Delicious and Healthy Flaxseed Recipes
If you don't already use it, flaxseed can be a difficult ingredient to work into your habitual recipes. Here are a handful of delicious, healthful ways to incorporate ground flaxseed into your diet.
If you're having trouble finding ground flaxseed, check our article on Tips for Purchasing and Storing Flaxseed.
Blueberry Bread
Ingredients
1/4 C fresh lemon juice
1/4 C canola oil
1 C sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 C soy milk
1/2 C ground flaxseed
2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 C blueberries (fresh or thawed frozen)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. In a medium mixing bowl, stir lemon juice, oil, sugar, vanilla, and soy milk with a whisk. Add the stabilized ground flaxseed. Sift in the flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir well and add the blueberries. Mix gently and pour the batter into a lightly oiled loaf pan. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes. Let cool before slicing.
Recipe courtesy of Flax: The Super Food
Orzo, Lentil, and Flax Soup
Ingredients
1/4 C butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
1 celery stalk, finely chopped
1/2 green pepper, finely chopped
5 C boiling water
1/3 C chicken soup base
2 tsp granulated garlic
1 bay leaf
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
28 oz tomatoes with herbs and spices
1/3 C orzo or any small soup pasta
1/3 C dried lentils
1 tsp granulated sugar
1/3 C ground flaxseed
Directions
Rinse the lentils and coarsely chop the tomatoes. Melt butter in a large pot over medium to medium-low heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and green pepper. Gently sauté over medium-low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add boiling water, soup base, garlic, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes with juice, orzo, and lentils. Stir. Slowly simmer for 1 hour with lid ajar, stirring occasionally until lentils are soft. Add sugar and ground flaxseed. Stir and serve.
Black Bean Burgers
Ingredients
3 C black beans
1/4 C chopped walnuts
1/2 grated carrots
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp water
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp salt
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp red pepper
1/4 C ground flaxseed
Directions
Mash beans. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. (If mixture seems too dry, add additional water. If mixture seems too wet, add additional ground flaxseed.) Form mixture into patties. Spray skillet with nonstick spray and preheat on stovetop. Place patties on skillet. Cook for five minutes on each side.
Oat Nut Pancakes
Ingredients
1 C flour
1/4 C whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 C quick cooking oats or oat flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 C toasted walnuts or pecans, finely chopped
1/3 C ground flaxseed
1 1/2 C soy milk
1 tbsp canola oil
1 tbsp pure maple syrup or sugar
Directions
In a large bowl, sift all dry ingredients except nuts and oats, then add the nuts and oats and stir. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the combined wet. Stir until just combined. Lightly oil a griddle or skillet and heat to medium high. Cook on the heated griddle until bubbles start to form on the top (60-90 seconds). Then flip the pancake and cook until golden brown (60 seconds).
Recipe adapted from Moosewood Restaurant New Classic
Flaxen Hummus
Ingredients
2 tbsp ground flaxseed
1/4 C warm water
2 C cooked garbanzo beans
1/4 C fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons tahini
2 cloves garlic, chopped
a pinch of black pepper
1/2 tsp ground cumin
a pinch of cayenne pepper
1 to 2 tbsp Tamari or Bragg liquid aminos (can substitute soy sauce or 1/2 tsp salt)
Directions
In a small bowl, combine ground flaxseed and water and let soak 10 minutes. In a food processor, combine garbanzo beans, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, pepper, cumin, cayenne, liquid aminos, and soaked flax. Process until smooth.
We hope you enjoy your adventures cooking with ground flaxseed!
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