I love chia seeds, not just because they are a sustainable and environmentally friendly crop with great nutritional value ...... but because they are so wonderful to add to raw smoothies and raw desserts. They are almost tasteless, so can be added to lots of stuff as a thickener.
I use some chia seeds, soaked in water for 30 minutes, then add some raw cacao and a little agarve or raw honey ... whizz up in the blender .... and you get: Raw jelly!!!!!!!!
I also think chia is a great substitute for flax, since most of us are already exposed to too many estrogens.
Well, I have made some raw crackers with them in the dehydrator ... mixed with flax (because chia is pretty expensive if you use it in bulk)
Did you know the Mayans used to make biscuits with chia and take it with them to war? ... it's very good for stamina/energy.
This morning, I made a massive 1 litre smoothie - 1 tbs of hydrated chia, 1 tbs maca, 2 tbs cacao, 2 tbs mesquite, 1 tbs Dr Schulze's superfood, 1 tbs spirulina, 1 tbs coconut oil, 1 tbs coconut butter, 1tbs honey, 1/2 tsp himalayan sea salt, 1/2 tsp each of ho shou wu, schizandra, suma - plus opened up 3 caps of reishi ... added water and some raw hazelnut milk and some coconut water kefir ...
Lots of energy there!
Well, it's 5pm my time, and I'm just a little peckish now :-)
Hey grassman
Unfortunately I'm in the UK ... so whatever you buy in the US, we expect to pay at least double that price here :-(
For example, you can buy a Vitamix or Blendtec for half the price of what we pay.
I used to have quite a lot of stuff shipped from the US, but with the current $ - £ exhange rates, it's not worth the hassle at the moment.
From your avatar, I guess you do a lot of wheatgrass and sprouting? I planted a lot of outdoor wheatgrass this summer but eventually got sick of the taste. I prefer the taste of spelt or barley, but then it all became too time consuming. I like BarleyMax better.
I've got 2 Easygreens - this has revolutionised my life :-) I would like to get another 1 or 2 to stack on top at some stage.
This is ironic to me. I recently learned that Chia seeds were healthy for you. Like most people, I thought that Chia seeds were simply what came with the Ch-Ch-Chia pets. I had no idea that you could eat them. Now I find this article linked above.. chia seeds are even discussed in this list of healthy seeds!
Can you buy Chia seeds anywhere?