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Hemp seeds have been a staple food source for centuries. As well as being a nourishing, versatile and economical food, hemp seeds are: • Easy to use: Hemp requires no cooking, soaking or crushing. Your body takes what it needs and eliminates what it doesn’t. • Safe and gentle: Unlike conventional and processed foods, hemp seeds do not burden the body with toxins, allergens and GMOs. Why? Because they are organic meaning no synthetic or harmful pesticides, chemicals or fertilisers. • Sustainably produced: You don’t have to kill anything or poison the planet to grow hemp seeds. They grow just about anywhere without needing fertilisers, herbicides or pesticides, and they require less water than wheat, rice or soy. Nutrition powerhouse Hemp seeds contain the highest amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), providing around 35 grams of PUFAs for every 100 grams of seeds. Hemp seeds also provide a high quality and quantity of protein for a plant-based food, at around 34 grams for every 100 grams of seeds. Even better: hemp protein is gluten-free with a complete essential amino acid profile. Get hemp into your life • Use hemp seeds to make hemp milk, ice cream and hummus; sprinkle seeds onto morning muesli, or over casseroles and bakes as a topping. • Hemp seed oil is a marvellous multi-tasker – try it in salad dressings, sauces, as a nutty-tasting dip for bread, or Hemp, hemp, hooray! Hemp seeds are nutritious, delicious and so good for your heart, brain, skin and hair. Hemp for happiness
RECIPES Dairy Free Cup Cakes Cake ingredients • 1 banana • juice of 1 lemon • 75 g brown sugar • 4 tablespoons
flaxseed or chia ‘egg’* • 150 ml vegetable oil • 100 g Hemp Foods Australia Hemp Protein • 75 g all-purpose flour • ½ teaspoon bicarb soda • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 1 cup waste fibre from making fresh juice • handful of Hemp Foods Australia Hemp Seeds Butter cream • 250 g plant-based butter • 450 g icing sugar • 50 ml fresh juice • handful of Hemp Foods Australia Hemp Seeds Hemp Protein Balls • ½ cup Hemp Foods Australia Hemp Protein • 2 tablespoons Hemp Foods Australia Hemp Flour • ¼ cup nut butter • 2 tablespoons maple syrup • ½ cup cacao powder • 2 tbsp. coconut oil, melted • pinch salt Coatings • 1 tbsp. each Hemp Foods Australia Hemp Seeds, chia seeds, desiccated coconut & cacao powder. Directions: Blend all protein
Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 200 o C. 2. Mix all cupcake ingredients together in a bowl and spoon into paper cases. 3. Bake for 20 minutes, remove from oven and cool on a rack. 4 . Combine buttercream ingredients. Spoon onto the cooled cakes, sprinkle with seeds and refrigerate until served. *Made by whisking together 1 tablespoon of flaxseed or chia seeds and 4 tablespoons of water until fully absorbed and thickened to a glutinous, egg-like consistency.
a drizzle over dishes to boost nutrition. • Add hemp protein
powder to shakes, protein balls and energy bars, as well as flour- based baked goods like pasta or muffins.
ball ingredients together in a food processor until smooth. Refrigerate mixture for 30 minutes, then roll spoonfuls into balls. Roll each ball through the different coatings.
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