Flax Egg
Not just a super healthy and vegan egg substitute for those with dietary requirements, but a great backup solution if you find yourself an egg or two short - baking session saved!
Useful for everyone
If you follow a vegan or egg-free diet already, this is probably something you are already familiar with. But it doesn’t have to be limited to those who never have eggs, you can simply want to do a flax egg to get some more flaxseed in to your diet (because you learned about all the amazing benefits from my article), or you started baking something and realised you were short on eggs and need a solution! If you have a bag or jar of flaxseed handy, you can make one of these “flax eggs” whenever you need them. Perfect for cakes, muffins, pancakes and tons of other things.
Flax Egg
Makes 1 flax egg (easy to double, triple, quadruple etc!) = substitutes 1 regular egg in a recipe
Total time: about 5 minutes (including wait time)
1 tbsp ground flaxseeds
2-3 tbsp water
Instructions
It’s as easy as it could possibly be; mix the flaxseeds and the water gently in a bowl using a spoon or fork. Let it rest for a few minutes and it will bind and go gelatinous and resemble the texture of a mixed egg. You’re done! Baking can resume!
By the way, if you just want a tiny bit more binding in something that you’re making (meatballs, banana pancakes… whatever it might be), you can normally make it even easier than this, and just sprinkle in a tbsp or so of flaxseeds right into the mix (without making it into an “egg”). Get used to using flaxseeds to help you in your cooking and baking, it’s great to have not just a powder that binds things so brilliantly, but that is so healthy and nutritious as well!
Have you ever made a flax egg? Did it work for what you were baking/cooking? Share on Instagram and tag @TheFromScratchBody and hashtag #TheFromScratchBody so I don’t miss it!
