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Flax seed meal revisited: nutritious and low carb

By Jim August 2, 2011

A 16 oz. bag of Bob's Red Mill Flaxseed Meal

A while ago, I wrote about flax seed meal in a post entitled Great foods for a low-carb diet (part 2): seeds. I was mildly disparaging, not about the obvious nutritional benefits of flax seed meal, but about the taste and consistency. Having now finished my first bag of flax seed meal, it's a good time for a second-look. My overall impression is positive. Flax seed meal satisfies my craving for a hot cereal that is easy to prepare and non-grain based. Pictured is the actual one-pound bag of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Food Tagged With: Bob's Red Mill, fiber, flax seeds

Great foods for a low-carb diet (part 2): seeds

By Jim July 8, 2011

Maybe it's a stretch to call seeds "great food."  Also, a reader new to low-carbing might get the impression that low-carb is a diet for the birds.  That impression would be wrong unless we're talking about birds of prey! Seeds are at least a useful food, packing plenty of nutrition into a tiny space, and I have added a couple of seed products to my diet since going low-carb: sunflower kernels and flax seed meal.  As you can see from the above, neither photographs well.  Roasted sunflower … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Food, Low-Carb Basics Tagged With: flax seeds, food, low-carb, peanut butter, recipe, rolled oats, sunflower seeds

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