Healthy Habits - Fitness and Weightloss

One of the best ways that I know to add nutrition to a meal, snack or smoothie is by grinding seeds.

I use a coffee grinder.

It works perfectly to grind almost anything - flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds.

I use these in baking all the time along with powdered milk to replace part of the flour in a recipe.

I also sprinkle ground seeds on almost everything I eat these days. I never used to put ground flax in smoothies because I didn't think the texture would be good.

I tried it and I can barely tell that they are in there.

I keep my coffee grinder on my counter and use it many times a day.

The fresher the ground seeds are when you use them, the more nutrients they will have.

You can grind a few ahead and put them in the freezer, but no more than a day or two, fresh is best.

Watch for more info on the nutritional value of seeds and nuts coming up!