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Happy New Year from Valley Flaxflour Ltd.

Volume 2 Issue 8

January 2011

In This Issue
Flax Fact Table: A Comparative Look at Flax
Flax Recipe - Flax Flour in Frozen Muffin Batter or in Dry Muffin Mix
Making Valley Flaxflour a Success in Your Long Term Care Facility

A Comparative Look at Flax

 

Here is a comparative look at how flax stands up to other high fibre cereals. Take a look for yourself and see why hundreds of people are using flax.  With 4.0 g of fibre (1 gram soluble fibre) in a 2 tablespoon serving, it's no wonder people all across the country are talking about it!

 

Food Source

(2 Tbsp portion size )

Total

Fibre (g)

Soluble Fibre (g)

Flax Flour

4.0

1.0

Fibre 1 - Original

3.4

0.2

Oat bran

1.4

0.7

Wheat bran

3.0

0.6

Wheat germ

2.6

0.5

All bran - Original

2.4

0.2

All bran - Buds

3.2

1.4

All bran - Guardian

0.7

0.5


 
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Flax Muffins in Frozen Muffin Batter or in Dry Muffin Mix
  
Flax Flour in Frozen Muffin Batter

Ingredients: 
#16 Scoops muffin batter, thawed (10)
Golden Flax flour (3/4 cup)
Juice or water (3/4 cup)

1. Scoop the batter into a large bowl. 
2. Add the flax flour and juice or water. Stir just enough to blend ingredients.
3. Scoop the batter into non-stick or paper lined muffin cups and bake as per batter instructions.
Yields 12 muffins

Flaxflour in Dry Muffin Mix

Ingredients: 
Muffin mix 450 g (3 1/3 cups)
Flax flour 100 g (1 cup)
Egg (if required) 1 (1)
Water 450 ml (1 3/4 cups)
Mini chocolate chips (optional) 130 g (3/4 cup)

1. Preheat oven to 400 F
2. Combine commercial muffin mix with the flax flour, water, egg (if using) and chocolate chips (optional). Let sit for one minute.
3. Scoop the batter into non-stick or paper linked muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes.
Yields 12 muffins

For additional recipes using flax please visit us online at http://www.flaxflour.com/recipes.html
  

  

Making Valley Flaxflour a Success in Your Long Term Care Facility

Natural Bowel Care Programs that focus on providing flax flour in a variety of foods tend to show better long term success, than those who offer flax in just a single food.

Quick tip for using flax flour:
 
  • When adding flax to any recipe, increase the liquid by an amount equal to the volume of flax flour you are adding. For example, when you add 1/4 cup of flax flour, also add an additional 1/4 cup of liquid to your recipe.

Using Premium Fine Milled Valley Flax Flour is as easy as adding 2 tablespoons to your breakfast cereal, yogurt, apple sauce or smoothie.


Flax adds a slight nutty flavor to biscuits, muffins, dumplings, pancakes, cookies, cakes, bread, casseroles and fruit crisps.
 
Premium Fine Milled Valley Flax Flour is stable for several months at room temperature and is also stable at cooking and baking temperatures.
 

For additional recipes and tips visit us online: www.flaxnet.org 


From all of us at Valley Flaxflour Ltd., Happy New Year!  We wish you all the best in 2011 and look forward to working with you over the coming year.
Sincerely, 
 
Howard Selig, PDt.                                  Amy Gyger, RD
President, Valley Flaxflour Ltd.                 Customer Service Representative
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