Skinny Seed

Chia seeds. Sound at all familiar? How about chia pets? Jogging your memory yet? Our family has just discovered the "skinny seed" as it's commonly known, and found it to really work. Ideally, you eat it, then it expands to 9 times it's size in your tummy, making you feel full or quite a while. Well, we tried it and here's the result.


First, I sprinkled it into our pancake batter (about 1/4 cup for a double batch of batter) and it promptly made my fairly runny whole wheat pancake batter a much thicker consistency. We all consumed a lot few pancakes too.
Next we sprinkled it into our oatmeal. No, it didn't make us feel fuller longer.

At this point we're thinking "it's a nice nutrient rich seed, but maybe it doesn't work when you're already on a vegan diet." Not so...

I kept experimenting. I added a couple tablespoons to water and let it gel up overnight, then added it to our oatmeal and smoothies. Again, it didn't make us feel any fuller BUT...It appeared that everyone was getting a good intestinal scrub.

Just as I started to give up I also went on an Oreo binge. I couldn't get enough! It was a really bad craving. The result? Well, prior to all this my pregnancy net weight gain was teetering at 13 pounds. This morning my gain has dropped to 8, with 9 plus weeks to go! I think I'll keep the seeds around!

I daresay it actually does make you skinny; it just might take a few days to get there.

Oh, and where do you get it? Well, if you're in Arizona, try Food Wise!