Recipes Using Chia Seeds

Chia seeds are new to the list of superfoods and can be easily added to lots of recipes to give you and your family maximum nutrition.

One way to use chia seeds in food is to add them to smoothies, soups, sauces, salad dressings, yogurt or to just about anything you eat. To use chia seeds in liquids, make this chia gel recipe first.

You can also add a spoonful or two of dry chia seeds to bread and muffin batter before baking. Add chia seeds as a garnish for couscous, rice and tabouli dishes.

Bake with healthy Raw Sprouted Chia Flour. Use chia flour in place of wheat flour for a gluten free version of your dish.

Here are more recipes using chia seeds:

Chia Recipe for Blueberry Chia Muffins

This recipes contains superfoods flax seed and blueberries, as well as chia seeds.

1  1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup ground flax seed
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp chia seeds mixed with 3 tbsp water
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup milk
1 cup blueberries

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  

Add water to chia seeds in a small bowl. Mix with a fork until chia seeds have absorbed all the water and you have chia gel. Add the rest of the wet ingredients to the chia seeds and mix well.

In a separate mixing bowl, blend dry ingredients and slowly add liquid ingredients. Blend to make batter.

Fold the blueberries into batter and pour into muffin pan lined with paper miners. Makes about one dozen muffins.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

Where can you buy chia seeds?

Amazon.com offers several types of chia seeds. They are organic and delicious:

Chia Seeds 2 Pounds
Chia Seeds 5 Pounds

Read more about Chia Seeds in this book:

The Magic of Chia: Revival of an Ancient Wonder Food


More chia seed recipes and how to make chia seed gel

Read more about the health benefits of chia seeds

Superfood Recipe - Carrot and Blueberry Salad

I'm always looking for new recipes to add superfoods to my diet. This festive, colorful blueberry salad recipe includes two superfoods. Besides blueberries, this superfood salad also contains heart healthy walnuts and fresh carrots.

Ingredients

Juice of 1 lemon

4 tsp of maple syrup – use sugar free if you’d like to save calories

½ tsp salt

Dash pepper

1 c diced green pepper

2 tsp olive oil

1 2/3 c blueberries, fresh or frozen and thawed

3 large carrots

1/3 c walnuts

½ c pineapple pieces

Directions for Superfood Salad

Squeeze juice from lemon and remove any seeds.

Add maple syrup, salt, pepper and oil to lemon juice and blend.

 

Add blueberries, mix and set aside.

Peel carrots. Using a vegetable peeler, peel carrots into strips. Set aside

Chop walnuts. Then combine carrot strips, walnuts and pineapple in a salad bowl, then add blueberries and mix gently.

 

Makes 6 servings of superfood blueberry salad

This superfood recipe contains only 105 calories per serving using sugarfree syrup!

Healthy Snack Recipe - Tropical Fruit Platter with Creamy Honey Yogurt Dip

Eating a healthy diet can include delicious snacks. Use snack time as a chance to eat some of those 5-9 servings of fruit and veggies each day. This healthy snack recipe is easy to make and packed with nutrition. This healthy snack recipe is terrific for any weight loss program and could even be used for a dessert.

It’s a healthy, low calorie substitute for a cookie or piece of cake, yet it totally satisfies your sweet tooth and supplies needed energy. The creamy dip, with its hint of tart lemon, makes the fruit and vegetables spring to life.

Ingredients for Fruit Platter

1 c strawberries, sliced
2 ripe kiwi, peeled and sliced
1 c fresh raspberries
2 bananas cut into pieces
1 small ripe papaya, peeled and thinly sliced
Try using any other fruits you have on hand too, like pineapple, mango or peaches.

Honey Yogurt Dip

8 oz container vanilla yogurt
3 oz reduced-fat cream cheese (softened)
1 tbs honey
¼ tsp cinnamon
2 tbs fresh lemon juice
½ tbs grated fresh lemon rind

Directions for this easy fruit dish

Wash and arrange fruit on a serving plate and place in refrigerator.

Make the dip by adding all ingredients to a blender and blend until dip is smooth and creamy.
Place dip in a bowl and put this bowl in the center of the fruit plate and serve.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Nutritional Information per Serving

Calories 121
Fat 4.2g
Sodium 62mg
Carbohydrates 18.7g
Fiber 4.0g
Protein 4.0g
Vitamin A 462mcg
Potassium 343mg

Healthy Recipes - Grilled Chicken and Berry Salad

I love blueberries and eat them every day. The nutrients and antioxidants in blueberries make them a true superfood. Eating superfoods daily can be a helpful weightloss tip because if you give your body all the nutrition it needs, you won't be reaching for the junk food. It's possible to create delicious recipes and lose weight too. This grilled chicken and berry salad is high protein and contains superfoods - blueberries and nuts.

This Grilled Chicken Berry Salad is also a very attractive, colorful entrée. Besides high protein chicken and superfood berries, this recipes also offers a healthy mix of salad greens and snap peas. Pecans offers heart healthy omega3 fatty acids.

You can easily use either barbecued chicken or broiled in the oven.

Ingredients

2 tbs low fat honey mustard salad dressing
1/4 c cider vinegar
1/2 c canola oil
2 tbs orange juice
1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
8 cups mixed salad greens
1 c sliced fresh strawberries
1/2 c fresh blueberries
1/2 c fresh raspberries
8 oz sugar snap peas
1/2 c toasted pecans

Directions for Grilled Chicken and Berry Salad

Preheat the grill or broiler.

Whisk together vinegar, oil and orange juice to create the salad dressing and then set this aside.

Grill or bbq chicken for 6 to 8 minutes on each side. Chicken is done when juice runs clear. Take from heat and allow chicken it to cool, then cut it into strips.

Add all ingredients except dressing to a large salad bowl and toss to mix. Add dressing and toss again lightly until ingredients are coated.

This high protein, superfood grilled chicken and berry salad makes 6 servings

Nutritional Information per Serving

Calories 376
Fat 27.3g
Sodium 271mg
Carbohydrates 15.1g
Fiber 5.1g
Protein 19.1g