A little healthy snack

I have a bad habbit of snacking on cookies, chocolate and anything sweet, any time of the day. If things are sitting around on the kitchen counter, it is probable they won't last long.
Today however, I wanted to try making a healthier snack. I noticed this recipe in a book I bought recently, called Antioxidants on your plate (Antiossidanti nel piatto), and was just waiting for the right mood to make them.
To make them even healthier, I substituted part of white flour with whole wheat and rye flour, and halved the salt.
Surprisingly good, not so flaky as store bought crackers of course, but that's part of the game, you need to chew them longer and you eat less in the end ^__^
Today, I served them with some cottage cheese mixed with chive, a lovely combo, but I'm sure they'd be great with any dip, served as a finger food at a party, a snack or an appetizer.
Flax seeds add some omega-3 fatty acids, so I thought they'd be useful for my husband as well (I've read the flax seeds may help lower cholesterol levels). And, miracles happen every now and then, he liked them. Yes!!!

Flax Seeds Crackers

* 120 g white wheat flour
* 40 g whole wheat flour
* 40 g whole rye flour
* 10 g flax seeds
* 150 ml water
* 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 5 TBspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Boil the flax seeds with the 150 ml water for 5 minutes.
Set aside to cool.
Put all three types of flour, the salt, the poppy seeds and the olive oil into the bowl of your food processor with blade attachment.
Add the flax seeds with the mucilage and mix well until all ingredients start coming together. If necessary add a little water (I needed about 15-20 ml).
Transfer the dough to a kneading board and knead just shortly to form smooth dough.
Roll it out very thin (about 2 mm). Using a pizza or pastry cutter cut the dough into rectangles (I made them 5x8 cm).
Transfer them to a baking sheet and punch with a fork.
Bake the crackers in an oven preheated to 200°C for about 15 minutes.
Let them cool before serving.
I got about 18 pieces.




Cracker ai semi di lino
(ricetta tratta e adattata dal libro Antiossidanti nel piatto)


* 120 g di farina "00"
* 40 g di farina integrale di grano
* 40 g di farina integrale di segale
* 10 g di semi di lino
* 150 ml di acqua
* 1 cucchiaino di semi di papavero
* 1 cucchiaino di sale
* 5 cucchiai di olio extra vergine d'oliva


Fate bollire i semi di lino in 150 ml d'acqua per 5 minuti.
Lasciateli raffreddare.
Mescolate nel robot da cucina le farine, il sale, i semi di papavero e l'olio EVO.
Aggiungete anche i semi di lino con la mucillagine e azionate il mixer fino a ottenere un impasto omogeneo.
Stendete la sfoglia molto sottile su un piano leggermente infarinato.
Ritagliate i rettangoli (i miei erano 5x8 cm) e trasferiteli su una placca da forno.
Punzecchiate i cracker con una forchetta e cuoceteli nel forno già riscaldato a 200°C per circa 15 minuti.
Lasciateli raffreddare prima di servirli.



Ovaj sam se mjesec prilično ulijenila, ali ipak u zadnji čas stižem sudjelovati u ovomjesečnom krugu igre Ajme koliko nas je, koju je pokrenula Monsoon, a čija je domaćica ovaj mjesec Jovana s bloga Jojini isprobani recepti, odabrala kao temu mak.
U ovim zdravim krekerima s lanenim sjemenkama, bogatim omega-3 masnim kiselinama, našao je svoje mjesto i mak.
Uživajte uz ovu izvrsnu grickalicu.

Krekeri s lanenim sjemenkama
(recept preuzet i prilagođen iz knjige Antiossidanti nel piatto)


* 120 g bijelog pšeničnog brašna
* 40 g integralnog pšeničnog brašna
* 40 g integralnog raženog brašna
* 10 g sjemenki lana
* 150 ml vode
* 1 žličica maka u zrnu
* 1 žličica soli
* 5 žlica ekstradjevičanskog maslinovog ulja


Stavite kuhati sjemenke lana u 150 ml vode, 5 minuta od početka vrenja. Ostavite da se sjemenke ohlade u sluzi.
Stavite sve tri vrste brašna, sol, mak i maslinovo ulje u zdjelu multipraktika.
Dodajte sjemenke lana zajedno sa sluzi i izmiksajte da dobijete ujednačenu smjesu.
Ako vam se čini presuha dodajte malo vode (ja sam dodala otprilike 15-20 ml), istresite na radnu površinu i kratko izmijesite.
Razvaljajte tijesto vrlo tanko na sasvim malo pobrašnjenoj površini (tijesto je masno od ulja i ne lijepi se jako).
Izrežite pravokutnike - moji su 5x8 cm - i premjestite ih na pleh obložen papirom za pečenje.
Izbodite ih malo vilicom i pecite oko 15 minuta u pećnici zagrijanoj na 200°C.