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).
White Canadian
Makes: 4 cups (serves two)
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time:
Ingredients:
3/4 cup Shelled Hemp Seed
4 cups filtered water
4 Tbsp maple syrup
4 tsp nutmeg
Directions:
Combine Shelled Hemp Seed and water in a blender. Blend on high for 2 minutes, until creamy and smooth. This is how you make fresh hemp milk. Fill 2 glasses with ice. Add 2 Tbsp of maple syrup and 2 tsp of nutmeg to each glass. Pour 2 cups of Hemp Milk in each glass and stir well. This is a tasty holiday treat. This recipe also goes well with the addition of 1-2 oz of hazelnut liqueur.
Mean Bean Salad
Makes: 8 Cups
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time:
Ingredients:
1/3 Cup Hemp Seed Oil
1/4 Cup Shelled Hemp Seeds
1/3 Cup balsamic vinegar
3 cloves garlic(minced)
1 tin Garbonzo Beans
1 tin Soya Beans
1 tin Kidney Beans
2 celery stalks(finely chopped)
1 tomato(finely chopped)
1 red pepper(finely chopped)
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a bowl. Stir until well mixed. Chill before serving.
Hemp & Apple Muffins
Makes: 12
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 25 min.
Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 rounded tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp frozen, thawed apple juice concentrate
2/3 cup buttermilk(or non-dairy milk)
2 Tbsp oat bran
2 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
1/3 cup Shelled Hemp Seed
Directions: Preheat oven to 350C. Grease 12 standard size muffin-pan cups.
Mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg and salt. Mix together eggs, apple juice and milk. Stir flour mixture and oat bran into egg mixture until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not overmix. Gently stir in chopped apples and Shelled Hemp Seed. Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups 2/3 full. Garnish each muffin with an apple slice,sprinkle with Shelled Hemp Seed. Bake muffins until lightly golden and tops spring back when pressed, 25 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool slightly. Turn muffins out onto rack to cool completely.
Citrus Hemp Butter Spread
Makes: 1/4 cup
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time:
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp Hemp Seed Butter
2 Tbsp fresh squeezed orange juice
cinnamon, nutmeg or cardamom to taste
Directions: Mix hemp seed butter with orange juice and add cinnamon, nutmeg or cardamom to taste.