Need help with flaxseed!

My hubby is into Flaxseed. He bakes muffins and throws the seed in the muffins or in a casserole he is making, to be honest, I have never tasted them or noticed a difference.

I put ground flaxseed in my son's pancakes. He loves them that way. It gives them a slightly nutty flavor. I have used them in muffins and bread before. It really does not taste like much. Most grocery store carry it now. It is with the flour and things at my store.

I have bought it, unground, in the health food store, but I have also found it recently in Wal Mart, alongside the corn meal, etc. already ground. When I grind my own I use a little electric coffee grinder. I put it on cereal, in baked goods, and I have seen recipes that feature it. It has a slightly nutty taste. I will sprinkle it in salads, as well. If you have trouble with constipation, instead of grinding it, you take a spoonful of seed with a full glass of water. The coating on it makes kind of a mucillage and it is very good at softening stools without the side effects of stimulants. I have been buying the already ground, because then I get around to using it. A health food purist would tell you to only grind it as you use it. Problem was, I never used it, because I did not have time.

I put ground flax seed in and on just about everything. The golden flax seeds are better than the dark ones. I grind them in a coffee grinder and mix into my cereal, oatmeal, baked goods, salad... It's a good thickener and can even be used as egg substitute in some recipes...it won't make things rise but it has a gelatinous quality to it when mixed with water. It doesn't have much taste at all but has lots of omega-3s and fiber. I usually buy it at Wild Oats and Whole Foods in the bulk food section but I think most places have it now. A lot of times it's in the flour/baking aisle or health food aisle.

He gets it at Stop and Shop, in the aisle where the flour and baking stuff is. I would think it is in the same place at WM.

I don't have a lot of knowledge about what it does, but it must be good for you because I bought some about a year ago!! I don't remember where I bought it, but I saw it in a package at CVS Pharmacy just yesterday. I remember seeing it because I thought it was odd to see it at the CVS!! It's in the vitamin/herb dept. I think I must have gotten mine at the supermarket or Wal Mart.

I honestly couldnt tell you what flaxseed tastes like because I've never noticed the flavour..I do use it though..I put it in various meals and dishes (when I remember to LOL) or in batters and whatnot....you can buy it in health food stores but just in the spices isle of your grocery store as well...Thats where I get mine....

My wife puts it in just about everything she bakes. I like the fact that she tells me that she is trying to take care of both of us with it. It just gives me a case of "the warm fuzzies" to know it.

Flaxseed. I haven't even heard of it, we're probably behind you though with these advances I mean... Yesterday my father told me it took 10 years or so to get coloured tv in the uk (after america) so god knows when I will. ~Joey

Flaxseed can be used as a whole grain or an oil. I have used it in a pill form like fih oil capsul. Flaxseed as a whole grain can be cooked up like oatmeal. I have had it mixed in a whole grain cereal which was not bad but not something I would eat everyday. Flaxseed can be baught where you buy whole grains. Raleys here in our town has it. Orgainin stors ususally has it also.

Flax seeds have healthy oils and fatty acids in them and they help protect lubricate the insides of our stomach lining and digestive systems. They are very good for people who experience constipation and they help in easing and making frequent bowel movements. The healthy fatty acids also help reduce cholesterol levels and increase metabolism. I usually buy Flex seed oil capsules from my pharmacy and take them once a day. Also i buy whole flex seeds from my grocery store (in the baking aisle) and use them on top of my breakfast cereal, in stir fries, in baked stuff. Basically you can throw them in anything whenever you want nutty flavor.