Homestead Happenings

Something NOT to do

My IRL freind, Mommaofmany, posted on her recipe blog a good substitute for eggs.  She wrote; "Just replace 1 egg in a recipe with 3 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp water.  I do this in almost every multi-egg recipe I have!"  So I tried it and it worked.  Wow!  What a handy thing to know.  It is an easy way to boost the nutritional value of what you are cooking.  Plus it is a handy way to save eggs if you find yourself running short. 

So last week, I was making oatmeal for breakfast and thought, "How can I add more nutrition?  Oh I know, flax seed!"  I ground up some flax seed and put it in.......

Remember the egg substitute thing?  Well it turns out that some how the flax seed combines with water and gels just like and egg.  So my whole pot of oatmeal had the texture of.....you guessed it....eggs....runny eggs.  Tasted fine but felt slimy.  My blessings ate it up but I didn't eat much.

Now I am not blaming Momma.  Just wanted to share so other could learn from my "experience".

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{ 10:45, Tuesday, February 12, 2008 } { Posted by marys4littlelambs }

Hi!
Did you add it while you were cooking it? If you ground flaxseed and add it to the oatmeal after it's cooked it is really yummy, nutty, and not slimy at all!! Hope this helps! Mary

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{ 07:22, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 } { Posted by mommaofmany }

Now, now, now...I add flax to my oatmeal almost every time I make it! I add it whole if I want to cook it, or stir ground flax in when serving.

But good for you for trying something new! Give it another try and let us know how it goes!

I will try again.

{ 10:13, Wednesday, February 13, 2008 } { Posted by motherofblessings }

I put in the ground flax right when I put in oatmeal in the water. I will add it right before serving next time. Thanks for the words of wisdom.