seeds

Hello all, I made my first bread a couple of weeks back and it turned out well, but I would like to try the same bread with pumpkin seeds in it. What I'm not sure about is how many seeds to add. Would half a cup seem like a reasonable amount? When should I add the seeds? At the very...

How long do chia seeds need to expand in cold, warm and boiling water? I left some chia seeds in cold water for about 20 minutes and they didn't look any bigger.

Today I am going to share with you an unusual recipe of Spring onion greens, coconut in melon seeds and cashew that you might not have even heard of. Have you ever tasted vegetable prepared with this combination? No! Then you must give this amazing recipe a try at least once. Ingredients (Serve...

I'm incorporating mustard seeds when I make porridge (boil in milk for 5 minutes) and buckwheat (boil in water for 20 minutes). I've tried grinding them then soaking in cold water before adding to the porridge and simply add the ground seeds to the buckwheat. In all cases I get no taste from...

I have these hemp seeds. I've bought these as my instinct is to assume they are less processed than hulled seeds. Just Natural Organic Org Hempseed Whole 250g Should I roast them before eating? They're OK raw, but nothing special. If I should roast then at what temperature and for how long...

When I first saw this recipe, I thought it odd, but ya know what? It's really tasty!

Cold Somen Salad 3 servings Salad Ingredients: ½ of a package of Somen Noodles (6 oz.) 1 C. Lettuce, shredded ½ C. each, Carrots, Char Siu or Chinese BBQ Pork, Kamaboko or Steamed Fish Cake, all julienne 1 C. Hot House Cucumbers, julienne 1 Egg 1 pinch each, Dashi Powder and granulated Sugar...

This has been a favourite for years until my dairy allergy kicked in to full anaphylaxis. It goes without saying that you can make it with dairy versions of everything. It works really Well with a good tasty Cheddar like Wexford. Ingredients 350g Wholemeal flour (plain) 2 tsp baking powder 1...

so first thing first, this isn't me going mad. it's a real Chinese dish, often referred to as black sesame soup, though I think it's more a pudding than a soup, perhaps a custard? but that all depends on how thick you make it. It's often served at Chinese New Year with black sticky rice balls...

Welcome to the CookingBites recipe Challenge. The current challenge ingredient is nuts or seeds* and The Late Night Gourmet is our judge. To enter, all you need to do is post a recipe** using nuts or seeds (note separate tags), tag it cookingbites recipe challenge and post a link to it in this...

Swordfish goes very well with this breading made with linseed, sesame and pumpkin seeds, without any need to add breadcrumbs. Pan-fried swordfish doesn’t need much cooking, just a few minutes is enough to avoid this gorgeous fish to become dry and stodgy. Serves 2, Preparation 5 mins, Cooking...

Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves Caramelized Onion & Cheese Filling 3 Tbsp EVOO about 4 cups chopped yellow onion, about 2 large Kosher salt 1 cup gruyere cheese, grated 1/3 cup toasted seed mix, I used about equal parts of white sesame, nigella and flax, divided Dough 4-1/2 to 5 cups...

Ingredients for a 500g loaf, Preparation time 30 mins, Cooking time about 5 hours included rising dough Durum Wheat Semolina Flour, 500 g Lukewarm water, about 250-300 ml Fresh brewer’s yeast 10 g or dried yeast, 9 g Evoo – Extra Virgin Olive Oil, a tablespoon Fine salt, a tablespoon White or...

Hello, I somehow found myself in possession of what appears to be a nut, but have no idea what it is. At first I thought it might have been the pit of some citrus fruit, but now I am wholly unsure. I thought maybe one of you more experienced wielders of nuts could help me. I took the...

My wife came home with "perilla seeds" last week. It appears that they are good for making oil but not much else. My wife eats them raw. Any ideas?

Quite a few entries in the recent Recipe Challenge used pumpkin or squash seeds - roasted from scratch. I made @Herbie's lovely winning recipe Warm squash, red onion and brown lentil salad. But not for the first time I didn't succeed with cooking the seeds. Is it to do with the type of squash...

The recipe comes from the Middle Eastern Vegetable Cookbook with a few changes to make it closer to my tastes. We served it with caramelised onion rice & polenta cakes. Ingredients 2 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 4 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 sprigs of thyme 750g...

What's the best way to extract the flavour from the pods but avoid the husks? I want to make orange and cardamon choc truffles but not sure of what to do with the pods.

I thought I would extend the 'What fruits are veg and what veg are fruits' into nuts and seeds... So did you know that cashew nuts are actually a seed? Me neither. And there is a Cashew Apple as well. They are botanically a seed not a nut because there is a cashew apple involved in their...