These delicious and healthy hemp hearts recipes are gluten free, dairy free, and utilize the superfood ingredient hemp hearts in many creative sweet or savoury ways!
Healthy Hemp Hearts Recipes To Try!
I’m really loving these healthy recipe round up posts and by the looks of it (and the traffic!) it seems many of you are too! In fact my most popular round up to date was the 17 Easy Plant-Based Breakfast Recipes which still gets tons of love every day. Today I’m sharing 13+ Healthy Hemp Heart Recipes you’ve got to make because hemp hearts are delicious, so good for you, and incredibly easy to add into so many kinds of recipes. I often add hemp seeds to my toddlers coconut yogurt, sprinkle on top of jam toast, or add it to pasta sauce just to up the nutritional value of her food without her even knowing. Hemp hearts are really subtle in flavour and go wonderfully in everything from smoothies, to salads, to pesto!
What Are Hemp Hearts?
Hemp hearts, also known as hemp seeds, are the seeds of the hemp plant. While hemp is sometimes associated with marijuana and while they come from the same species of plant the seeds of the hemp plant do not contain any psychoactive properties…you aren’t going to get high eating hemp hearts!! The “hearts” or seeds of the hemp plant are incredibly nutritious and contain healthy fats, plant proteins, fibre, and many other nutrients including calcium, magnesium, and iron.
What Are the Health Benefits of Hemp Hearts?
Because of the nutritional profile of hemp hearts being high in protein, essential fatty acids, minerals, and fibre they benefit the body in many ways. They have shown to help reduce the risk of heart disease, can improve skin, hair, and nail health, help to stabilize blood sugar levels, and can help boost digestion! These are just some of the evidence based health benefits!
The Hemp Hearts Recipes List:
Easy Goji Berry & Hemp Acai Smoothie Bowls from NITK
Homemade Hemp Milk from Tasty Yummies
Hemp Seed Pesto 3-Ways from Hello Veggie
Hemp Seed & Almond Toasted Granola from Our Nourishing Table
Protein-Packed Hemp & Pecan Maple Oatmeal from NITK
Autumn Cobb Salad with Hemp Seed Dressing from Sweet Lizzy
Tomato Panzanella with Hemp Seed Blue Cheese (Vegan) from Blissful Basil
Hemp & Honey Carrot Cake Oat Cups from NITK
Green Detox Soup with Toasted Hemp Seed Gremolata from Skinny Taste
Keto Overnight Oats from Life Made Sweeter
Chocolate Superfood Energy Balls from Running On Real Food
Spicy Peanut Slaw with Hemp Crusted Salmon from Rachael Heartley Nutrition
Hemp Crusted Tofu from Food Pleasure and Health
Chai Cashew & Hemp Latte from Half Baked Harvest
There you have it! Honestly, if you don’t know where to start on this mouthwatering list, you are in good company. I’m a sweet tooth girl at heart so I want to make the superfood balls first, but that panzanella salad or the autumn cobb salad?! They look unreal too, I might just make a whole week of preparing hemp hearts recipes at home!
Which recipe peaked your interest the most? Are you a regular hemp hearts eater? I’d love to read about it in the comments section. Also, be sure to pin the photo below to save this recipe roundup for later and of course, share the love!
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Christal// NITK
I have tried many hemp hearts recipes. Would love to try all that you have mentioned.
Thanks!! Enjoy! 🙂