Thursday, July 3

Flaxseed Fanatic

Flaxseed is from the flax plant and is a small seed resembling a sesame. The benefits of flaxseed for your system is one that detoxifies as well as helps you to maintain a constant burning metabolism.

Flaxseeds nutrients include: protein, iron, fiber**, calcium, B vitamins, E vitamins, antioxidants, and Omega 3 fatty acids (ACA type).

With all of these healthy & wholesome components, this is truly one of natures best building blocks to a healthy body inside and out.

Ideas:
* Grounding the flaxseed and putting it in your morning coffee
* Sprinkling flaxseed into salads
* add them in your healthy sugar free cookies
* Flaxseed crackers:
-3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 packet dry yeast
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup sugar free applesauce
- 1cup flaxseed
Combine milk, water, salt, applesauce, yeast, flaxseed, and honey in bowl and slowly mix in flour. Stir until dough sticks together, pulling from bowl walls. Take small amount of applesauce and spread it around dough. Roll dough into paper thin sheet and place on large oven sheet. Bake at 350* for 40 minutes. Take out and let sit for thirty minutes, then cut into desired pieces.
* Flaxseed oil into protein shakes or smoothies

1 comment:

FitNWell with Court said...

Hi Nick,

Embrace it. That's your body cleaning itself of toxins and a sign that your metabolism is going full force.