Hemp seeds also have a plethora of fat-soluble vitamins and minerals including Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Zinc, B Vitamins, Vitamin E, and Vitamin D3 (the only known plant source of D3!) as well as antioxidants and enzymes. They’re also low in carbohydrates: All of these benefits with only a ½ gram of sugar for every 20g serving of hemp seeds. (Source: Hempfoods.com)

Here’s How to Get More Raw Hemp Seeds in Your Diet

It is incredibly important to eat raw, living foods. These foods contain enzymes, which are healing and sustaining to the liver (the health of the liver has been considered vital for our health and well-being for 5000 years of Chinese medicine).

One of the many struggles with eating healthy foods is that it can be challenging to integrate items like hemp seeds into our diets, especially when we are new to using them. Smoothies and switching to hemp milk and hemp oils are great options, but what about actually creating meals with raw hemp seeds?

Thankfully, there are people out there like natural medicine expert Brigitte Mars, who has authored dozens of books on nutrition for healing and wellness. I was fortunate enough to interview her recently on my new show Lucid Planet Radio, about how to use natural remedies to enhance our mental and emotional health. We had quite an interesting discussion, which can you listen to here.

Brigitte was kind enough to share these amazing raw, vegan, gluten-free hemp seed recipes with me and give permission to pass them along. Try eating one of these 30 recipes each day for an entire month and see how you feel! You can find a wide variety here, from breakfast, soups, snacks, condiments entrees, and desserts.

ENJOY!

Breakfast:

1. Groovin’ Granola

Enjoying granola raw preserves more of its vitamin E and B complex content.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup each of almonds, walnuts, pumpkin and hemp seed
• 3 cups dates, pitted and soaked
• 2 pears or apples, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Celtic salt

Preparation:

Soak almonds, walnuts, and pumpkin seeds overnight and rinse well. Add all ingredients to the food processor and blend. Mix blended ingredients into the nuts and pulse briefly. Spread on dehydrator sheets and dehydrate, occasionally breaking up large pieces into bite-sized morsels. Store in a glass jar.

2. Hemp Muesli

Based on a traditional Swiss breakfast, hemp seed makes this even more nutritious and delicious

Ingredients:

• 2 cups steel cut rolled oats
• 1 cup hemp seed
• 1/2 cup dried apricots, pitted and chopped
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds

Preparation:

Mix all the ingredients together and store in a jar in the refrigerator. Makes about 4 1/2 cups.

Optional:

Add 1/2 sliced ripe banana or 1/2 chopped peeled apple for a nutritious breakfast.

3. Hemp Milk

Use Hemp milk as a delicious beverage, to make smoothie, ice cream, and in your granola/ muesli

Ingredients:

• 1 cup hemp seed
• 1 quart pure water
• Natural sweetener (optional)

Preparation:

Blend the ingredients in the blender add the water gradually for three minutes. Makes 1 quart.

Soups:

4. Gazpacho

A cool summer soup, or to add flair to any Latin inspired meal.

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe tomatoes
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 chopped red pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil
• 1/2 cup hemp seed
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon or lime juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Cucumber as garnish

Preparation:

Whiz all the ingredients through the blender (except the cucumber). Makes about 4 cups. Serve in bowls and garnish with  slices of cucumber.

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