Flax Farm LinseedRecipes: healthy food that tastes wonderful. Flax Flower
 

 

  

 

Flax Farm Fresh Ground Linseed Meal and cold pressed culinary extra-virgin linseed oil are little-known delicious ingredients and can be used in a wide variety of dishes. Linseed is gluten-free, low GI, low-carb and suitable for diabetics. Linseed is completely unrelated to other nuts and seeds and so is usually well tolerated by people with allegies food allergies.

 
Freshly Milled Linseed Meal Recipes

 The fine grade of  Fresh Linseed Meal enables you to get the maximum benefit of its  important nutrients, including Omega-3, soluble fibre, insoluble fibre, lignans and protein and makes it easy to use in the kitchen.  Fresh Linseed Meal slightly sweetens food.   It can be used raw or cooked,  but should not be exposed to extreme heat for long periods.

Clare Skelton has developed these recipes over the last five years and finds linseed foods popular  at farmers' markets even though it's often hard to convince people something that tastes so good can be healthy!

  • Try replacing between ten and thirty percent of the flour in most recipes with Fresh Linseed Meal. 
  • In bread and gluten-free loaves replace 10% of flour with linseed and add a little extra water.
  • Stir 1-2 dessertspoons per person into sauces and soups.
  • Sprinkle into cooked vegetables and raw salads .
  • Ground linseed is a nice addition to fruit juice, allow it a few minutes to soak and soften before drinking.

Super Smoothie: 1 banana, 1kiwifruit (or similar volume strawberries or melon), 20g Fresh Linseed Meal, and fruit juice, yoghurt or milk to make up to 14 fluid ounces. Liquidise and serve. (2 portions)

Fruit and Linseed Salad: dice finely, two or three whole fresh juicy fruit per person, peeled if required – bananas, kiwis, mangos, pears, pineapples, melons, berries work well – sprinkle with 1-2 dessertspoons Fresh Linseed Meal and stir; serve immediately, add yoghurt, cream or honey if desired.

Yoghurt and Linseed: Stir 1 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal into a helping of your favourite yoghurt, add fruit or honey to taste.

Linseed and Banana Mash. This makes a delicious sugar-free breakfast or snack - and it's ultra-filling and it's rich in complex carbohydrates and fibre, .
Method: mash a soft banana with a fork and incorporate 2-3 heaped dessertspoons (20-30g) of Flax Farm Linseed Meal. Eat immediately.

Linseed Porridge: add 1 heaped tablespoon of Fresh Linseed Meal to 2-3 heaped tablespoons of porridge oats, mix with milk or water, bring to the boil and cook as for usual.

Cereals: add 1-2 dessertspoons Fresh Linseed Meal to any chopped fruit if used, sprinkle on cereal and add milk as usual.

Dr Budwig’s* Famous Muesli: , Layer 2 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal, 1 grated apple, and 1 tbsp finely ground hazelnuts or walnuts into two bowls. Top with 1 cup quark, 1/2cup buttermilk (or yoghurt), 1tbspn butter milk and 1 tbsp High Barn Oil’s Linseed Oil beaten together until creamy. *Johanna Budwig won a Nobel prize for her pioneering work on the role of essential fatty acids, especially in linseed oil, in the treatment of cancer and other degenerative diseases.

Dr Budwig’s* Famous Muesli, dairy-free version: Layer 2 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal, 1 grated apple, and 1 tbsp finely ground hazelnuts or walnuts into two bowls. Top with 1mashed banana,1/2 soya yoghurt 1tbsp fruit puree and 1 tbsp Flax Farm Linseed Oil beaten together until creamy.


Creamed Vegetable Soup: Soften one large onion and two cloves garlic in olive or sunflower oil, add 1-2 chopped carrots, 1 large parsnip (optional), 2-3 sticks celery,1 tin chopped tomatoes, herbs (marjoram, tarragon, oregano or mixed) to taste, more than cover with water or stock and bring to the boil. When all ingredients soft enough to liquidise whiz in blender until smooth. Add 1-2 dessertspoons Fresh Linseed Meal per person and serve. Serves 2-4.


Three-dimensional Omega-3 linseed and omega-6  sunflower salad dressing: This is a delicious quick, thick, crunchy salad-dressing with several health virtues: 1) it’s salt-free 2) it’s made with linseed oil so each helping contains as much omega-3 as a large piece of mackerel and has health-benefits throughout the whole body, 3) it uses cider vinegar which has many health-giving properties 4) whole linseeds aid digestion. It’s great with any salad leaves, peppers, steamed celeriac, baked squash, baked sweet potato and avocado and makes a salad a complete meal.5) it contains both the omega fatty acids we need to be healthy.

The following quantities will serve 1-2 people. Lightly dry fry on medium-high the following seeds in separate batches in a lidded pan until they start popping and lightly browned: 2 dessertspoons Flax Farm whole bronze and/or gold linseeds, 2 dessertspoons sunflower seeds, 2 dessertspoons pumpkin seeds Pour seeds into a bowl and add: 1 dessertspoon pomegranate molasses (or balsamic cider vinegar), 1 dessertspoon cider vinegar, 2 dessertspoons cold-pressed Flax Farm Linseed Oil, 2 dessertspoons cold-pressed sunflower oil. Stir well and add to salad. For illustrated printable version click here.

Mashed potato Per person cook and mash 1 large cooked potato, 40g milk, 12g knob butter, 1 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal , salt, pepper, and chopped herbs to taste. This is just as good with any other root vegetable.

Potato cakes: use any left over mashed potato (and/or other vegetable), add ½ small egg and an extra dessert spoon Fresh Linseed Meal per person, season to taste, form into cakes and fry slowly until golden brown.

Vegetable Risotto: Make risotto as normal using stock or made up stock cube, but replace ¼ of the rice with Fresh Linseed Meal which you add in when the rice is soft. should still be enough liquid to make a thick sauce for the rice, pour this over a mixture of finely chopped raw or cooked tomatoes, celery, courgettes or (char-grilled and peeled) red peppers.

Rice and Linseed: Cook rice as normal and stir in 1 tbsp Fresh Flax Farm Linseed Meal per person before serving.

Fruit, stewed, tinned or fresh, stir 1-2 tablespoons per helping just before serving. Especially good with rhubarb and blackcurrants. Add cream or yoghurt to taste.

Yoghurt and Linseed: Stir 1 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal into a helping of your favourite yoghurt, add fruit to taste. Try with rice pudding too.

Marmalade or Jam Sponge Pudding : line a loaf tin or bowl with 1 heaped table spoon marmalade (or jam) and 1 thinly sliced orange (or fruit of choice). The mix together 150g sugar, 100g melted butter, 2 eggs beaten, 8oz mixed dried fruit/ginger/dates/peel/glace fruit, juice and zest of 1 orange, 140 g milled Fresh Linseed Meal, 60g flour or buckwheat flour, 1.5 tsp baking powder. Pour into tin/bowl and bake for 45 mins at 185oC and serve with custard (serves 4 – 6)
 

FLAX FARM Moist Linseed Tea Bread Bars/ Linseed Bread Pudding-style Cake or very nice with hot custard!
۰Gluten-free ۰ wheat-free ۰ cereal-free ۰ Can also be vegan ۰ dairy-free and egg-free ۰ Low sugar ۰

This is a delicious not too sweet but filling cake – an excellent cake for dieters and diabetics because of the low sugar and the linseed (protein+fibre+omega-3) helps lower blood sugar and leaves you feeling fuller for longer so less temptation to snack !

Method: Put to soak 360g Mixed dried fruit and peel, 140g Sugar white/brown with or without 10 -15g treacle, good pinch mixed spice in 450g hot tea -preferably strong Early Grey. Soak  for at least 45 minutes. Then add:

85g buckwheat/quinoa flour/flakes, 85g gram flour, 110g Flax Farm freshly ground (gold or bronze) linseed meal.1 egg (optional but add a little extra water and a dessert spoon ground linseed instead if egg-free) 40g melted butter or coconut or linseed oil. Beat everything together and pour into either an 8  x !3 flat tray to make bread-pudding style cake bars or a greased/parchment lined cake tin/loaf tin to make a fruit cake.Bake at 170 °C for approximately 20 mins or until a rich chestnut brown, set but still moist in the centre.
 

FLAX FARM Famous FlaxJacks: Rich in Omega-3, Fibre, Soluble Fibre, Protein, Lignans
Gently warm and melt 280g butter with 70g syrup. Then add 210 sugar, 280 oats, 187g Flax Farm Freshly Ground Golden or Bronze Linseed Meal, (or use 467g of Flax farm Linseed Porridge instead of oats and linseed meal) spread into 12"x 8" tray and bake for 20mins (approx) at 170 o C (fan oven) until lightly browned.

Or use Flax Farm Fresh Linseed Porridge or Muesli Base to replace oats in your own flapjack recipe and reduce butter by 30%.

Variations: Try adding a scant teaspoon vanilla extract, ginger or other spices, or add dried fruit and/or nuts and seeds. For vegans use coconut oil and a tablespoon of water instead of butter. For illustrated printable version click here

Low-sugar Flaxjacks: Use 280g butter with 70g syrup.12g water, 100 sugar, 305 oats, 255g Flax Farm Freshly Ground Golden or Bronze Linseed,  Meal and proceed as above.

Flax Bread for Bread Machines: 3 cups whole-wheat flour, 4 tbsp whole flax seeds, 3 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal , 2tbsp honey, 3 tsp gluten four, 2 tsp active dry yeast, 1tsp sea salt, 2 tbsp Flax Farm linseed oil or unrefined sunflower, almond or olive oil, 270 ml warm water. Soak whole seeds in water for half an hour, then proceed as normal for a 1lb wholemeal loaf.

Linseed and Almond Cookies: soak ½ cup whole linseed in 1 cup yoghurt. In another bowl, cream 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Add 2 cups plain or wholemeal flour, ½ cup Fresh Linseed Meal , 1 cup fine oatmeal or porridge oats, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp sea salt, 2 cups chopped almonds and combine with the whole linseed yoghurt mix. Form into balls and place on baking sheet. Leave two inches between each ball. Cook in preheated oven at 180o C or 350 o F for 15 minutes
 
Linseed Oil Recipes


Our linseed oil is sweet, mild and buttery tasting. Like all unsaturated nut and seed oils, Linseed should not be cooked at very high temperatures because it destroys the oil's most important properties. But it can be added to foods that have some moisture in them.

  • Bread, Flax Farm linseed oil instead of lard or olive oil gives bread the most wonderful subtle buttery flavour and adds omega-3 instead of cholestrol!
  • Use as the fat in cakes, biscuits and muffins.
  • Stir into dishes at the end of cooking time to give them a healthy boost. 
  • Another way to get omega-3 and flavour instead of cholesterol: try using Linseed oil drizzled over cooked vegetables and pasta instead of butter. It tastes especially good on cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower or with herbs on baked, boiled or mashed potatoes.
  • Good on porridge instead of cream .
     

Flax Farm's Linseed Oil's unique, fresh taste makes it a fabulous base for vinaigrettes and gives home-made smoothies an irresistibly creamy texture. Here you'll find a selection of some our best-loved recipes.

 
Omega-3 Banana Mash - great for very young children
This makes a delicious sugar-free breakfast or snack..

Method: mash a soft banana with a fork and incorporate up to 1-2tsp of Flax Farm Linseed Oil. Eat immediately.

Omega-3 Silky Smoothie
This smoothie, laced with healthy omega 3 from linseed, satisfies a sweet tooth but with no added sugar! The banana absorbs the oil and makes the silkiest, richest smoothie you've ever tasted.
Ingredients:
1-2 bananas
1 cup orange juice or freshly squeezed whole oranges
1-2tsp Flax Farm linseed oil
Method: Whizz all the ingredients in a blender, chill and serve. Try adding a cup of raspberries, strawberries, kiwi, peach or nectarine, or combinations of seasonal fruit, for an extra vitamin C boost.

Big Omega-3 Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
1 clove garlic
2tsp olive oil
Tin chopped and strained tomatoes
Pinch of dried herbs
Pinch salt
Pinch sugar
Pepper to taste
1tbsp Flax Farm linseed oil
Method: Simmer all the ingredients except the Linseed oil together until soft and well reduced. Take off the heat, allow to cool slightly and stir in Linseed oil. Keep in the fridge.

Linseed Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
1tbsp olive oil
1tbsp Flax Farm linseed oil
1tbsp lemon juice or wine vinegar
Salt and pepper
Pinch dried tarragon
Crushed garlic to taste
Method: Mix the oils and lemon juice or wine vinegar together thoroughly until emulsified. Stir in seasoning, herbs and garlic.

Quickest Omega-3 Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
2tbsp Flax Farm linseed oil
1-2tbsp balsamic vinegar
Method: Mix the oil and  vinegar together - or for the ultra just drizzle separately over salad. Add salt and black pepper to taste.

Quick Easy Dhal
Ingredients:
1-2 chopped onions
2-4 crushed cloves garlic
1 chopped green or red pepper
½tsp turmeric
1tsp garam masala
½tsp chilli powder
½tsp crushed black pepper
1 cup dried red lentils
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 thinly sliced onion
Ghee or olive oil
½tsp cumin seeds
½tsp mustard seed
1 chopped red chilli
1-2tsp Flax Farm linseed oil per person
Fresh green coriander to garnish
Method: Place chopped onions, garlic, green or red pepper, turmeric, garam masala, chilli powder, pepper, lentils and tomatoes into a sauce. Cover with enough water to prevent sticking and boil until lentils are soft. Brown in a frying pan the sliced onion in a little ghee or oil. Add cumin, mustard and red chilli. Fry until the seeds start to pop. Take off the heat and stir in 1-2tsp of Linseed oil per person and immediately stir into the lentil mix. Add salt and pepper to taste..
 

Indian Crushed Potatoes
Method: Boil potatoes, until well cooked and starting to break up, drain thoroughly. Then add per person a generous dessertspoon of linseed oil , a small pinch of salt, a handful of finely chopped onion, good handful of fresh torn coriander and stir well with a fork. Dust with a a pinch of cayenne or chilli powder before serving.  Use warm or cold with meat or curries or salad

Vegetable soup
A teaspoon of Linseed Oil added just before serving enriches both the flavour and the nutritional value of ready-made soups,

Method: Soften 1-2 chopped onion and 1-2 cloves garlic in butter. Add any vegetables of your choice: carrots, parsnips, celery, fennel root, potatoes,   thoroughly cover with stock (or water with a stock cube) add a large tin of chopped tomatoes. Boil until soft. Liquidise, add 1-2 teaspoons per person Linseed Oil.  Finish with lemon juice, double cream or yoghurt and chopped fresh herbs to taste.