Have you ever wondered how do you make a flax egg? It’s so super easy, this easy 1 flax seed egg recipe is the perfect egg substitute! No need to buy egg replacer anymore or worry about your baked goods crumbling apart, simply use a flaxseed egg!
What is a flax egg & how to make a flax seed egg?
A flax seed egg is a great substitute for an egg. Simply you mix in some ground up flaxseed with some water. This gels and provides the binding agent almost equivalent to what a regular chicken egg would.
How do you make a flax egg? Easy!
Simply grind up some flax seed in a small individual shake blender or coffee grinder. Mix 1 tablespoon of ground flax into 3 tablespoons of water and wait a few minutes until it thickens.
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Benefits of eating Flaxseed
Flax seed is a wonderful brain food, it is very hight in omega 3. Your brain needs omega 3 in order to properly function as well as prevent or even help minimize depression and anxiety.
Only 2 Tablespoons of ground flax a day can help greatly with brain health by providing the omega 3 your body needs, as well as beneficial fiber!
1 oz (28g) of ground flaxseed contains about 6388 milligrams omega-3! That’s almost double the omega-3 in an Atlantic mackerel which has 8930 mg of omega-3 per serving, the fish containing the highest amount of omega-3. Incredible! While the drum fish has 810 mg of omega-3 and Tuna 930 mg of omega-3 per serving.
This is wonderful as there is no reason to be worried about organic flax containing dangerous toxins. Flax just doesn’t have mercury (which has negative effects on the brain) or micro plastics and so much more from our polluted oceans and even polluted fresh water. There is no bioaccumulation with flax!
1 flax egg equals how many eggs?
The flax to egg ratio is 1:1. You only need 1 tablespoon of flaxseed mixed with 3 tablespoons of water to equal one egg.
Ingredients for 1 flax egg recipe
- 1 Tablespoon flaxseed, ground (brown or golden)
- 3 Tablespoons water
Tools You May Need: to make a flax egg substitute
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- Personal Blender, coffee grinder, or blender of some kind
- Tablespoon
Instructions: How to make one flax egg recipe
1. To make 1 flax seed egg first grind up some flax seed in either a personal blender, coffee grinder or blender.
You can grind up extra and store it in the freezer for next time. The flax oils go rancid quickly so keeping small batches of ground flaxseed it in the freezer is idea to prevent this. It will also save you time!
2. Measure 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed into a small glass container.
3. Add 3 tablespoons of water to the ground flax and mix.
4. Let this flax egg mixture rest for a few minutes until it gels.
5. Add with the wet ingredients to the recipe.
Or if you’re like me and want to make cooking quicker and easier here’s my flax egg substitute hack below.
The fast version of making a flax egg substitute in a recipe!
I often skip steps 3 and 4, and have found my recipes turn out just fine so far.
Instead add 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed to the recipe with the dry ingredients and add the extra 3 tablespoons of water with the wet ingredients. No mixing or waiting for the flax egg to gel, saves on time and dishes.
You can measure out extra water, but I honestly have forgotten to enough times that I’ve realized that part doesn’t really matter. At least not with my cornbread or muffins for sure.
I’m super curious if you skip the gelling step too? If you try it let me know if it works for you too in the comments below!
FAQs: flaxseed egg substitute
What recipes do you use flax egg substitute for?
Any recipe that calls for an egg as a binding agent.
How to store extra ground flaxseed.
The oils in ground flax go rancid quickly so I like to grind up small batches to have on hand and keep them in the freezer.
Typically we eat 2T of flax per person each day with our breakfast for the omega-3 brain health. I’ll make up this amount and a bit more for cooking for up to a weeks worth in the freezer.
Flower Gardening Hack – use flax seeds!
Not only is flax seed very high in omega-3 it’s also a beautiful flower that’s cheap and easy to grow in your flower garden.
It grows to about 3-4 feet and produces pretty light blue flowers for most of the season.
It’s fun for kids to enjoy picking and finding flaxseeds inside in the fall! However we found that harvesting any substantial quantity is very time consuming. So personally I will plant them again, solely to enjoy the beautiful delicate flax flowers.
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Flax Seed Egg
This easy 1 flax seed egg recipe is the perfect egg substitute or egg replacement.
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon ground flaxseed
- 3 Tablespoons water
Instructions
- Grind up some flax seed in either a personal blender, coffee grinder or blender.
- Measure out 1 Tablespoon of ground flaxseed into a small glass container.
- Add 3 tablespoons of water to the ground flax and mix.
- Set aside for a few minutes for the the flaxseed to gel.
- Add your flax egg with the wet ingredients to your recipe as you would a regular egg.
Notes
- To save time try skipping steps 3 to 5 by simply adding the ground flaxseed directly with the dry ingredients. Then add the extra Tablespoons of water to the wet ingredients.
- Grind up extra flax seed and store it in the freezer for next time to save you time. The flax oils go rancid quickly so keeping small batches of ground flaxseed it in the freezer is idea to prevent this.
- One Tablespoon of flax, not ground, contains 2.383 g of omega-3.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 55 kcalTotal Fat: 4.34gSaturated Fat: 0.377gTrans Fat: 0.001gUnsaturated Fat: 2.959gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 4mgCarbohydrates: 2.97gFiber: 2.8gSugar: 0.16gProtein: 1.88g
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