Anyone use chia seeds +water as a binder in cooking?

[irisblue]

I was browsing cooking advice and saw that. Mix 1 T to 3 T water, let sit 15ish minutes till it gels. Then, as an example, use this as an 'egg' in salmon patties or ground meat mix.

[mucifer]

1. We vegans use it a lot to replace eggs also we use:

edit I found a better chart:

[irisblue]

2. That picture won't open in my cheap tiny android phone, what is it please?

[mucifer]

4. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/83/43/54/83435451fa253b8ac27a05504269149c.jpg

That's the address not sure if it helps

[SharonClark]

3. I'm not vegan but this is a great chart for any cook.

[MLAA]

11. Thanks for the chart!

For scrambled eggs I just tried the new Just Egg product. It is by the same company that makes Just Mayo. I loved it! I scrambled it with onions, mushrooms and a little vegan Follow Your Heart Parmesan.

I haven’t researched if it is good for cooking, but I doubt it would be.

Downside: Hard to find and very expensive 😉

[mucifer]

5. another vegan egg trick for the flavor in scrambled tofu

We often add a little black Himalayan salt https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Lab-Himalayan-Black-Crystal/dp/B001O1VDXM
at the end. For some reason this special salt has a strong sulphur eggy flavor.

It's not exact. We are pretty creative and vegan cooking sure has come a long way over the decades.

[irisblue]

6. I saw you mentioned that the other day. I'll check for that.

I've used turmeric for yellowing & Cheyenne for a bit of strong flavor when I do the scramble. Do you get it on line or a local store?

[mucifer]

7. I got it on amazon. But, I would think health food stores or whole foods might have it.

[irisblue]

8. A 6 ounce bag is ten bucks at amazon.

I'll check locally.

[Callalily]

9. I used ground flax seeds as an egg substitute

Ratio is one tablespoon of ground flax seeds to three tablespoons of water. Wisk until gelatinous. I also let "sit" for a little while. Works great!

I use a spice grinder to grind flax seeds rather than purchase ground flax seeds as I use the seeds in breads and other applications.

[mucifer]

12. They say the best way to get the omegas from flax is to grind it yourself and not eat the whole

seeds

[Dr Hobbitstein]

10. My wife has an egg allergy, so when I need a binder,

I do 1T ground flax to 2T water, chilled for 5 mins.

Works great in meatloaves/balls, cornbread, and chocolate chip cookies (all I have tried so far).