Chia Seeds

[ledboots]

I have a co worker who walks around the office with a water bottle. She has chia seeds in there with the water and drinks it all day long. They look look like slimy little tadpoles, lol. She doesn't seem to mind it. I don't think I could put them in a liquid and drink it like that.

I made the chocolate pudding and while it was very tasty, I didn't like the texture.

I bought my adult son a fruit drink with the chia seeds just hanging in there just like tadpoles. . I thought it was really funny; he said the texture was horrible plain, but he ended up mixing it in with a smoothie.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I purchased a packet of organic chia seeds (Argentinian) with my latest order on iherb. I add them to smoothies, salads, hot oatmeal and as egg subsitutes instead of linseed/flax.

I'm going to start having chia seeds everyday, probably in a smoothie.

I take a flax seed capsule daily now as well.

 

[silva]

I'm going to start having chia seeds everyday, probably in a smoothie.

I take a flax seed capsule daily now as well.

I use a T of ground flax everyday in my oats, and use it in date nut bars.
Chia I've been having in smoothies or matcha spice lattes. I'm adament about it being well hydrated before I drink it! Just seems like it would bind if taken dry
I've been wanting to sprout chia to eat!

 

[Moll Flanders]

I'm having a smoothie now with two bananas, frozen blueberries, water and a tablespoon of chia seeds.

I didn't let the seeds expand in water first as the idea creeps me out.

 

[silva]

I'm having a smoothie now with two bananas, frozen blueberries, water and a tablespoon of chia seeds.

I didn't let the seeds expand in water first as the idea creeps me out.

Aren't you wierded out thinking of them hydrating inside you? . I imagine how they are if left on the side of a wet glass, they get hard if not in water. Or if you don't keep them shaken, they clump up.
I think of them sucking up the water in the lining of my esophagus, stomach, or intestines

 

[Moll Flanders]

Aren't you wierded out thinking of them hydrating inside you? . I imagine how they are if left on the side of a wet glass, they get hard if not in water. Or if you don't keep them shaken, they clump up.
I think of them sucking up the water in the lining of my esophagus, stomach, or intestines

Gag, they are quite freaky, I got one stuck in my teeth and it went all jelly-like. I tried to drink the smoothie down without thinking about it.

I'm having frozen blueberries, banana and apple with the chia seeds today.

 

[Tom L.]

I have been taking a teaspoon of chia seeds in the morning for years now. Of course, they contain Omega 3s, but the good thing about them is they are much more easily digestible than flax seeds. I won't say they are life changing, but they are definitely nutritious and worth taking.

I haven't tried chia seeds yet, but sometimes get flax seeds for their Omega-3 content. I get them whole, because they go rancid more quickly if they're ground (flaxseed oil doesn't keep well, either). I grind relatively small portions of them in my blender, keep them refrigerated, and add them to things. They develop a mucilaginous texture when they get wet- kinda like chia seeds, I suppose- but this doesn't bother me when it's only about a tablespoon of ground flax in more than a cup of dry rolled oats.

@silva I've heard that you're not supposed to consume too much ground flax at one time for the same reason: the ground flax seeds tend to really absorb moisture, and they might possibly form a big, hard-to-digest clump inside you. I don't know if this is really something to worry about, but I don't think I'd care to eat a tablespoon of ground flax seeds without quite a bit of something else to help it go down, anyway.

 

[KLS52]

I love that word...mucilaginous.

 

[silva]

I haven't tried chia seeds yet, but sometimes get flax seeds for their Omega-3 content. I get them whole, because they go rancid more quickly if they're ground (flaxseed oil doesn't keep well, either). I grind relatively small portions of them in my blender, keep them refrigerated, and add them to things. They develop a mucilaginous texture when they get wet- kinda like chia seeds, I suppose- but this doesn't bother me when it's only about a tablespoon of ground flax in more than a cup of dry rolled oats.

@silva I've heard that you're not supposed to consume too much ground flax at one time for the same reason: the ground flax seeds tend to really absorb moisture, and they might possibly form a big, hard-to-digest clump inside you. I don't know if this is really something to worry about, but I don't think I'd care to eat a tablespoon of ground flax seeds without quite a bit of something else to help it go down, anyway.

I put a tablespoon of ground flax in oats and hemp seeds and water. Now I'll do soaked buckwheat groats. I forgot why I used water and was reminded that iron foods aren't absorbed as well with calcium foods, so I stopped the non dairy milks

Chia is usually in smoothies or tumeric matcha lattes. I never eat either one dry . I read people sp;rinkle them on salad and stuff and I'm like- noooooooooo