No, you can't get high from it and yes, it's one of the most nutritious plant foods around. Hemp seed-based food may soon be one of the hottest nutritional buys at the market.
Go In the Kitchen With HempNut for ideas from author Annie Riecken and great recipes. Apparently the hemp nut is second only to soybeans in plant protein and higher in protein than beef, fish and poultry. It also has more amino acids than soybeans and milk.
To get to the hemp nut, the hard outer shell of the hemp seed needs to be removed. The nut itself looks like a sesame seed and tastes like a sunflower seed.
Hemp nuts can be made into a buttery spread, blended into a shake, sprinkled on a salad or added to your favorite baked recipe. They can be used in any recipe calling for nuts, sesame or soybean.
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