My doctor recommended that I eat ground flax seeds everyday. I am not sure how to eat them. If they were whole I would put them on a salad or some similar way like Chia Seeds or sesame seeds. But the ground part is a little different. I bought some 2 days ago, and I put it on my cream of wheat this morning, but I don't eat this everyday. Any other suggestions? TIA!!
Edited to add: thanks for the suggestions so far. i don't bake much, and I don't want to go into why I don't, but suffice it to say, that it can't happen any time soon. Also I can't yogurt or smoothies because I threw them up so much when I was pregnant that now I still throw them up 2 years later. Its like a left over "gift" from my son:) along with the psoriasis we are trying to heal. But, I love the tuna salad idea, any more like that?
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You can mix them in with anything you eat, really. I put them in tuna salad for my youngest sometimes.
I add them to pancakes/waffles and chocolate chip cookies, just a few spoonfuls into the batter. My whole family likes how they taste.
I put my whole flax seeds in a fruit shake (where they get ground).
add it to baked goods, you can add a few T spoons and it won't change the taste.
I add a tablespoon to my morning smoothie...I realize you said you can't do smoothies...
I also add a tablespoon to coatings for chicken, fish, pork chops, etc.... one of my favorite pork chop coatings is to put 1/4 C chopped pecans, shredded Parmesan cheese, and a tablespoon or so of ground flax in the mini- food processor.... adds some good fiber, Omega-3 fatty acids, and it is SO yummy! I then dip the pork chop in egg white, and then coat with the pecan/cheese mix and saute'. Hubby says that is "gourmet" diet food (it is a recipe from the Reader's Digest Diet cookbook).
As you saw, you can add it to cream of wheat or oatmeal.....
I like the suggestions of adding it to peanut butter and such.... make a peanut butter sandwich, and sprinkle some on the sandwich.. I'm going to go try that now!
You can work them in to almost anything, really. You can still sprinkle them on salads. If you don't like the taste/texture of them on their own on the salad, mix them with your salad dressing. (I would mix them with just the amount of dressing you are going to use right away, rather than add them to the bottle. They get kind of glue-y when they hydrate and tend to act like a thickener, similar to hydrated chia seeds.)
You can add them to pasta sauce, pesto, mix them into bread crumbs for coating chicken, stir some into your soup, mix them into peanut butter for sandwiches or apple/celery dipping... or if you're short on time you can even just mix a teaspoon in a shot of orange juice and swallow it quick. It will just be like very pulpy orange juice. Good luck!
I add them to stews and soups.
you can throw 'em into your meatloaf, or soups and stews, or chicken salad. baking and smoothies are by far the easiest way to incorporate 'em, but you'll be surprised at how easily they tuck themselves into most dishes.
i buy whole organic seeds in 25lb bags and grind them in the blend-tec for the mares and me.
ETA, marda, they are as nutritionally sound when whole, but their hard hard outer coating and the way our teeth are made means that we just can't access all that flaxy goodness unless they're ground. they just slide right on through.
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We purchase flax seed chips and crackers from Whole Foods. They used to make the most delicious flax seed rolls in their bakery.
Maybe ask if you can order some and freeze them.. They were delicious.
Or go to one of their store and ask them to show you items with flax seeds.
Whole flax seeds are just as good for you as ground. Use them too.
You can sprinkle them on anything that you eat. Eggs, mashed potatoes, veggies, etc. They have little flavor. Sprinkle them on your buttered toast, for example. I suggest that whole ones will be more appealing on food but you could do the same when they're ground.
