Looking for healthy snack ideas? If you usually turn to fruit, or fruit based snacks, but want something different, then it might be time to consider something like, these flaxseed crackers. We often buy crackers, but you can make your own! It will take you a couple of hours once every 6 weeks (depending on how many you are eating a day, of course!). They will last in the pantry, in an air tight container for a couple of months, they contain wonderful seaweeds which have lots of minerals in them and of course the flaxseeds themselves for the fibre and omega 3 oils. The nutrients in these crackers, are so far ahead of regular crackers so worth the time.
FLAXSEED CRACKERS
Ingredients
- 6 cups of flaxseeds (soak in 12 cups of water for at least 4 hours or overnight flaxseeds)
- 300g carrots or sweet potatoes
- 20g ginger
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 6 Tablespoons of seaweed (dulse, wakame, or kombu) (ground)
- 1 cup of sesame seeds
- 4 lemons juiced
- 4 Tablespoons of tamari
- 8 sheets of nori sheets (cut into pieces)
- 2 tsp of sea salt
- 2 cups of onion or leek or spring onions
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Blend carrots/sweet potatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, lemon juice and tamari
- Mix these blended ingredients in with the soaked flaxseeds
- Add the seaweeds and salt and pepper
- In batches blend this mixture to turn into a batter
- Stir in the sesame seeds and nori pieces
- Place around 2 cups on each dehydrator tray and spread the mixture to 1/4 cm thickness then score each sheet with a rubber spatula into squares – 63C for 1 hour then 42 C for 6 hours then flip on the other side till crispy
- Alternative if using an oven spread on square trays with baking paper on the lowest heat
*Please note that flaxseeds are also known as linseeds
Thank you to Remedy Bliss for the original recipe