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Peanut Butter-Flax Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adapted from Bakingsheet
1 cup smooth peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp flax meal + 3 tbsp water
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup chopped dark chocolate
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
First, whisk the 1 tbsp of flax and 3 tbsp of water [...]
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Peanut Butter Flax Cookies, by Barb Panush, is from Cooking with Karen Lauer, Family and Friends, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com
Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup honey
2 cups flax meal (ground flax seed) Bob’s Red Mill
Dash Salt
Directions:
Mix peanut butter, salt and honey. Add 1 cup flax meal and stir into mixture. Slowly add second [...]
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You can replace 1/3 c. of oil or shortening with 1c. of milled flaxseed for a 3:1 ratio. Eggs can also be replaced in your favorite cookies, pancakes and muffin recipes. Replace every egg with 1 t. of milled flax and 3 T. of water. Mix the flaxseed and water in a small bowl and [...]
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choc-O-mega 3 shake
2 medium bananas
2 Tbsp. ground flax seed
Handful of unsalted roasted almonds
Honey (about a tsp.)
Silk Soy chocolate milk (or your favorite)
Red pepper (black or white will also do)
Cinnamon
Almond extract (if you have it)
Slice the bananas and put them in the freezer so they can get really cold, if they freeze that’s fine. Put the [...]
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Replace 1 T. margarine, butter, or cooking oil with 3 T. of milled flaxseed when baking
Sprinkle 1-2 T. of milled flaxseed on your cereal or salad
Add milled flaxseed to your yogurt or smoothie
Mix flaxseed into your bread dough, casseroles, vegetable dishes
How do you add flaxseed to your diet?
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1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons nondairy milk
2 teaspoons ground flax seeds
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup slivered almonds
3/4 cup dried cranberries (or dried cherries)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, [...]
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Flaxmatters.com is always searching for new and exciting ways to add flaxseed to your diet, we recently came across this great recipe from In the Living Kitchen let us know what you think!!!
Spicy Potato Latkes
taken from http://inthelivingkitchen.files.wordpress.com
There are two key steps to making great latkes that one simply can’t ignore: squeezing the liquid out [...]
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Taken from www.vegandogslife.com
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. ground flax
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tbsp. hulled hemp seeds (optional)
2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. canola oil
¼ cup blackstrap molasses
1 ¼ cups water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pans with non-stick spray.
In a large bowl, combine flour, flax, baking soda, hemp [...]
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Make 1 cup of simple syrup – dissolve 1 c. of sugar in 1 c. of water. Cook until clear
Cook 3 c. of cranberries with the simple syrup. When the cranberries start to pop – when most of them have popped you will know they are done. Let cool for a few hours in the [...]
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