Beat the salty cravings with my #Flax Crackers

As promised I am always looking for ways to help curve those cravings with healthy choices while we are changing our habits.  As a health coach I have found these crackers are helpful for my clients who binge on chips or prefer salty foods.  These crackers are a good choice, because instead of eating a whole bag of chips you eat only a few crackers and are satisfied.  They have the right balance for our bodies giving it the energy and fuel it needs to balance itself out.  Our bodies are always speaking to us if we would just listen.  As a health coach I teach you how to start  to listen to your bodies, a key to habit change.

Flax Crackers

• 2cups  flaxseed, 1/2 cup soaked in 2 cups water for 4 hours. and 1/2 cup ground into meal
• 1 cup sunflower seeds, soak half the seeds in water for 4 hours and grind the other half into a meal
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked until soft
• 2 Tbs Chopped onion
• 2 Tbs tamari, nama shoyu or Braggs
• 1 tbs herbs, Italian or any of you favorite
• 1/2 tsp Himalayan or Celtic sea salt for taste
• In a food processor mix all ingredients except the soaked flax and sunflower seeds.  When well blended, place the mixture in a bowl and add the soaked seeds, mixing well to incorporate.
• Spread on nonstick dehydrator sheet.  If sticky, wet your spatula to help make it easier to spread.  don't worry if there is a hole or two, just try to make them flat and thin to they dry evenly. Use flat edged spatula to score into cracker size this will make it easier to break when dry
• Dehydrate 7-8 hours. Flip over to a mesh dehydrator tray and dry 7 more hours or until crisp.

Once you get the hang of making these you can have fun with different ingredients.  If you would like sweeter crackers take out the tamari, onion and tomatoes and add some dried fruit eg. raisins, cranberries etc and add some pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and some cinnamon.  Try making curried crackers by adding some curry powder and leaving out the Italian herbs.