Freshly Ground Linseed (Flax Seed) Meal Recipes
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The fine grade of our Flax Farm 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. Most of these recipes have been developed by us and tested at farmers' markets - but it's often hard to convince people something that tastes this good can be healthy too! - Try replacing between ten and thirty percent of the flour with Flax Farm's freshly ground linseed meal - and add a little extra water - in baking recipes.
- Stir 1-2 dessertspoons Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal per person into sauces and soups.
- Sprinkle Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal into cooked vegetables and raw salads.
- Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal is nice added to fruit juice, hot or cold milk drinks, allow it a few minutes to soak and soften before drinking.
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Or as Judy says, "just sprinkle it over everything"
Savoury Favourite
Quick easy Gluten-free Linseed (Flax) Crackers
I was told about making linseed crackers this way by a customer who visited my market stall. This is my version of how to make it.
The best reason for making and eating these is they are idiot-proof easy, quick to make and very tasty – better than almost any cracker or savoury biscuit you will ever buy – absolutely just right for nibbling on with a glass of wine, a bowl of soup, with cheese and pickle...
They are a fantastically simple food containing just three basic ingredients (one of which is water!) and happen to be wheat-free, gluten-free, and the basic recipe is also no added fat, no-sugar, no-salt, no-nuts, no-dairy, vegan and so can be enjoyed by almost everyone.
As a bonus they are incredibly healthy; very low carb (almost none) low GI, low glycemic load, filling, sustaining, contain wonderful amounts of omega-3 (the good fat we all need more of) huge amounts of the fibre that gets the digestion working as nature intended and lignans that does wonderful things for ladies hormones (and pretty good things for men’s!) and protect the digestive tract.
The Recipe:
There is no hard and fast recipe; experiment with the proportions and method that works for you. Then you add the flavours you fancy. The crackers are so quick that it’s easy to experiment until you get just what you want.
Ingredients:
2 cloves of garlic mashed to a puree plus approx 1 cup of freshly ground linseed meal ( a mix of 2 parts gold to 1 part bronze worked best 
for me) and some water. Method: Mix all ingredients together to make a stiff pudgy paste.
Place on a big baking sheet lined with silicon paper/baking parchment , flatten a bit and then cover with another sheet of silicon paper and roll out (wine bottles make good rolling pins) really thin, (about 2mm). Carefully peel off top silicon paper. Place in (fan) oven at about 165oC until top of cracker is going dry but not browned. Then turn over and carefully remove the other silicon paper. (at this point I often spread it very thinly with Marmite) Put back in the oven for a few minutes and as soon as it starts to dry a little, then reduce oven temperature to absolute minimum, about 110-120 oC until the cracker is really dry but not brown (it doesn’t take long in fan oven).
You now have a sheet of cracker. If you score it while warm it can be broken into desired shapes.
Variations: Use quite a lot of tomato puree with water, some Italian herbs and sprinkle with olives when you turn it over. Or sprinkle with whole curry spices. Or add vegetarian bullion powder and add dried tomatoes. Or top with cheese. Or whatever you feel like. How about tapenade?
2 minute Gluten-free, Wheat-free, Low Carb Linseed Bread
This is the best wheat-free, gluten-free bread of all time. You’ll quickly get the idea and make you own variations, parmesan cheese, chopped chives, banana, chocolate – the possibilities are endless – and taste great. I usually think the gold linseed meal makes the best flavour, sometimes I mix bronze and gold – other times especially with banana I use just bronze.
My First ever linseed bread given to me by a customer who had lost loads of weight using linseed.
- 1 egg, 2Tablespoons Flax Farm freshly groundLinseed (Flaxseed) Meal,1/4 tsp. Gluten-free Baking Powder, a pinch of salt, 1 Teaspoon butter or olive oil (optional), 1 teaspoon splenda (optional), splash of Vanilla Extract (optional) pinch of cinnamon (optional ) (If you don't eat eggs replace a 1/3 of the linseed meal with chickpea or soya flour.)
Melt the butter in a microwave-safe muffin-shaped dish. Add the egg and vanilla, mix with a fork. Add the dry ingredients, cover and microwave for 2 minutes.
Smoked Mackerel Salad with with Horseradish and Sprinkled with Bronze Linseed Meal
Ingredients: A piece of smoked mackerel per person, fresh and oil preserved died and fresh tomatoes, fresh salad leaves, thinly sliced leeks or red onions, lemon juice, creamed horseradish sauce to taste, cooked, sliced salad potatoes (optional) and up to an ounce of Flax Farm bronze linseed (flaxseed) meal. Assemble fish and salad ingredients, a little squeeze of lemon juice, top with horseradish sauce and sprinkle with linseed meal.
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)
Simple Blonde Flax Milk
(A simple version of Kate Magic's recipe in case your larder doesn't have all the ingredients for the recipe in Kate's book; see books):
2 tbsp Freshly Ground Golden Linseed (Flax) Meal.
A squeeze of lemon juice
Spices whichever you fancy; 1 tsp whole ginger if you have it, a few drops vanilla extract, a pinch of cardamom or cinnamon
1tsp lecithin granules if you have it.
1 banana
1 litre water
Whizz and drink or use over cereal, or as the basis for vegan smoothies. If you add a little extra linseed and another banana you have veggie linseed custard - wonderful over diced mango - or even apple crumble!
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 Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal and stir; serve immediately, add yoghurt, cream or honey if desired. Yoghurt and Linseed: Stir 1 tbsp Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal into a helping of your favourite yoghurt, add fruit or honey to taste.
Linseed and Banana Mash. This makes a hearty sugar-free breakfast, snack or dessert - 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 Freshly Ground Linseed Meal. Eat immediately.
Linseed Porridge
Add 1 heaped tablespoon of Flax Farm Freshly Ground Bronze (you can use gold ) Linseed Meal to 2-3 heaped tablespoons of porridge oats, mix with milk or water, bring to the boil and cook as for usual.
Or cook your porridge as usual but make with a little more liquid and sprinkle with a tablespoon or two Flax Farm Freshly Ground Bronze (you can use gold ) Linseed Meal and stir.
Dr Budwig’s* Famous Muesli:
Layer 2 tbsp Flax Farm Freshly Ground 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 Flax Farm Cold-pressed 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 Flax Farm Freshly Ground 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 Cold-pressed Linseed Oil beaten together until creamy.
Very Quick Veg and Linseed Soup
Adding ground linseed to soup apart from adding lots of goodness gives it body, reduces glycemic load and makes it more sustaining.
Take enough stock or ready made consommé for the portions required and bring to the boil. Menawhile very finely slice onions and stir until slightly soft in a frying pan with the minimum of of olive or similar oil. Very finely shred, slice or grate whatever veg you have or fancy. Add that and onions to soup. When the veg is as soft as you like, remove from heat add any chopped herbs you have to hand and a heaped dessert spoon or two of Flax Farm Freshly Ground Golden Linseed Meal. Add salt and pepper if you want but not essential. Can also be puréed with blender if preferred.
Very Quick Watercress Linseed and Spinach Soup.
The key to making this very good is having very good homemade chicken stock Failing that use a can of consommé . It is very quick so the spinach and watercress are almost raw.
Directions per person: Soften a very small onion or shallot in a minimum of oil. Add stock or soup, bring to the boil, add raw chopped watercress (up to 1 bunch but reserve about half of the leaves), a small portion of raw or defrosted frozen leaf spinach and - optionally - a small pich of grated horseradish or the best preserved horseradish (Polish is good) and a tablespoon of Flax Farm Freshly Ground Golden Linseed Meal. Simmer for 1 minute and blend - it doesn't have to be completely smooth; you can make it as textured as you like. Then add the remaining watercress leaves, stir and serve. If the stock is good enough you probably won't even need salt.
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 Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal per person and serve. Serves 2-4.
Quick Vegetable Risotto
Make risotto as normal using stock or made up stock cube but add a couple of tablespoons extra liquid per person, but when the rice is soft add 1-2 heaped dessertspoons Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal per person. Add to a mixture of finely chopped raw or cooked tomatoes, celery, courgettes or (char-grilled and peeled) red peppers, add extra liquid if needed, bring back to the boil and serve.
Linseed with Fruit, stewed, tinned or fresh
Stir 1-2 tablespoons Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal per helping just before serving. Especially good with rhubarb and blackcurrants, add quar kor yoghurt to taste.
Yoghurt and Linseed
Stir 1 tbsp Fresh Linseed Meal into a helping of your favourite yoghurt, add fruit to taste.
Rice Pudding with Linseed
This is quick and makes homemade or bought rice pudding a bit more special and a lot healthier. For each helping of rice pudding simply stir in 2 heaped dessertspoons Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal - gold or bronze both taste delcious.
Golden Breakfast or Golden Eton Mess Pudding
This is a golden breakfast of grapefruit and pineapple with sunflower seeds and golden linseed. I Put 2 heaped dessertspoon Flax Farm Freshly Ground Golden Linseed Meal into a bowl, add the same amount of ground sunflower seeds, a dice slice of fresh pineapple and the segments and juice of half a pink grapefruit and sprinkled a teaspoon of lecithin granules. It tastes wonderful and looks golden and gorgeous The pineapple is should be really ripe and the grapefruit juicy. A bit like a golden Eton Mess Pudding but without the sugar and cream – and actually far, far nicer - mark this one down as a good pud! pudding! Who wants sugar and cream when healthy wholefood can taste this good? Maybe add a smidge of sweetening for a pud if you have those with a sweet tooth around.
Gluten-free, Wheat-free 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). Then mix together 150g sugar, 100g melted butter, 2 beaten eggs , 8oz mixed dried fruit/ginger/dates/peel/glace fruit, juice and zest of 1 orange, 140 g Flax Farm Freshly Ground 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)
Linseed Bread Pudding-style Cake, for breakfast tea or even with hot custard for pud!
Gluten-free
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-This is a delicious not-too-sweet but filling cake – excellent for lunchboxes and because of the low sugar content and all the linseed goodness (protein+fibre+omega-3+antioxidants) helps keep blood sugar lower and leaves you feeling fuller for longer so less temptation to snack!
Method: Put 360g mixed dried fruit and peel into 450ml hot tea - preferably strong Early Grey. Soak for at least 45 minutes.
Weigh out 140g sugar white/brown with or without 10 -15g treacle, a good pinch of mixed spice, 110g Flax Farm Freshly Ground (golden or bronze) Linseed Meal
Then add: 85g any gluten-free flour (buckwheat,quinoa flour or gram flour) 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 13 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 Bread for Bread Machines:
4 tbsp Flax Farm Whole Linseeds, 3 tbsp Flax Farm Freshly Ground Linseed Meal , 2tbsp honey, 3 tsp gluten flour, 2 tsp active dry yeast, 1tsp sea salt, 2 tbsp Flax Farm Cold-pressed linseed oil 270 ml warm water. Soak whole seeds in water for half an hour, then proceed as normal for a 1lb wholemeal loaf.
