Looking for flaxseed recipes - please

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Permalink Reply by Karla Darocas on August 10, 2007 at 10:15am

okay - a couple of comments - and i want you to think about seeds in general.

Grinding your own flaxseed is okay... but having it harvested fresh off the fields, dropped into a milling machine directly - and then flash packed and sealed into a light-tight, air-tight bag - is the best option as then the seeds won't degrade.

Seeds left out in the open air or light will oxidize.

I always tell my students that if you think of your body as a car - what happens when you don't put in oil???

Well - the same things happen to our bodies.

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Permalink Reply by Dot Warner on August 13, 2007 at 1:36am

Karla, I don't really have a recipe. I mean, I just add ground flaxseeds to my homemade granola, or my homemade bread. That's about it! I do think it's yummy in bread. Makes it nice and soft.

I would like to get the recipe from you for that healthy chocolate cake. I can't seem to find the video anymore. Would you mind sharing it with us all?

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Permalink Reply by Karla Darocas on August 13, 2007 at 9:37am

All the big money on flaxseed reseach has been conducted by the Canadian government - and you can source that information - www.flaxcouncil.ca

I have some of my own creative recipes - up on my website - www.flaxclub.com and on the networking one - www.flaxclub.ning.com

If you can't find the chocolate cake recipe in either location - then I will take a look for you.

I like to bake with the flaxseed - it makes everything taste fabulous... and the extra fibre is really great for getting the toxic waste out of your body.

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Permalink Reply by William on December 25, 2007 at 2:44am

A simple flax drink can be made by boiling distilled water, placing a tea strainer half full of flax seeds in a tea cup, fill cup with the boiling water, allow to steep (over nite) covered, drink in the morning, it will be a somewhat gelatinous fluid, very mild and very healthful.

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Permalink Reply by William on December 25, 2007 at 2:45am

add raw flaxseed meal to cooked oats (after the oats have been cooked, don't cook the flax meal), add raw agave nectar to sweeten if desired. yum

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