03/30/2015
It’s Monday again! Our second HEALTHY TIP FOR THE WEEK is here!
TIP: SIMPLY ADD SEEDS
They are sooo small that’s hard to believe, but seeds are packed with nutrients like proteins, iron, fiber, vitamin and Omega-3 fatty acids.
Mild in flavor they are easy to include and combine in yogurts, shakes, salads or even cooked dishes like fish or pasta.
Adding just a tbsp. of these tiny seeds in every meal you make sure you get a great and necessary intake of all these essencial nutrients.
Below some benefits of some of them as well as some recipes.
Enjoy! (and… always buy organic!)
Chia seeds: High in iron, folate, calcium, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids and soluble fibre.
Chia seeds go jelly when wet for a while. You may like them dry or in a jelly texture, just try! With no flavor at all, you can add them in yogurts, on a salad, on a pasta dish… or make a delicious recipe of Chia Pudding like the one Ana Alexandre (nutritional coach based in Barcelona) recommends us:
http://www.anaalexandre.com/why-you-should-eat-chia-seeds/
H**p seeds: The perfect source of complete protein, plus a high content in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids and magnesium.
H**p seeds have a nutty flavor and they are perfect to include in bakery but as well in salads (on top of ricotta cheese!), yogurts, shakes, smoothies…
Do you want to bake a healthy muffin?
http://foodbabe.com/2012/11/05/orange-poppy-seed-cranberry-h**p-muffins/
Pumpking seeds: Packed with B vitamins, iron, magnesium, zinc and due to the high content in Tryptophan (a type of protein) have been traditionally used to reduce levels of anxiety.
Bigger, you can simply eat them as snack, bake them, include in your morning cereal or in salads.
Sunflowers seeds: High content of Iron, Magnesium and specially B Vitamin (folate, helping prenatal functions) and E Vitamin (which stimulates growth and health of skin hair and nails).
Crunchy and nutty, you can eat them as well as a snack or include them in trail mix, or cereals. Also, can give a boost of flavor in salads or noddle dishes.
These make our today’s selection (H**p the ones we personally love!), but you can also include Flax seeds (for a help in cholesterol and blood sugar levels), or Sesame seeds (high in minerals like calcium,
Putting together poppy seeds & Nutiva h**p seeds was the best idea ever and no, I’m not a drug dealer. I had no clue these flavors would work so well together…These muffins turned out to be so good! I am always … Continued
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