Hemp/Flax Seed Recipes

[sss3]

Anyone have recipes for one or the other or both?

[hobbitlady]

I've used flax in pie,crusts,bread,muffins and thrown a handful in stew and all sorts of things. In crust or bread recipes I just subtract 1/8 cup of the whole wheat flour and add 1/8 cup of ground flax.I never used a Lot in any recipe but others may give you some that use a lot more. I always read that the nutrients go bad quickly once ground so it's better to buy whole seed and grind it ones self. To me it seems a very little bit bitter and a spoon of extra/or added sweetener like brown sugar or honey in a pie crust or bread took care of the taste for me (but I don't know if it bothers anyone else,LOL) I don't notice it in savory dinner dishes at all...like my stew with garlic and lots of other spices.

Thanks for the thread sss3 , I'll be watching myself for new ideas.

[gracielagata]

I love ground flax seed on my oatmeal.
I usually eat oatmeal like cereal- cold. I do the 1/2 cup oats, 1 banana, a couple of walnut halves chopped, 2 dates chopped and 2 tablespoons of flax, then a cup or so of full fat milk... sometimes I do all that with bran flakes instead- especially if it is the cream top of the milk--- that is the best with the flax!!!!!

Bitterness... it seems like it depends on the source... I buy the golden flax from Costco... it is organic and grown in the Dakotas... no idea if that makes it taste better or what, but it is so yummy! I ran out once, and my mom gave me some of her ground flax, while it wasn't bitter, it just doesn't have any real taste, good or otherwise... I have been feeding it to the horses lol.

hobbitlady, I never thought to put it in savory food like a stew- does it make the liquid become gummy, like it does in my my cereal? (Which I like it there, lol)