Flaxseed Recipes
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If you are looking for a way to increase your Omega-3 fatty acid intake, adding some flaxseed to your recipes is a perfect way to go about achieving this goal. Flaxseed is relatively inexpensive to purchase and is a good replacement for oily fish for vegetarians.
Below are two bread recipes that you can try to increase your consumption. Along with these, think of simple alternatives as well, such as adding flax over your oatmeal in the morning, mixing it into your yogurt or cottage cheese, adding it to your smoothies or tossing it over your salad recipes.
Whole Wheat Oatmeal Bread
½ cup warm water
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tbsp active dry yeast
3 ½ cups warm water
½ cup honey
¼ cup vegetable oil
½ cup molasses
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 egg
2 egg whites
7 cups whole wheat flour
½ cup ground flax seed
3 cups quick oats
½ cup sunflower seeds
¾ cup cracked wheat
1 tbsp sea salt
Begin by stirring together ½ cup of the water with the applesauce in a small bowl. Once that is completed, add in the yeast and then let the mixture stand until it's creamy, for about 5 minutes in duration.
Next add the yeast mixture into a large bowl with the remaining warm water, honey, molasses, lemon juice, egg and egg whites. Stir this together until it's well blended.
In another separate bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, flax seed, oats, sunflower seeds, cracked wheat and salt. Add in the yeast mixture and begin to mix until juice moistened and a dough has formed. Then knead this on a lightly floured surface for about 10 minutes, cover and let sit for about one hour.
After the time has passed, kneed the dough once more and then shape into loaves, placing them into two lightly greased pans. Allow these to sit once again to rise for about one hour.
To bake, place in a preheated oven at 375 degrees F for 40 to 50 minutes. Best served fresh.
Bran Flax Seed Blueberry Muffins
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
¾ cup ground flax seed
¾ cup oat bran
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup Splenda sweetener
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
¾ cup skim milk
1 egg
2 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup fresh blueberries
½ cup dried cranberries
1 cup chopped walnuts
First preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin pan with liners or grease slightly.
Next in a large bowl mix together the flour, flax seed, oat bran, brown sugar, Splenda, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Once this has been combined, add in the milk, egg plus egg whites, vanilla and oil and continue to mix until it is just moistened.
Once that's completed stir in the carrots, blueberries, cranberries and nuts until they are distributed throughout the mixture. Lastly, fill the prepared muffin cups 2/3 of the way full and place in the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick that's inserted in the center comes out clean.
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