How do you eat flax seeds?

I don’t really like them, personally, so I use flax seed oil in recipes.

Ground flax seeds can be added to pretty much anything. If you add them to cereal, smoothies, yogurt, etc., you can’t really taste them.

* Mix ground flax into yogurt
* Add ground flax seed to any cereal like oatmeal
* Add ground flax to applesauce
* We love adding ground flax seed to fruit smoothies
* Add ground flax seed to soups
* Sprinkle ground flax seed on a salad
* Add ground flax seed to beans or chili after cooking
* Add ground flax to Cottage Cheese
* Mix ground flax seed with tuna, potato, egg, etc salads
* Use ground flax seed for filler or as egg substitute in meatloaf and hamburgers
* Sprinkle ground flax on peanut butter +jelly sandwich
* Add ground flax to make your Ice Cream “healthy”
* Add ground flax seed to muffins, breads, waffles, and pancakes
* Use ground flax seed in homemade hummus
* Mix into mashed potatoes after cooking
* Add ground flax seed to spaghetti sauce
* Mix ground flax seed into protein drinks and breakfast drinks

Grinding them is important, if you want to extract nutrition from them. Unground, they just… pass right through, if you know what I mean.

Eww.

like corn

well at least corn is decorative the next day. Like lil tiny xmas lights.

lol, on a brown tree

You guys. I bet you both have big sisters.

With your mouth, I would hope.

If it’s too much work to buy flax seeds and add them to things you’re making yourself, just buy food with flax seeds or flax oil already in it. I bought this flax seed granola that is absolutely delicious.

I get mine through this mix

Products containing flaxseed oil probably aren’t as healthy as eating the stuff straight up, though, as it oxidizes quickly when exposed to air, and loses its beneficial properties when heated. Things like bread and granola made with it are probably still healthy to eat, but not because of the flax in it. (This is assuming you want the properties of the oil, and not just the fiber.)

I keep flax meal in the freezer. I use it in basic muffin recipes and other baked goods.

I like Nature’s Path Flax Plus Multi-Grain cereal and also the toaster waffles (in the freezer section).

Flax oil can be used on vegetables instead of butter or olive oil.

@laureth For some reason, I’m not allowed to have flax seed oil (as a pregnant woman) I’m not sure why the seeds are okay, but not the oil.

@pdworkin : I cracked up at ”...Christmas lights…”

I’m not sure why either, except that I know that oils are a concentrated form of whatever’s in the original seed. My husband used to be on Coumadin, so olive oil was a concern (too much vitamin K negates the effect of Coumadin), but there were no such problems with eating olives.

Hmm. Top two Google hits for “Flax Oil Pregnancy”—

Nutrition and Prenatal Health – Why Flax Oil Makes Sense During Pregnancy.

Flaxseed oil should not be taken by pregnant women.

The second link says, and I quote, “The reason is that flax seed, like soy or even more so, seems to have an effect on estrogen and hormones and might interfere with your body during pregnancy.”

I know the supplement people hate this idea, but I wish the FDA would get involved in all these health and safety issues.(Don’t mean to start an argument. Just one guy’s opinion .)

@pdworkin No responsible user of herbs and supplements would disagree-only the moneymakers. It would save me a ton of work if there were controlled studies.

thanks. it’s nice to be backed up by someone who knows what she’s talking about.

@pdworkin I do not exactly like the FDA, but I do wish it were regulated. I’d feel a little safer. I take the supplement I take only for the fiber, which I find to be a better alternative to something like Metamucil (gag!) I found such contradictory information about continuing my fiber while pregnant, and even my OB said “Eh, I think it’ll be fine” That’s not exactly what you want to hear.

I hear you. It’s hard to like the FDA, but it’s better than utter chaos.

I prefer two fish oil tabs every morning gets me all my omega 3–6 and ALA without the taste i dont like the taste of flax seed

And Wal*Mart has fish-oil really cheap!

I put them in my oatmeal.

put em in smoothies!

You guys crack me up. If only everything passed smoothly, if you know what I mean – if not, you may visit my “I have hemorroids, wanna make something of it” question.