Have you ever tried hemp seeds? Forget any association with the cannabis plant, these won’t affect you in any odd ways!
I like hemp seeds (I always buy them hulled), they have a lovely nutty flavour, and adding a sprinkle to any dish adds a great extra flavour but also much needed protein for a vegetarian like me 🙂
Having bought some recently I started to think about utilising them in new ways so decided to research some ideas for using them, hence making hemp seed butter. I literally threw some in my Nutribullet and whizzed them up to create a butter, akin to any nut butter basically. The Nutribullet makes light work of making any nut or seed butter and these took literally seconds to become a paste; I decided to add some coconut oil to mine for some extra goodness and flavour.
The green colour really comes out when you make butter from the seeds.
And so my brain continued whirring in the way it does…as tahini is just creamed sesame seeds, these creamed hemp seed could surely be used in a similar way to tahini? So I used it to make a dressing..
This is literally just some flat leaf parsley, garlic, lemon juice, water and some of the hemp seed butter. The result was really tasty! The hemp seeds respond well to being mixed with water and can be used as a non dairy addition to all sorts of things. I’ll definitely use it again in dressings and dips.
It was perfect over some roasted butternut squash the next day..
I would definitely suggest giving some hemp seeds a go and check out the different things people have made with them online. If nothing else, just chuck some over your salad or roasted vegetables for some added goodness.
Enjoy!
A successful attempt Elaine 😊
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Thank you 🙂
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Gorgeous! I’ve not tried hemp seeds? Looks like you’ve created one yummy dressing.
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Thank you 🙂 if you can find them, give them a try x
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I bought a packet of hemp seeds on a whim a couple of months ago without any real idea of what to do with them other than chuck them into a smoothie. I’ll be giving this dressing a go now – thanks for the inspiration!
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My pleasure 🙂 I hope you like it x
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I usually just sprinkle them on salads or yogurt – this is a great new idea! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Never thought or tried to hemp seeds dressing- sounds abd looks like a winner combo to me…:)
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Thank you 🙂
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We love finding new ways to use our organic hemp seed butter. Thank you for posting this great recipe. We can’t wait to try this week for lunch.
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Great 🙂 thank you
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Absolutely gorgeous dressing! 🙂 xx
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Thank you xxx
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Wow, what a good idea! The texture of the dressing looked so creamy I thought perhaps you added yogurt to it. As a vegetarian I’m always looking for protein sources too. Going to add hemp seed to the grocery list this week. 🙂
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Cool! I’m glad I could give you a new idea 🙂
I’ve whizzed up some more hemp seeds with a bit of water and lemon juice today and it makes it really creamy, I think it makes a good yoghurt substitute x
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I’ve never heard of hemp seeds Elaine but will keep my eyes out for them now!
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Cool 🙂
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I have never tried hemp seeds but that looks very nice so will need to add them to the shopping list. xx
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I hope you like them xxx
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I’m sure I will
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I need to get hemp seeds!
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