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 Bob's Red Mill
Whole
Ground
Flaxseed Meal
Sale Price $2.69
16
oz.
Flaxseed
has a high content of the essential omega-3 fat, alpha-linolenic acid;
significant quantities of soluble and insoluble dietary fiber; and the
highest plant source of lignans. This means that flaxseed can play a role in
heart health, intestinal health and protection against breast, prostate and
colon cancer.
To get the health benefits of flaxseed, it
is necessary to grind it into meal. Otherwise, the seed will simply pass
through whole and undigested.
We have flaxseeds and flaxseed meal
available. The best way to grind the seeds is with an electric coffee
grinder. If one isn't available or it seems like too much trouble, you can
buy the seeds already ground into a meal. Once ground, flaxseed meal should
be kept refrigerated.
What do you do with flaxseed meal? I stir
a tablespoon in water and drink it down. I find it quick, easy and tasty.
Flaxseed meal has a pleasant, nutty flavor. You can also sprinkle it on top
of hot or cold cereal and stir it into yogurt or cottage cheese. It can be
added to shakes and nutritional drinks.
I have always eaten it raw and have had it
in the back of my mind that it isn't good to cook flaxseed meal. When I was
poking around on the internet, I found all kinds of recipes for muffins,
bread, pancakes, etc. I also found an interesting study done in Canada.
Nine college women included 50 grams of
flaxseed meal in their daily diets. Five of them added it, uncooked,
to breakfast cereal, soup, juice, yogurt, etc. The other four ate bread
baked with flaxseed meal in place of their usual bread. Plasma fatty acid
profiles during the four-week study were not significantly different
between the women eating raw flaxseed meal and those eating the same amount
baked in bread. Both subject groups exhibited a lowering of total serum
cholesterol and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. This implies that
baking had no effect on the bioavailability of flaxseed fatty acids.
(from http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/cooking/a/flaxseedrecipes.htm)
According to Bob's Red Mill's website
flaxseed meal can be used to replace some or all of the oil or shortening
in a recipe. Cooks recommend a 3:1 substitution ratio (for example, 3 Tbsp.
of flaxseed meal can replace 1 Tbsp of the butter, margarine or cooking
oil). They said that baked goods tend to brown quicker when flaxseed meal
is used instead of oil.
Also, flaxseed
meal mixed with water can replace an egg in pancakes, muffins and cookies.
They will be gummier and chewier and the volume is decreased. The
replacement formula is 1 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 3 Tbsp water = 1 egg. Mix in
a small bowl and let sit for one to two minutes then add to the recipe as
you would an egg.
You can go to www.bobsredmill.com
for more information and recipes. There is also a recipe for Bran Flax
Muffins on Bob's Red Mill Flaxseed Meal bag.
Suggested Retail
$3.29
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