Munchkin
Full of Fairy Dust
These little buggers are expensive. Here's the secret to buying them cheap. The Hispanic grocery store! Usually in the bulk food bins. Turns out these little seeds have been a food staple for Central and South American folks for eons. So you can pay a bunch at the regular or healthfood store or go to the Hispanic grocery and pay less than half what the other places charge.
Facebook made me do it. Yes, I had heard about these from DSers but there was this recipe. All you needed was chia seeds and coconut milk. NOT LOW CARB. But it sounded really good. All you had to do was measure out 3T of chia and add 1/2 can of coconut milk. Shake. Let it sit for a while, and eat. Looked sort of like tapioca pudding in the picture.
I tasted the coconut milk and it wasn't really sweet so I added a package of Splenda. Dumped everything in a small jar and shook it up for a couple minutes. The seeds expand really fast and it thickened up and did look like tapioca. It tasted OK. Had a little soapy aftertaste from the coconut milk. It was sort of like tapioca with a little crunch. It was good but if I was going to eat carbs, I would still like tapioca better. I think it would be pretty disgusting made with plain water.
So are the seeds GOOD for me? 3T of chia seeds are 186 calories, 16.5 gr fat, 9 gr fiber(all the carbs are fiber), and 9 gr protein. 9 gr protein in 3T is pretty impressive. I tried eating some plain and they taste like vaguely plantey nothing. But they are crunchy. Wonder if there is a way to make crackers with them?
What does everyone else do with these?
Facebook made me do it. Yes, I had heard about these from DSers but there was this recipe. All you needed was chia seeds and coconut milk. NOT LOW CARB. But it sounded really good. All you had to do was measure out 3T of chia and add 1/2 can of coconut milk. Shake. Let it sit for a while, and eat. Looked sort of like tapioca pudding in the picture.
I tasted the coconut milk and it wasn't really sweet so I added a package of Splenda. Dumped everything in a small jar and shook it up for a couple minutes. The seeds expand really fast and it thickened up and did look like tapioca. It tasted OK. Had a little soapy aftertaste from the coconut milk. It was sort of like tapioca with a little crunch. It was good but if I was going to eat carbs, I would still like tapioca better. I think it would be pretty disgusting made with plain water.
So are the seeds GOOD for me? 3T of chia seeds are 186 calories, 16.5 gr fat, 9 gr fiber(all the carbs are fiber), and 9 gr protein. 9 gr protein in 3T is pretty impressive. I tried eating some plain and they taste like vaguely plantey nothing. But they are crunchy. Wonder if there is a way to make crackers with them?
What does everyone else do with these?
Her posts always talks about those. I need to try them, I never have, and...being as far "down south"...as I am, there's plenty of hispanic stores, so thxs for the tip!
