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Holiday Hemp Recipe & Gift Ideas

Dec 8, 2008 Recipes

So to get ready for the holidays, Manitoba Harvest is having is offering a discount on their Hemp Food Starter Pack. You can get $10 off of the normal starter pack and $15 off of the gift starter pack. Here’s what you get.

1 x 12 Fl oz (355 ml) Hemp Seed Oil
1 x 10 oz (283 g) Hemp Seed Butter
1 x 8 oz (227 g) Shelled Hemp Seed
1 x 16 oz (455 g) Hemp Protein & Fiber Powder
1 x Hemp Nutrition Booklet and brochure

Regularly: $ 45.00 + $10.00 shipping: $55.00 total

Gift Pack until Dec 31: only $ 40.00 shipping included (save $15.00)

You can order your Hemp Food Starter pack here, but if you’re wondering what to do with all that hemp food, here is a few recipes (also complements of the Manitoba Harvest people).

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Hemp Pasta Salad

Nov 4, 2008 Facts, Recipes

Yesterday, Gourmet Retailer featured a great overview of hemp as both a raw material and culinary ingredient, and then followed it up with a recipe.The article goes over some of the health benefits of hemp and then reprints this recipe for Hemp Orzo Pasta Salad from Manitoba Harvest.

Cook one cup Orzo pasta in boiling, salted water. Fold in the following ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons cold-pressed hemp seed oil
  • 1 tablespoon hemp seed butter
  • 1 tablespoon shelled hemp seed
  • 1 tablespoon tahini
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar
  • 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 2 tablespoons Bragg’s amino acid, or
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper or cayenne
  • 1 small cucumber, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cup black beans, pinto beans, garbanzo beans or shelled edamame, as you prefer

What was really interesting about the piece, however, was that it didn’t just focus on the nutritional benefits of hemp, but also on many of industrial and environmental benefits, not to mention many of the socio-political issues surround hemp. For instance, to illustrate some of the paradoxes of hemp production, author James Mellgren writes:

In France and China, they use it to strengthen concrete. Mercedes Benz uses it to make many of their interior door panels, and the original Levi jeans were made from it. Christopher Columbus had ropes made from it as he sailed to the New World, and our own Declaration of Independence is written on it. It was grown by the Puritans, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin used it to make paper in America’s first paper mill. All around the world, it is used to make paper, clothing, rope, textiles, biodegradable plastics, food and fuel. It requires no chemicals to make it grow or keep bugs away, controls the erosion of the topsoil, and produces oxygen. It also can supplant many industrial materials that have been proven to be harmful to the environment and to ourselves such as paper made from trees (not only does this require the cutting down of trees but the use of bleach and other toxic chemicals contribute to water pollution anywhere paper is made), cosmetics and plastics that are petroleum-based and do not break down easily. What is this wonder material? Is it some new high-tech substance, perhaps? The answer is, of course, hemp, a plant (a weed really) that has been cultivated for nearly 10,000 years, and has been used for various purposes since the Stone Age. It could be the answer to untold environmental issues, not to mention world hunger, and yet you can’t grow it because it’s against the law in the United States.

Seeing this kind of socio-politico awareness in a gourmet magazine gives me hope that we’re that much closer to introducing hemp products into the mainstream. That kind of market demand would stimulate not only technological advancements that would facilitate mass-production and drive down the price of hemp-related products, but likely inspire legislative reform in immense but prohibitive markets such as the US.

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Hemp Balls Recipe

Oct 6, 2008 Recipes

A blog called Raw Toddler Alex, which is about a 3 year old who has been a “raw vegan” all his life has posted a recipes for a dessert called Hemp Balls. Here it is:

2 cups hemp seeds
1/2 cup dried cranberries
6 pitted medjool dates
Place hemp seeds into your coffee grinder to make them into a fine powder. Add to a food processor with the medjool dates and blend until well incorporated. Add the dried cranberries and pulse to incorporate. (I like to have them somewhat whole)
Take the batter and roll into bite size pieces. Roll the Hemp Balls into whole hemp seeds and chill until firm.

All in all, Raw Toddler Alex seems like an interesting journey through raw veganism, and I’m sure there are plenty other recipes there, so I encourage you to check it out.

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Hemp Milk Benefits and Recipe

Oct 6, 2008 Facts, Products, Recipes

The Global Healing Center has a great piece by Dr. Edward Group on the The Benefits of Organic Hemp Milk. The article starts out dispelling some of the myths behind hemp food products, covers how growing hemp in the US is still illegal, offers an overview of the specific nutritional benefits of hemp milk, and even finishes off with a recipe for how to make hemp milk at home! Here’s an excerpt on the health benefits:

Organic hemp milk is also a great alternative to toxic cow’s milk and those who cannot consume dairy because of dietary issues.

One 8-Ounce glass contains the following healthy nutrients:

  • 900mg Omega-3 Fatty Acid
  • 2800mg Omega-6 Fatty Acid
  • All 10 Essential Amino Acids
  • 4 grams of Digestible Protein
  • 46% of RDA of Calcium
  • 0% Cholesterol
  • Potassium
  • Phosphorous
  • Riboflavin
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin B12
  • Folic Acid
  • Vitamin D
  • Magnesium
  • Iron
  • Zinc
  • And more…

To get the full lowdown and a recipe on how to make your own organic hemp milk at home, check out the original article: The Benefits of Organic Hemp Milk

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