All you want to know about Super Seeds
Seeds though tiny have gigantic benefits to offer. Like nuts, seeds also offer myriads of health benefits to offer. They are like these tiny power packed nutritional store houses having more to offer than you can think. Seeds are healthy and a great sources of protein, minerals, zinc and other life-enhancing nutrients. Seeds are everywhere revolutionizing the health trends and the other place they need to be is your diet.
We shall further discuss about the most talked about and sought after seeds you need to add to your diet and the benefits it has to offer.
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FLAX SEEDS
- Hide flax seed in dark, moist dishes. The dishes that hide flax seed the best are dark sauces.
- Use it in baking.Substitute ground flax seed for part of the flour in recipes for quick breads, muffins, rolls, bread etc.
- Add flax seed to a food you habitually eat.Every time you have a certain food, like oatmeal, smoothies, soup, or yogurt, stir in a couple tablespoons of ground flax seed. This way you develop a good habit that is hard to forget.
- Blend in a Smoothies- flax seeds can be very well blended and masked in a smoothie of your choice with other ingredients.
- Grab a energy bar with goodness of these seeds.
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SUNFLOWER SEEDS
- Add sunflower seeds to your chicken or mixed greens salad
- Add sunflower seeds to scrambled eggs for a unique taste and texture
- Sprinkle them on hot and cold cereals.
- Simply roasted and salted, they can be enjoyed as a healthy snack.
- As a garnish over fried-rice dishes or sautéed vegetables.
- Grab a energy bar with goodness of these seeds.
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SESAME SEEDS
- Adding them to the batter while making homemade bread, muffins or cookies or add while making energy bars.
- Combining toasted sesame seeds with rice vinegar, soy sauce and crushed garlic and use as a dressing for salads, vegetables and noodles.
- Going for a Healthy sauté chicken with sesame seeds, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and your favorite vegetables for a healthy quick dinner.
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CHIA SEEDS
- They can be added to almost everything.
- Can be eaten raw, soaked in juice,
- Can be added to porridge and puddings
- Are an ideal addition to baked products like breads, cakes, biscuits and energy bars.
- Can be used to thicken sauces and even used as egg substitutes in recipes.
- Can be sprinkled on cereal, yogurt, vegetables or rice dishes.
- You can also sprinkle them on top of cereal, yogurt, vegetables or rice dishes.
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GARDEN CRESS SEEDS
- Roasted slightly with added salt.
- Soaked in water then added to milk, smoothies or juices.
- Can be made into energy bars, chikki or laddos
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Pumpkin Seeds
- By adding it to healthy sautéed vegetables.
- Sprinkling over mixed green salads.
- Grinding pumpkin seeds with fresh garlic, parsley, Mix with olive oil and lemon juice for a tasty salad dressing.
- Added to your favorite hot or cold cereal.
- Added to oatmeal raisin cookie or energy bars or granola bars.