swallow.... best bulk in the world..
HeliumAvid
Old fart