Culinary secrets: flax flour

Flax flour is a source of fiber and vegetable protein, also rich in magnesium, selenium and potassium. Noticed that it improves bowel function and promotes weight loss. Flax flour is used to bake breads, pancakes, pies, from her cook tasty and healthy porridges, add to stuffing, omelets, and casseroles.

Recipes cereals Flaxseed

Flaxseed can be a healthy cereal that contribute to the output of harmful cholesterol and toxins from the body and weight loss.

For the preparation of "living" cereal does not require cooking, you will need the following products:
- 2 tbsp buckwheat;
- 1 tbsp of flax seed;
1 small onions;
- linseed oil.

First of all, try buckwheat and dry it. grind in a coffee grinder separately buckwheat and Flaxseed. Then blend them into a ceramic bowl or glass in the ratio of 2:1 and pour with boiling water (the amount of water will depend on the thickness of porridge). Stir well and wrap the dishes with a thick towel. Allow porridge to stand for 10-15 minutes. During this time, peel the onion, finely chop and fry in vegetable oil. Before use, season the cooked flax cereal fried onions or with linseed oil, which will make the dish even more useful. Because linseed oil contains polyunsaturated acids omega-3 and omega-6. Instead of onions in porridge, you can add raisins. It needs to be soaked in warm water for 20 minutes. When the raisins swell, put into a mixture of buckwheat and flax flour, stir and pour boiling water.

To cook porridge of Flaxseed flour and milk need to:
- 500 ml of milk;
- ½ Cup of Flaxseed meal;
- sugar;
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Pour into a saucepan the milk and bring to a boil over medium heat. Then gradually stir in the flax flour and stirring constantly, cook the porridge for 4-5 minutes. Then remove the pan from the fire and wrapped in a towel, put about a quarter of an hour to infuse. Then add salt, sugar and mix well. If desired, the sugar can be replaced with any jam, syrup or honey.

Recipe for homemade bread from flax flour

To bake "healthy" bread from flax flour which does not add pounds and will help to keep slim, you will need:
- 50 g Flaxseed flour;
- 150 grams of wheat flour;
- 50 grams of bran;
- 150 ml of kefir or whey;
- 1/3 tsp. soda, slaked in vinegar;
- 1 tsp of sugar;
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds;
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To start sift the flour and add the bran and flax flour. If you want you can add also the baking powder. Serum or yogurt gently reheat until warm. Then add in the fermented milk product is sugar, salt and soda, slaked vinegar. Thoroughly mix all ingredients and begin kneading the dough. To do this, gradually pour the liquid into the flour mixture and mix all well with a knife, making cutting movements. Add some pre-roasted sesame seeds.

When possible, knead the dough with your hands. Be careful it is not too cool or too soft. And kneaded, cover the dough with a cloth and allow to stand for 30-40 minutes. Then form small loaves, sprinkle top with sesame seeds, place on a greased baking tray and put in a preheated 180 ° C oven for half an hour to bake until done. Hot bread from flax flour, cover with a napkin and before use, cool down a bit.