First Time Trying Flax Seed Meal
May 15th, 2008
G. is starting to feel a little better, but he’s still lying around on the couch asking me to hold him and watching a lot of TV. If I never see another Super Why, it will be too soon. It was an episode of Little Bear, however, that made him decide he needed to eat pancakes, NOW!
I took our regular pancake recipe and adapted it a little, using 1¼ c. all-purpose flour, and ¼ c. flax seed meal. I’ve never tried flax seed meal before, but I grabbed it the other day when my supermarket was out of whole wheat flour. It worked beautifully in these pancakes.
I was initially put off when I opened the package: I was expecting something the consistency of flour, but the ground flax seed was much more rough and closer to its whole-seed version than that. Similar to wheat germ, but perhaps in even larger pieces. I figured that with such a robust appearance, it wouldn’t blend well into the pancakes. I was pleasantly surprised, however. You did not taste any crunchiness or extra grainy texture in the pancakes, and I didn’t think the flavor changed at all. I would definitely try upping the flax seed meal to a half cup in future batches.
G. took a couple of bites of a pancake, and then asked for applesauce instead. He said they were good, but he was just “not in the mood for pancakes today.” Apparently the 15 minutes it took for us to make them quashed his must-have craving. I’ll freeze the rest and pull them out another day.
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I'm Dara, the chick in the kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two boys, ages 3 and 5, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Reach me at .
5 Comments
1. merrie | May 15th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
That is really cool.
2. Sharon | May 16th, 2008 at 7:40 am
That sounds great — I am always saying that I need to start making homemade, healthy pancakes or waffles in bulk to freeze for breakfasts. Maybe this will inspire me!! I think the girls would eat them, but KNOW that little J would LOVE them!
3. Beth | May 16th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I will have to try this. Homemade buttermilk pancakes are a big favorite here!
4. Kevin | May 17th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I have been wanting to try using flax seed for a while. The flax seed meal sounds interesting.
5. flax seed | May 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am
The reason why flax seed isn’t milled to a powdery form is that the Omega 3 nutrients are lost easily in a heated grind. And I would agree with you that flax seed mixes well with food preps. I’ve had a few tablespoons figured out in my smoothies and it doesn’t alter the taste. I think that I wanna try this pancake recipe of yours, thanks for the idea of substituting flour for milled flax seed. - steve