Original Recipes


 

Wonderful Recipes Abound

Try mixing Hempola Hempseed Oil with light cream cheese for a tasty spread, or combine it  with cottage cheese. It's an excellent ingredient for salad dressings, pasta dishes and desserts. We've selected a few of our "choice" recipes for you to try...

Try our three newest recipes... fresh from the kitchen at Hempola Valley Farms!

* Rick's Chewy Chocolate Chip Hemp Cookies
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 HEMPOLA gluten free baking flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal (ground up in blender; superfine)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1/4 cup cocoa
Procedure

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cream together butter, and both sugars. Sift together flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa. Add eggs to butter and sugar mixture. Mix dry ingredients into wet. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 mins. or till done.
* yields 65 cookies
*Dough freezes well, may wish to freeze half


*Sweet Potato and Squash puree

1 butternut squash
3 sweet potatoes
HEMPOLA cold-pressed hemp seed oil
Brown sugar
Nutmeg*
Salt and pepper
Procedure
Cut squash in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Place cut side down onto baking sheet and pierce the skin with a fork. Wash and pierce sweet potatoes with fork and place on baking sheet with squash. Bake at 400 degrees F or until tender. Let cool enough to handle. Remove squash and potato from skins and blend with other ingredients till taste and consistency desired is reached.
*you can substitute other spices for the nutmeg i.e.. ginger or curry.


*Herbed Bean Spread
1 cup packed, flat leafed parsley leaves
1 garlic clove
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. minced fresh thyme, or 1 tsp. dried
2 tsp. capers
3 tsp. lemon juice
3 tsp. HEMPOLA cold pressed hemp seed oil
3 tsp. olive oil

Procedure
Gently rinse and drain beans well. Mince parsley. Blend everything (except oils) in a food processor. With motor running, slowly add oils, blending until combined. Serve with pita bread.

Bone Building Broccoli

     

Broccoli and sesame seeds are extremely high in calcium and we have developed a real bone building recipe for you to try!

   
     

1 bunch broccoli
2 tablespoons HEMPOLA Hempseed Oil
2 tablespoons (or to taste) low sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
3 tablespoons orange juice
coarsely ground pepper

     

1. Steam broccoli until tender crisp, drain and return to pot.
2. Toss with HEMPOLA Hempseed Oil, soy sauce, pepper, and orange juice.
3. Transfer to serving bowl, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve immediately.

(To toast sesame seeds, place them in a small pan over medium heat, shaking frequently, until they turn a golden brown - no oil is necessary.)
Try adding fresh, finely chopped ginger for added flavour.

   

Yogurt Ambrosi-Ola

   
     

1 cup .....skim milk yogurt
2 tbsp ....Hempola Hempseed Oil
1 tbsp ....honey
1 tbsp ....sunflower seeds

     

Mix yogurt and Hempola Hempseed Oil until oil is no longer visible. Stir in honey and seeds. Pour over your favorite sliced fruit.

 

Tomato Salad "Extremo"

   
     

1/3 cup......Hempola Hempseed Oil
1-1/2 tbsp .lemon juice
2 cloves ....garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp ......dry mustard
1/2 tsp ......sugar

     

Blend together Hempola Hempseed Oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, mustard and sugar. Add salt and pepper, sliced green onions and olives. Stir. Refrigerate in tightly sealed container for 2 hours prior to use. Pour over tomato slices.

 

Perfecto Pesto A La Pine Nuts

   
     

1/4 cup.......shelled hempseeds
4 cups........fresh basil, chopped
1/2 cup.... .fresh parsley, chopped
3 cloves ....garlic
1/4 cup......fresh grated parmesan
3/4 cup......Hempola Hempseed Oil

     

Combine ingredients in blender. Toss with cooked and drained noodles, serve. For a variation, try using sunflower seeds instead of pine nuts; this is a great alternative for food allergies.

 

Georgian Bay Bagels

   
     

fresh bagels
light cream cheese
fresh chives or green onion, chopped
alfalfa sprouts
fresh, ripe tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste

     

Cut bagel in half and toast. Layering is important. Spread cheese on bagel and sprinkle with chives. Top with alfalfa sprouts then drizzle Hempola Hempseed Oil into the sprouts. Add tomato slice and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

 

 

Herbalicious Hempola Salad Dressing

   
     

3 tbsp........Hempola Hempseed Oil
3 tbsp........extra virgin olive oil
4 tbsp...... .balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp........oregano, fresh or dry
1/2 tbsp.....basil, fresh or dry
salt and pepper to taste

     

Thoroughly combine ingredients by shaking in a sealed container, pour over your favorite salad fixings, serve. For variations, use minced garlic, dill, parsley or any combination.

 
     

Co-founders Banana Bread

   
  Another magical recipe from Kelly Smith's kitchen; you should try her Herbalicious Vinaigrette!  

1....... cup all-purpose flour
1..... cup lightly packed brown sugar
0.5 .....cup spelt flour
0.5......cup HEMPOLAŠ flour
0.75.....cup whole wheat flour
1.5 ......teaspoons baking powder
0.5.......teaspoon baking soda
1........ .teaspoon cinnamon
0.5........teaspoon salt
3......... egg whites
2..........tablespoons HEMPOLA hempseed oil (substitute melted butter)
0.75..... cups non-fat plain yogurt
1........ teaspoon vanilla
2........ cups mashed ripened bananas
0.........25 cup de-hulled hempseeds (substitute flax seeds)
0.........25 cup toasted brown sesame seeds

     

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F.
1. Combine flours and next five ingredients in a large bowl. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, beat egg whites, hempseed oil, yogurt and vanilla with whisk until smooth. Add bananas and whisk again.
3. Add banana mixture to flour mixture. Stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in de-hulled hempseeds and sesame seeds.
4. Pour into a well greased 9" x 5" pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan and let cool. Slice, bite and savor.

 
     

Allegra's First Chocolate Cake

   
  On her first birthday, this cake was so good, she cried!  

0.5 .....cup all-purpose flour
0.5..... cup HEMPOLA flour
0.33 ....cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1.5 .....teaspoons baking powder
1 ........teaspoon baking soda
0.75.... teaspoon cinnamon
0.25 ....teaspoon salt
1.25 ....cups brown sugar
1 ........egg
2 ........egg whites
3 ........tablespoons HEMPOLA hempseed oil
1 ........teaspoon vanilla 1 cup low-fat sour cream
1 ........cup sour cream
0.5 ......cup mint chocolate chips

     

. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
1. In a small bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
2. In a medium bowl, blend brown sugar, egg, egg whites and hempseed oil with an electric mixer. Add vanilla and sour cream, then heat on low temperature until well blended.
3. Add flour mixture to sour cream mixture, beating on medium. Fold in chocolate chips.
4. Pour into a well greased 8" x 8" pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Wowwy, yum-yum.

HEMPOLA hempseed meal has just about everything in it that the flour has, with way more dietary fiber. Fresh, chewy and nutty tasting, it's great to bake with, sprinkle on cereal or add to a juice. 454 g/1 lb. paper bag

             
    Kee 'KRANBERRY' HEMPOLA Salad      
   


Try our one-of-a-kind, nutritious and delicious holiday season recipe Kee 'KRANBERRY' HEMPOLA Salad.

So easy, so tasty... we served this at the 1999 Cranberry Festival in Bala, Ontario, Canada in October, 1999; right in front of the renowned Kee to Bala dance hall built in 1919. 

- add 1 cup couscous or bulgur    
- 1 green pepper
- finely chopped 1 red pepper
- finely chopped 1/2 red onion
- finely chopped 1 cup fresh or frozen or dried cranberries
- 1 can beans, rinsed (black (or mixed: black, red, chick))
- 1/2 tsp. cumin HEMPOLA Herbalicious Vinaigrette
- salt & pepper

1. Prepare couscous or bulgur according to directions. Fluff with fork.

2. Toss with remaining ingredients. Add salad dressing and salt & pepper to taste.

 

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Important: Do not fry with Hempola. Instead, add it directly to a prepared hot dish. The extreme heat of frying changes the molecular structure and can diminish its nutritional value. Try drizzling it on a hot pasta dish or pizza. The unique flavour will be a delicious surprise!