Salba is an ancient grain that comes from the Chia seed family and is related to the seeds used to grow the popular Chia Pets. Salba seeds are nutritionally dense and a good source of fiber, folic acid, omega-3 and 6 fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. There is speculation that the salba seed may have formed the nutritional core of the ancient Aztec diet as early as 3500 B.C.E. Look for salba seeds in your local health food store or any online health food retailer.
Step 1
Eat salba raw. Salba seeds do not need to be cooked and can be eaten straight out of the package. Some ideas for how to use raw salba seeds are to sprinkle the seeds over cereal or oatmeal and into salads and mix them into yogurts and dips.
Step 2
Cook with salba by adding two tablespoons or more of salba seeds to your usual savory meal such as lasagne, pasta dishes and soups, or try salba sprinked over cooked vegetables or baked in the oven with meat and fish dishes.
Step 3
Bake with salba seeds by adding two tablespoons of salba to any baked good, such as cookies, cakes and brownies. Salba seeds can also be added to breads either in the dough itself or sprinkled on top before baking. Salba is gluten-free and can be used as a flour substitute. Use one part of ground salba seeds for every three parts of wheat flour in a recipe.
Step 4
Use salba in recipes as an egg substitute. To replace one egg mix two tablespoons of ground salba with 1/2 cup of cold water to create a salba gel. Follow the recipe as usual.
Things You'll Need
- Salba seeds
- Water
- Measuring cup
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