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Um, Emily….why are there poppy seeds in your water? Those aren’t poppy seeds, silly.  Those are chia seeds!   Today our chef, mixed up a batch of chia water and knowing I am always game for stuff like this, she encouraged me to drink a mug of this superfood.  Super awesome food, is more like it! These seeds are highly nutritious, providing calcium and proteins and since they absorb and hold 10x their weight in water, they are extremely filling which makes them a great aid in appetite control (in addition to their dozens of other health benefits)! To use Chia seeds, soak them in water for about two hours and they will form an almost tapioca like consistency.  You can then drink them straight in the water or add to any recipe (unlike flax seeds, chia seeds are essentially tasteless…so you can sprinkle them on top of salads, in a fruit cup and you will hardly notice they are there.) You can read more about the benefits of chia here, but for what it’s worth…I am sold!

Um, Emily….why are there poppy seeds in your water?

Those aren’t poppy seeds, silly.  Those are chia seeds!  

Today our chef, mixed up a batch of chia water and knowing I am always game for stuff like this, she encouraged me to drink a mug of this superfood.  Super awesome food, is more like it!

These seeds are highly nutritious, providing calcium and proteins and since they absorb and hold 10x their weight in water, they are extremely filling which makes them a great aid in appetite control (in addition to their dozens of other health benefits)!

To use Chia seeds, soak them in water for about two hours and they will form an almost tapioca like consistency.  You can then drink them straight in the water or add to any recipe (unlike flax seeds, chia seeds are essentially tasteless…so you can sprinkle them on top of salads, in a fruit cup and you will hardly notice they are there.)

You can read more about the benefits of chia here, but for what it’s worth…I am sold!

10/3/2011  66 notes  comments  
  1. pleadshirt said: as long as you don’t smoke it…
  2. katiepiemiscellany said: Good idea- we go through chia like nobody’s business, but I like the idea of making a hot drink!
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  4. neffsays said: Brilliant. I’ve been wanting to try them for awhile. Adding to the list.
  5. dailybaxter said: I have a bag! The texture they get when added to liquid is soooo weird!
  6. bee-arthur said: I’ve read a lot about the benefits of chia seeds these past few weeks, but I’m a little stumped as to where the heck you buy these things?! whole foods maybe?