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As CBD oil’s lesser-known cousin, hemp seed oil provides its own unique set of health benefits and its own special manufacturing methods. Since its discussed less often, we thought we would take a closer look at hempseed oil.

Coming specifically from hemp seeds (duh), hempseed oil is commonly confused with its uber-popular counterpart, CBD oil. While CBD oil is a health powerhouse in its own right, hemp seed oil also carries with it plenty of health benefits. It has a rich nutrient profile, lots of good fats and fatty acids and carries a wide range of nutrients. Hempseed oil can help skin health, inflammation, brain & hearth health. Hemp seed oil is a worthy addition into anyone’s diet.

You may know that CBD oil extraction involves complicated machines that use different solvents such as C02. We thought you’d want to know how making hemp seed oil compares. Below we’ll outline how hemp seeds are commonly extracted and even how you can make your own oil at home!

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Benefits of hemp seed oil

MAKING HEMP SEED OIL: THE TRADITIONAL METHOD

All seed oils are extracted with an oilseed press machine, and hemp seeds are no different. Used for edible and industrial oils, the oilseed press machine is a trusty & sturdy machine for oil extraction. Seed press machines usually come in two distinct types: a traditional screw press or a reducing screw design.

A lot of variables go into the specific pressing of different seeds, but the main concept stays the same. First you dispense raw seeds into the seed hopper, then an expeller screw crushes the seeds. Next, the oils run through canals where the pulp gets separated from the oil.

The oil produced from this method is pure, raw and as unprocessed as modern technology can get. And this is the basic & traditional method of extracting oils from seeds. This basic method and machinery are used for all kinds of seeds and even nuts. Oils from peanuts, sesame seeds and of course hemp seeds are extracted by this method.

MAKING SEED OILS IS MORE COMPLEX THAN IT SEEMS

While the traditional hemp oil press method seems simplistic, it’s actually surprisingly complex. Many variables go into seed pressing that can make or break a batch of oil.

Let’s take seed moisture content for an example. If a seed is stored incorrectly and it harbors a higher-than-normal moisture content, then it will not press well. This is because if a seed is pressed with too much moisture, the moisture will actually tie up the oil within the seeds. Problems arise with moisture levels that are too low as well. That will increase the pressing temperatures, leading to lesser oil production and potentially going above the temperature limit for “cold-pressed” oils (120°F). Even something as simple as storage can impact the way the seeds interact with the press machines, which is why it’s important for manufacturers to pay attention to every part of the process.

Seed quality is another important characteristic. Non-ripe seeds produce different quality oils and smells than ripe seeds. And obviously seeds that are moldy and improperly stored will produce low-quality oil. The actual operation of the seed press is important too, as the settings for the machine greatly affect the pressing method and pressing temperature. An operator must know how to manipulate the distance between the press head and the screw end, the speed of the press, the tip size and the type of screw needed for the seed. This is why having a well-experienced seed press machine operator is important for companies looking to produce quality hempseed oil products.

WHAT IS COLD-PRESSED OIL?

The reason a “cold-pressed” oil is preferred over others (even though it produces less oil) is that it tends to keep more of the characteristics and benefits of the seed in the final oil.

Cold pressing also produces lower phosphorous levels. phosphorous is the culprit for the “green” and “grassy” flavors of some oils. If this is something you dislike, then cold-pressed oils are for you.

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The complex process of creating cold-pressed seed oils requires a surprising amount of expertise and precision.

Heat and the distinctive characteristics of the oil it produces affects the quality of CBD oil too. Most CBD extraction methods require heating and pressurizing chemicals to supercritical temperatures. If you want an oil that keeps the majority of the plant’s original characteristics and fats without the ‘grassy’ taste, then cold pressed oil might be a good match.

MAKING HEMP SEED OIL AT HOME

If you’re like us, you can’t afford to buy an industrial scale oil press machine. You might still want to experiment with making your own CBD oil. If so, we suggest you purchase a hand crank oil press. Not only can you make hemp seed oil, but you can press any type of seed or nut that you want.

Making hemp seed oil on a hand crank seed press is easy. First, set up the press on a flat, secure surface. Next, you’ll fill the attached oil lamp and light it for 10 minutes prior to operation. This warms up the crank and ensures the oil separates. Then, simply put seeds into the hopper and crank away!

That’s the basics of how to make hemp seed oil. We hope that the next time you see seed oils in the store, that you have a little bit more appreciation for all the hard work and precision that goes into making them.

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CBD Coffee Will Put Your Anxiety On Snooze & Energize Your Mornings https://ministryofhemp.com/cbd-coffee/ https://ministryofhemp.com/cbd-coffee/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:29:48 +0000 http://ministryofhemp.com/?p=54215 CBD coffee could be the perfect morning treat to get your day started without the worst parts of the caffeine buzz. Get ready to energize your moods with a CBD latte that you'll want to try tomorrow morning.

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CBD coffee could be the perfect morning treat to get your day started without the worst parts of the caffeine buzz.

Did you know that 83 percent of Americans drink coffee regularly? In a fast paced world, with the pressures of life pulling us down, it is no wonder we need coffee, but also carry anxiety. Not only does coffee help wake you up in the morning, but it actually has more lot of health benefits than you might realize. However, adding a little CBD oil can increase those benefits even more.

If you haven’t tried the blend of coffee and CBD oil, get ready to set your anxiety on snooze and energize your moods with a CBD latte that you’ll want to try tomorrow morning. Read on for a favorite recipe and more about the benefits of CBD coffee.

WHY DOES CBD COFFEE FEEL SO ENERGIZING?

Simply adding a dose of CBD oil to your coffee can give you increased health benefits for your body, mind, and spirit. Both coffee and CBD oil can help you feel better, and when combined, they offer you more than just the average coffee!

A spoon stirring a coffee cup on a bed of coffee beans. Creating CBD coffee is simple: Simply stir CBD oil into your favorite coffee drink.
Creating CBD coffee is simple: Simply stir CBD oil into your favorite coffee drink. Read on for one of our favorites.

Benefits of coffee

Most people drink coffee to wake them up in the morning, give them a little burst of energy during the day, or a pick me up after a stressful day at work. Coffee gets a bad rap, but it is actually a healthy choice. If you are an avid coffee drinker, you are already getting many coffee benefits. If you aren’t, check out what coffee has to offer you:

  • Coffee is a natural antioxidant. Coffee is a natural antioxidant for your body. Although our body can get antioxidants from fruits and veggies, we absorb more in our daily cup of coffee.
  • Coffee is good for your liver. People who drink at least 1 cup of coffee a day are 20 percent less likely to get liver cirrhosis
  • Coffee improves brain function. Whether you didn’t get enough sleep or you just need your morning coffee before you talk to anyone, coffee really does improve brain function. You have increased reaction time, attention, logical reasoning, and vigilance.
  • Smelling coffee relieves anxiety. You know that beautiful smell of brewing coffee that just calms you?! It really does relieve a lot of your anxiety just by smelling it.

Benefits of CBD oil

CBD oil is one of several naturally-occurring compounds in the cannabis plant known as cannabinoids. Most CBD oil supplements come from industrial hemp. Although hemp and psychoactive cannabis (“marijuana”) come from different forms of the same plant, the two are very different. CBD oil has many medical benefits which include:

  • Natural pain relief. CBD oil has natural pain relief and anti-inflammatory properties. Using CBD oil daily, can help relieve stiffness, joint pain, and aches throughout the day.
  • Relieve symptoms of epilepsy. Doctors everywhere are now using CBD oil to treat epilepsy and seizures not only in adults, but in children.
  • Reduces anxiety. CBD oil is a natural way to reduce anxiety behaviors caused from panic disorder, PTSD, general anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and OCD with no adverse side effects
  • Relieves migraines and headaches. Stress and tension can wreak havoc on our bodies in many ways. CBD oil helps relieve both migraines and headaches and keep them away.
  • Promotes healthy sleep. Taking CBD oil daily helps get your body in a regular sleep habit which reduces stress and increases brain function. Take a serving before bed to help with insomnia and get your body into the REM sleep you need.

Benefits of combining CBD Oil and coffee

When you mix the benefits of coffee and the benefits of CBD oil, you get an incredible morning regime that is good for your whole body! It really is a match made in heaven. Although coffee has many benefits, the caffeine can increase stress hormones called cortisol. However, CBD oil can cause drowsiness in some people. Therefore, when you combine the two to create CBD coffee, you get the best of both worlds.

  • Increases energy while decreasing anxiety. While coffee increases your mood and energy, CBD oil relieves anxiety and stress.
  • CBD coffee could boost your mood. Both CBD oil and coffee boost your overall mood by increasing your serotonin levels (happy hormone).
  • Both have antioxidant properties. Antioxidants are needed to get rid of toxins in your body. They protect our DNA and cells from damage, aid with cell regeneration and aging; The more antioxidants, the better.
  • CBD coffee is good for your brain. As coffee increases your brain function, CBD oil protects your neurons from degeneration in your brain. Therefore, coffee and CBD oil together could be even better for your mind.

A coffee cup with a hemp leaf drawn in milk foam. Ready to get fancy with CBD coffee? Try this delicious, decadent peppermint CBD latte recipe.
Ready to get fancy with CBD coffee? Try this delicious, decadent peppermint
CBD latte recipe.

RECIPE: PEPPERMINT CBD LATTE

If you are ready to get the best of both worlds, you are going to love this Peppermint CBD Latte recipe:

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Unwrap Peppermint Patties and break into little pieces.
  2. Prepare coffee in a coffee maker as you would normally.
  3. Heat ½ cup of milk in the microwave for 2-minutes
  4. Use an electric mixer or milk steamer to froth the milk. Mix until it reaches desired frothiness.
  5. Pour ¾ cup of hot coffee into a mug.
  6. Add ½ dropper (0.75 ml) Full Spectrum CBD Oil Tincture to coffee. Mix well.
  7. Using spoon to hold back froth, pour hot milk into coffee.
  8. Top coffee with the remaining froth to make it a latte.
  9. Top your latte with the crumbled York Peppermint Patties.
  10. Optional: Melt York Peppermint Patties in the microwave and add to hot coffee for more flavor.
  11. Enjoy your CBD coffee!

CBD COFFEE IS AN EASY, RELAXING WAY TO START YOUR DAY

While we hope you’ll give our CBD latte a try, making CBD coffee doesn’t have to be complicated. Adding a little flavorful drop of CBD oil to your morning coffee is a simple step to start your day out healthier and happier! Of course, there’s no reason you can’t add it to your afternoon pick-me-up cup, too. Either way, it’s a great step in the right direction.

Have you tried a Peppermint CBD Latte or made your own CBD coffee drink? How did you like it? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

 

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How To Make CBD Oil: A Guide To DIY CBD Oil https://ministryofhemp.com/how-to-make-cbd-oil/ https://ministryofhemp.com/how-to-make-cbd-oil/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:10:00 +0000 http://ministryofhemp.com/?p=58019 Have you ever wondered how to make CBD oil at home, and if it’s possible do it yourself? Cannabidiol (CBD) oils are one of the most popular ways to consume CBD, and it’s not hard to see why. They’re convenient, portable, and easy to use. It’s among the most effective ways to take CBD because […]

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Have you ever wondered how to make CBD oil at home, and if it’s possible do it yourself?

Cannabidiol (CBD) oils are one of the most popular ways to consume CBD, and it’s not hard to see why. They’re convenient, portable, and easy to use. It’s among the most effective ways to take CBD because CBD Oils are highly bioavailable. Best of all, they’re easy to make yourself, without any expensive or hard-to-find supplies. 

Keep reading to learn how to make your own DIY CBD tincture from hemp flower.

In case you don’t already know, CBD is a cannabinoid — a type of natural compound derived from cannabis or hemp — which interacts with the body’s endocannabinoid system to produce a variety of effects. The endocannabinoid system is made up of receptors all over the body that regulates processes like digestion, mood, sleep, and pain, working with specialized neurotransmitters called endocannabinoids. 

Like other neurotransmitters, endocannabinoids can become unbalanced. Abnormal endocannabinoid levels have been connected with disorders like fibromyalgia, chronic migraine, post-traumatic stress disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome. CBD and other cannabinoids mimic these neurotransmitters and stimulate their production, which is likely how CBD is able to improve sleep, mood, anxiety levels, pain, and more. 

CBD also has natural anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial, and neuroprotective properties. Plus, it’s non-psychoactive, so you can experience the therapeutic effects of cannabis without the high. 

Why use CBD hemp flower to make CBD oil?

Recent changes to U.S. law — the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill — made hemp federally legal. In turn, this led to an explosion in the popularity of hemp and related products. This includes hemp flower, which is another name for the buds produced by the hemp plant.

Buds from both hemp and psychoactive cannabis (aka, “marijuana”) look almost identical and can be utilized in the same way. That means you can smoke hemp flower, or turn the buds into concentrated tinctures and oils. The only real difference between the two is the cannabinoid content; specifically, hemp contains 0.3% or less THC.

In this article, we explain how to make CBD oil from hemp flower. Photo: A storage jar full to the brim with fluffy hemp flower buds.
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp flower. Different strains are bred for high CBD content and the presence of other beneficial cannabinoids and terpenes.

Regardless of whether your CBD is made from hemp or psychoactive cannabis, it’s structurally the same and offers the same benefits. So why use hemp flower? One of its most attractive qualities is that it comes from plants bred to be high in CBD (and other beneficial cannabinoids and terpenes), making it ideal for CBD tinctures. Plus, since it’s fully legal, it’s easy to buy and ingest hemp flower.

How to make your own CBD oil?

To make your own tincture, you’ll need a mason jar, an oven, a baking sheet, parchment paper, cheesecloth, high-proof alcohol, hemp flower, and something to grind your hemp flower. You’ll also need a container to use for your final product.

How much hemp flower and alcohol to use is up to you. It’s flexible since it depends on the plant you’re using, your tolerance levels, and how potent you’d like your tincture to be. Ultimately, this means making your own tincture may require some experimentation to determine how much to use.

Making CBD Oil: Our step-by-step guide

Great video on how to make CBD oil from Hemp flower
  • Step 1: Prepare your hemp flower. First, you’ll want to grind it to a fine consistency. Spread the hemp flower over a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake at 220 degrees F in the oven for 30-45 minutes. This is called decarboxylation, and it’s necessary to convert CBDA into CBD. Let cool before moving to the next step.
  • Step 2: Fill a mason jar with high-proof alcohol, such as Everclear. Mix your decarboxylated hemp flower into the alcohol or you can use something like a Magic Butter machine (check the above video to know more.
  • Step 3: Close the jar, and let it sit for a few weeks away from sunlight, preferably in the freezer. Shake the mixture once per day. Alternatively, if you don’t want to wait, you can simmer the jar (make sure it’s glass) in a water bath for 20 minutes at 170 degrees F, and then move to step 4. If using the water bath method, place your jar into cold water and heat slowly on low heat, and do not leave it unattended (alcohol is flammable!).
  • Step 4: Use a cheesecloth to strain the mixture into a vial, bottle, or jar. That’s it! Keep your tincture stored in a cool and dark place, and mix well before use. Before using your tincture for the first time, be sure to test its potency by taking one or two drops.

Pros and cons of making CBD oil at home

By making your own CBD tincture, you can the strain of cannabis used to produce the tincture. This means you can buy hemp flower with a profile suited to your needs since every strain has varying amounts of cannabinoids and terpenes, all of which come with their own effects. Not to mention, making your own tincture can even save you a few bucks.

That said, making your own tincture isn’t for everyone. The DIY route produces a full spectrum tincture, which means it contains everything extracted from your hemp flower, including traces of THC and other cannabinoids, like CBN and CBG. For most people, this is a good thing, because it means you’ll benefit from the entourage effect; these other cannabinoids and terpenes enhance the properties of CBD while bringing their own benefits to the table.

But if you’re sensitive to THC or otherwise need to avoid it completely, you’ll want to buy broad-spectrum or CBD isolate tinctures, which are THC-free. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to make CBD isolate yourself from hemp flower, at least not without specialized equipment.

Another potential downside is that it’s almost impossible to precisely calculate potency with homemade tinctures. They’re also made with alcohol, which can cause a burning sensation and shouldn’t be held under the tongue like oil-based tinctures. 

If you’re sensitive to alcohol, it may be best to buy a CBD oil tincture instead. These are usually made with a carrier oil, like hemp seed oil or MCT oil, rather than alcohol. Some people also find the taste of DIY CBD tincture mixes well with lemon-lime soda or drinks with similar flavor profiles. 

Closing thoughts: is making CBD oil at home hard?

As you can see, making your own CBD tincture from hemp flower is pretty straightforward. It’s easy to use, too; simply add a few drops to any food or drink, or ingest it directly.

It may take some trial and error to figure out how much to use to find relief, but making your own tincture is undoubtedly the best way to experience the powerful health benefits that CBD-rich hemp flower has to offer.

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CBD Spritzer Recipe: Muddled Raspberry Mint CBD Summer Spritzer https://ministryofhemp.com/cbd-spritzer-video-healist/ https://ministryofhemp.com/cbd-spritzer-video-healist/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 20:32:07 +0000 http://ministryofhemp.com/?p=62884 Making your afternoons more chill and keep those summer vibes with this CBD spritzer recipe, featuring raspberries and fresh mint.

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Keep those summer vibes going longer with this delicious CBD spritzer recipe, featuring muddled raspberries and fresh mint.

These late summer afternoons can be so relaxing as we move into fall. Raspberries are in full ripeness and the mint has been growing strong all year.

There’s no better way to enjoy all of these things and feel better with CBD (or even CBG, CBN, etc) at the same time. Some research suggests even the smell of mint can promote alertness and well-being. Here’s a yummy spritzer recipe you can easily make at home.

Thanks to Healist Naturals for creating this video with us!

Raspberry Mint CBD Summer Spritzer

Prep time: 5 minutes

Servings: 1 serving

Ingredients

  • 1 can flavored, carbonated water
  • Healist Naturals Calm Drops (or other CBD oil)
  • 6-10 fresh raspberries
  • 4-6 fresh mint leaves
  • 1 tablespoon agave syrup
  • ice

Directions

  • In a small bowl with the back of a spoon muddle the raspberries
  • Measure and add in CBD oil
  • Tear up mint leaves, add those
  • Pour in agave syrup
  • Mix
  • Pour into a tall drink glass
  • Add carbonated water on top, stir
  • Add ice, maybe a little more water, stir
  • Garnish with a tiny bit of mint on top and enjoy!

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Isolation Self-Care Guide: Hemp-Powered Stress-Relief During A Pandemic https://ministryofhemp.com/isolation-self-care-guide-pandemic/ https://ministryofhemp.com/isolation-self-care-guide-pandemic/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:48:26 +0000 http://ministryofhemp.com/?p=60865 From our favorite hemp and CBD products to a delicious recipe, we offered a few tips to make self-care easier during a pandemic.

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We’ve all had some hard days recently. Whether you’re in isolation or have to work out in the world, we wanted to offer some self-care tips to help you feel a little better about everything.

For most of us, our daily routines and regular passions have been disrupted by the COVID-19 crisis. Even if you are fortunate enough to be relatively untouched by this pandemic, we’re all at least shaken by this change to our way of life. Self-care can be challenging right now, especially if you were used to engaging with the world in ways that simply aren’t possible anymore. 

Whatever your situation during this pandemic, we hope you’re able to take a little time each week when you can focus on caring for yourself. That’s where this isolation self-care guide comes in. We’ve included a delicious healthy recipe and some self-care tips we’re using to maintain a healthy outlook. We also selected a few of our favorite hemp and CBD products which you might find nourishing, soothing or relaxing to try.

While we don’t know what you’re going through right now, we hope the best for you and your family, and hope these tips can give you a little more relaxation.

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Check out our list of CBD assistance programs if you’re having trouble affording CBD during this time.

Isolation self-care tips from the Ministry of Hemp

Many of us at Ministry of Hemp are used to working from home. But this pandemic is stressful even for those of us with years of experience working this way.

There’s no longer any way to escape the same four walls for long, whether it’s to a café or a coworking space. All our routines are being disrupted, not to mention facing the stress and anxiety of this uncertain, scary and dangerous time. 

Photo: A hand, leaning out of an open door and wearing a disposable glove, picks up a mesh bag of groceries from a back porch.
Sometimes self-care is caring for others. Is there a vulnerable neighbor you can help during isolation?

At the time we’re writing this, some states are beginning to open up again. But medical experts are cautioning it will be a long time, from months to years, before things go back to anything approaching normal. And, sadly, we may see several waves of the virus, forcing us to stay home again. Making the most out of our home life is going to be important for a long time to come.

We polled everyone in our virtual office, to find out how they’re coping. Here’s some of our favorite isolation self-care tips:

Separate work & home 

If you’ve got the space to do so, create a separate space for work and living. Having a home office, and a clear end time to your work every day, will help you maintain a work/life balance.

That means both physically separating your work from the rest of your home, to the extent it’s possible to do so, but also deliberate scheduling. Especially if you’re not used to working from home, it’s easy to turn a normal workday into an all nighter, or find yourself answering emails at all hours, even when you’re trying to get some sleep or visit with your family or partner. Try to create a concrete start, and end, to every workday.

Take time every day for self-care 

Our video producer Desiree says she spends 20 minutes every morning, drinking coffee while laying in the sun on her deck. Drew, our sales & sponsorship assistant, loves to listen to sound meditations and garden. Of course, taking CBD might be part of your self-care routine too. Some studies and numerous anecdotal reports suggest CBD can reduce symptoms of anxiety.

Maintaining our connections with others is vital too, however we’re able. If you’re living in isolation with someone, make sure to make time for each other. Many of us are participating in video chats and regular phone calls with friends and family that we can’t be near.   

Don’t spend all your time online 

Have you found yourself awake at some weird hour, staring into your social media feed as you watch the world seemingly fall apart? We’ve been there and it sucks. Set limits for yourself. That might be a maximum amount of time you spend on social media per day, or you might decide not to check your phone for a certain amount of time before sleeping or after waking up. Consider keeping your phone out of the bedroom, and maybe switch to a book before bed.

Keep to a routine …

What day is it again? If you’ve been stuck at home, and all your routines are a mess, it can make it harder to cope. If you can, stick to a regular routine as much as you can. Make sure to get sleep. Get up around the same time. Make sure you eat regular meals. 

… but love yourself when things go wrong

At the same time, make allowances for the hard days, when you just aren’t able to do as much. You might need to sleep more, or have trouble sleeping. Things might feel a bit hopeless. That’s OK, so let yourself feel it too. 

Self-care is more important than ever during a pandemic, whether we're in isolation or have to work outside. Photo: A woman looks out a window while leaning on the back of a futon couch. She's holding a cup of tea.
During isolation, set aside time every day for self-care. Put down your phone and disconnect from the internet for a while.

If you do feel out of control or overwhelmed by your feelings regularly, considering reaching out to your doctor, a therapist or other medical professional. Most therapists are offering video chats now, and it’s hard to overstate how valuable these conversations can be.

Help your neighbors

We’re all feeling a little disconnected right now. Look for ways to support people close to you, even if you didn’t know them before the pandemic. Maybe there’s an older or immunocompromised neighbor that needs someone to bring over some groceries. If you have money, consider donating part of your stimulus check to someone who has less. Leave notes on doors, or find people to help on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and NextDoor. There may even be an organized volunteer or mutual aid network in your community that you can tap into to help even more. 

Helping others can be a valuable form of self-care, because it turns self-care into community care. And it helps us all feel less isolated, even while maintaining isolation for safety. You might make new friends that last long after this crisis passes.

Eating well is the best isolation self-care

Eating nutritious foods is one of the best forms of self-care during isolation. Taking time to cook with or for your partner, or even just yourself, can feel extremely nurturing. And that’s even before you dig into your freshly made food. There’s lots of ways to safely get fresh food in many communities, whether it’s through grocery pickup, or joining a local farm share. Here in Austin where many of us work, some local restaurant distributors are even now selling their produce to the public.

Of course, we’re big fans of hemp seeds. Hemp seeds and hemp seed oil are nutritional powerhouses, full of amino acids, omega3s and other nourishment. We also think they taste good too. But whether or not you’re eating our favorite plant, we encourage you to pick meals that are both good for you but also nourish your spirit. And if that means indulging in some ice cream after a rough day, we say go for it.

Recipe: Cookie Dough Smoothie

Photo: A glass of cookie-dough smoothie surrounded by actual chocolate chip cookies.
This cookie-dough smoothie makes for decadent, but nutritious self-care during isolation. (Photo: Chris Thomas)

Who hasn’t taken a bite of cookie dough out of the bowl? This delicious CBD smoothie offers you a healthier version of an old favorite.

Salty and sweet, this cookie in a cup has a frosty, blended-ice texture with chocolate chips (or cacao nibs if you want something less sweet). This smoothie is filling with a secret fiber- and protein-rich ingredient … chickpeas! You’ll never know they’re in there, but once you try this, you won’t be able to stop using them in your own smoothie blends.

Excerpted from CBD Drinks for Health by Carlene Thomas. Copyright © 2020 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Used by permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Servings: 1 (2-CUP) SERVING

Per Serving

Calories: 242 – Fat: 7g – Protein: 6g – Sodium: 777mg Fiber: 5g – Carbohydrates: 41g – Sugar: 20g

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sweetened vanilla oat milk
  • 1⁄4 cup canned, drained, and rinsed chickpeas
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon chocolate chips
  • 1⁄2 small peeled frozen banana, cut into chunks
  • 1 cup ice cubes
  • 15 milligrams CBD isolate oil

Directions

  • Add oat milk, chickpeas, salt, chocolate chips, banana, and ice cubes to a small blender.
  • Start blender on low and increase to high for 1 minute and 30 seconds until smooth.
  • Add in CBD oil and blend on low for 10 seconds. 
  • Serve immediately.

Nourish yourself inside & out: Hemp & CBD products for isolation self-care

To close out our isolation self-care guide, we thought we’d select some of our favorite hemp and CBD products. All of these are products we’ve enjoyed during our time working from home. They have helped us feel more relaxed, more nourished, moisturized, and less anxious. 

We’ve broken down our selections into categories. Click the product below to go directly to the listing, or keep reading to see them all.

Beauty & Skin Care

Health

Fashion

Food

Ministry of Hemp received free samples of these products for evaluation. We receive a percentage of sales if you buy products using the links or coupons below. We only selected products that we genuinely enjoy, and that meet our high standards, for inclusion in this article. 

EngErotics products

EngErotics Soaking Sands Bath Shots

What is it? EngErotics Soaking Sands Bath Shots are single-serving bath salts that combine moisturizing oils, delightful scents and the soothing effects of CBD. 

Why did we select this product? A relaxing bath can be the perfect way to ground yourself in your body and focus on self-care rather than the stressful news of the day. And you know you’re supporting a great small, black-owned business with your dollars.

What’s it cost? $12.00 each

Photo: Kino White Gardenia Hemp skin care products create soothing self-care for cracked skin during isolation.

Kino Whole Plant Hemp CBD Body Lotion

What is it? Kino’s CBD Body Lotion, enhanced with kukui nut and hemp and rich with vitamin E will moisturize, heal cracked skin, and ease painfully dry hands. 

Why did we select this product? We’re all washing our hands over and over and over again! A soothing, moisturizing lotion is some of the best self-care right now. The White Gardenia scent helped mentally transport us to another place, too, far from isolation.

What’s it cost? $58 for an 8oz bottle

Prima Night Magic

Prima Night Magic Facial Oil

What is it? Prima Night Magic is a face and skin oil designed with a targeted blend of vitamins and nourishing oils, plus the power of hemp. 

Why did we select this product? A mindful skin care routine can become a kind of meditation, and there’s something intensely relaxing about this facial oil, with its warm earthy undertones and soothing feel. We’ve applied it to our face and neck, dry hands, even elbows. A little goes a long way!

What’s it cost? $88 for a 1oz bottle

Special Offer: Use coupon MINISTRY20 for 20% off your entire order!

Populum CBD Oil

Populum Full-Spectrum Hemp CBD Oil

What is it? A top-quality, full-spectrum product, Populum CBD Oil rich is with terpenes and cannabinoids, but blended with a fresh orange flavor that makes it easy to take. Available in 250mg, 500mg and 1000mg bottles.

Why did we select this product? CBD oil can offer stress relief, pain relief, and often helps relieve anxiety. There’s so many little ways CBD can help during isolation, so we make sure to take some every day. The great flavor of Populum’s CBD means there’s no hempy taste to contend with either.

What’s it cost? $59 – $179.00 depending on strength

Special Offer: Subscribe to monthly deliveries for 20% off

Joy Organics CBD Softgels

Joy Organics CBD Softgels

What is it? Broad-spectrum, THC-free Joy Organics CBD Softgels made with nanoemulsion technology to ensure fast absorption and high levels of bioavailability. Available in 10mg and 25mg strengths.

Why did we select this product? If you’re already taking other supplements or medications, a softgel can be an easy way to add CBD to your everyday self-care routine during isolation. Softgels also make it easy to take the same dose every time. 

What’s it cost? 44.95 – 74.95 depending on strength

Vitagenne Pure Sleep Hemp CBD Capsules

What is it? Vitagenne’s Pure Sleep Hemp Capsules combine 25mg of CBD isolate with 5mg of melatonin and 180mg of valerian extra in every softgel.

Why did we select this product? You’re not alone if you’ve been having trouble sleeping during the pandemic. Combining CBD with other natural sleep aids like valerian and melatonin, these capsules could help you drift off and sleep deeper.

What’s it cost? $49.99 for 30 capsules

Special Offer: Use coupon MOH20 for 20% off your entire order!

WAMA Hemp Underwear

What is it? WAMA Underwear is super soft, super comfortable, super durable underwear made from hemp! Available in 8 styles for men and women.

Why did we select this product? Hemp underwear is some of the softest underwear you can imagine and, like all hemp fabrics, it just gets softer as you wash it more. Plus, hemp is naturally antibacterial, meaning you’ll stink less around anyone you do get close too during isolation.

What’s it cost? $24 each for men’s underwear styles, $20 each for women’s underwear styles, discounted multi-packs available 

Hemp Zoo Hemp Socks

What is it? Ultra comfortable Hemp Zoo Hemp Socks available in basic black or cute hemp leaf print. These come in a crew style.

Why did we select this product? A warm, soft pair of socks just relaxes our feet, making great self-care when we’re isolating inside in the air conditioning all day. Hemp Zoo also has a wide selection of hemp clothes that are great for lounging indoors, helping you stay a little stylish while still very comfortable. Plus that whole anti-stink feature we mentioned above applies here too.

What’s it cost? $14.99 per pair

Hemp Seeds & Bars from Humming Hemp

What is it? Humming Hemp sells U.S. grown hemp hearts (hulled hemp seeds) that are easy to add to almost any dish. For quick snacking, we love their delicious hemp-based Hummingbars. Try several of their products in their special Stay Home Humming Kit.

Why did we select this product? Hemp seeds are very balanced nutrition, offering a complete protein along with other vital nutrients. Good nutrition is essential self-care, especially during the stress of isolation. 

What’s it cost? Various. Hemp hearts start at $9.99.

Neurogan Hemp Tea

What is it? Each bag of Neurogan Hemp Tea contains only caffeine-free hemp leaves and a small amount of CBD (10mg). Hemp has a natural earthy flavor that many tea lovers will adore. 

Why did we select this product? Neurogan is a CBD and hemp brand with Scandinavian roots. Neurogan seeks to promote the art of “hygge,” which means enjoying the simple things in life. A warm cup of hemp tea is the perfect simple self-care we need during isolation.

What’s it cost? $15.95 for 20 tea bags

Drew De Los Santos contributed to this guide.

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Valentine’s Day can be a little cliché at times. So we put together the best CBD Valentine’s Day gifts to act as Cupid’s arrow and give this holiday a new thrill.

There are many different types of love. And whether you’re treating yourself, celebrating “Galentine’s Day,” or looking for a special evening with your partner, we put together the perfect CBD experience for your Valentine’s Day night.

CBD and the day of love are a perfect match because cannabinoids and terpenes can help you relax, release anxiety, and open you up for a closer connection with your loved ones. Begin the night with dinner, and then afterward finish with dessert and some of our favorite CBD indulgences.

Have fun, be safe, and most of all spread the love!

Table of Contents

Recipe: CBD Margherita Pizza

We teamed up with Chef Eric Provencio and his crew at CBD Education Online to bring you a tantalizing, easy pizza recipe.

You’re sure to impress your date with this one! And afterward, you’ll have extra CBD olive oil for later cooking delights.

If you’re curious about cooking with CBD, you can find more dinners, desserts, snacks, and even pet treats in Chef Provencio’s complete recipe book, “The Ultimate CBD Cookbook.” In addition to recipes, there are great tips and guidelines for dosing your homemade CBD edibles.

Start your evening right with this classic, romantic Italian pizza.

Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves: about 5-6 servings

CBD olive oil ingredients

Margherita pizza ingredients

  • Pizza dough (homemade or store-bought)
  • 8 oz. mozzarella cheese (ball or shredded form)
  • 1 Tbsp CBD olive oil
  • 3 Tbsp finely chopped roasted garlic
  • ¼ cup tomato sauce
  • 2 large tomatoes, sliced
  • Fresh Basil leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste

CBD olive oil instructions

  1. Simply mix 1 ¼ of extra-virgin olive oil and ¼ cup of CBD oil together in a container of your choice.
  2. Let it sit for a couple of hours so that it can fully mix together. Give the container a gentle shake every now and then during this process. Store in a cool, dry place in a fully sealed bottle or container.
  3. You can use leftover oil like you would any olive oil, but be careful of excess heat which can damage cannabinoids.

CBD margherita pizza instructions

  1. Now for the pizza! Prepare your pizza dough. You can make one from scratch or you can buy one from the store. Either one works fine!
  2. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
  3. While the oven is heating up, grab some cling wrap to wrap the dough and let it sit. Doing this will cause it to rise just a little bit, so it gives you that fluffy, airy crust that is to die for.
  4. Gather a small mixing bowl, adding your CBD cooking oil and finely chopped garlic. Brush the CBD olive oil and garlic mixture all over the top of the dough after unwrapping it. Also, you can put some dents all over the inside portion of the crust. This will help keep the pizza from bubbling up.
  5. Using the same brush, evenly spread the tomato sauce across the inside portion of the pizza dough.
  6. Next, throw on as much mozzarella cheese as you like and top with sliced tomatoes.
  7. Put the pizza on the center rack and bake for about 15 minutes.
  8. At 10 minutes, sprinkle on fresh basil to your liking.
  9. After the edges of the pizza are a nice, golden-brown, take it out and let it cool for a few minutes.
  10. Optionally, drizzle with a little more CBD olive oil.
  11. Serve with added Italian seasoning, salt and pepper, parmesan, red pepper flakes, and other delicious toppings. & Enjoy!
A composite image showing four of our picks for Best CBD Valentine's Day gifts including products from Palmetto Harmony, Incentive Gourmet, Veritas Farms and Populum.
Ministry of Hemp picked the best CBD Valentine’s Day gifts.

Best CBD Valentine’s Gift Guide (Ministry of Hemp Official Reviews)

After reviewing lots of products from our favorite brands, we think these are the best CBD-infused Valentine’s Day gifts:

Click above to go directly to one of the gifts, or read on to see them all.

Ministry of Hemp received free products for writing this gift guide. We may receive a percentage of sales if you buy products from some of the brands. We only selected the best CBD products, and we always promise to give you our honest opinion.

Incentive Gourmet, Triangular Chocolate Box

Incentive Gourmet's chocolate box infused with CBD.
The edible chocolate box is hand-painted!

Incentive Gourmet, professional chocolatiers getting into the CBD world, shows off with these creamy Belgian chocolate delights. We love to let one of these chocolates melt in our mouth! And the hemp undertones blend perfectly. Enjoy these CBD chocolates with your sweetie, and then eat the whole delicious box!

  • Price: $39.95
  • What’s included: 3 dark chocolate, 3 milk chocolates each with 33mg of full spectrum hemp oil and an edible chocolate box.
  • You and your valentine will surely relax into a wonderful night after this dessert.

Veritas Farms’ Beauty Box

Woman holding Veritas Farms Beauty Set

This limited-time set is the perfect investment in a complete moisturizing routine!

The Veritas Farms Limited Edition Beauty Box is perfect for a Galentine’s Day gift or just luxurious self-care. It leaves skin feeling rejuvenated and with a renewed glow. The full-spectrum hemp infused into each lotion comes from Veritas Farms in Pueblo, Colorado. They practice sustainable farming methods which reduce their impact on the land. Remember, sustainability is sexy!

  • Price: $97
  • Special: Use promo code MinistryFreeShip for free shipping.
  • What’s included: Cucumber Eye cream, Mattifying Blemish cream, Hyaluronic Day Cream, and Rejuvenating Night Cream.

Ananda Hemp Bliss Intimate Oil

Ananda Touch Bliss Oil (Ministry Of Hemp Official CBD Review)

Ananda Hemp Bliss Oil is one of the first CBD intimate oils we tried, and it is still one of our favorites. Check out our full review of Ananda Hemp Bliss Oil, and let this 250 mg, full-spectrum dream carry you away into an orgasmic experience. This minty oil is great for all over massage too.

  • Price: $46.00
  • Special: Use MOH10 for 10% off!
  • Important Disclaimer: Do not use Bliss Intimate Oil with latex or polyisoprene safer sex supplies such as condoms. Any oil-based product can degrade these and render them ineffective.
  • A great product from one of our Top CBD Brands

RE Botanicals Relief Body Oil

RE Botanical body oil offers relief.
They also have an invigorating ginger lime roll on!

RE Botanicals Relief Body Oil is a lovely way to make sure your sweetie can ease those everyday, painful distractions. Treat them to quick relief they can take anywhere, or roll it on each other to set the mood and forget about the workday. We appreciate how RE Botanicals practices regenerative agriculture to ensure a better tomorrow for all the valentines’ lovers of the future to enjoy.

  • Price: $29.99
  • Special: From 2/6 to 2/10 use VDAY20 for 20% off their entire store!
  • RE Botanicals is one of our Top CBD Brands.

Palmetto Harmony Mango Lotion

Palmetto Harmony is another organic hemp brand we love. And now they have a line of skin care products. This luscious Mango Hydrating Lotion combines CBD, shea butter, and avocado oil. This is a great gift for a loved one, for every day moisturizing and a little daily reminder of you.

  • Price: $44.99
  • Special: Use code ‘VDAY25’ for 25% off all Skin Care products from 2/6 to 2/8!

Populum Evening Routine Set

Evening Gift Set from Populum
Enjoy this sensuous lavender + CBD face oil during a night in with your Valentine.

Populum put together the perfect evening set to make CBD a part of your nightly routine. These skin care products are great for daily use or as needed. Populum’s Evening Routine Gift Set covers pain, anxiety, and skin care. Always high quality, and Populum includes the lab tests for every product right in the box. This makes a thoughtful, elegant gift.

  • Price: $220
  • What’s included: 250 mg lavender + CBD face oil, 500 mg Full-Spectrum CBD oil, Cold Therapy Hemp Rub
  • Populum is one of our Top CBD Brands.
Ministry of Hemp picked the best CBD Valentine's Day gifts, along with a special CBD-infused recipe to enjoy. Photo: A Valentine's Day heart made from hemp buds and leaves woven together, against a white background.
Hemp and CBD can make your Valentine’s Day more relaxed and more sensual.

Our Quick-Pick Gifts

Here are a few other hemp and CBD Valentine’s Day gifts to consider:

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Hemp oatmeal could supercharge your mornings and help you get a healthier start to 2020.

With fresh New Year’s resolutions, many of us have pledged to start healthier habits. So, if you’re doing your due diligence to finally start eating healthier, you’ve come to the perfect place.

A bowl of oatmeal with fruit, hemp seeds and chia seeds added sits on a wooden picnic table near a folded flower print tablecloth. Hemp oatmeal can supercharge your mornings and help you eat healthier in 2019.
Hemp oatmeal can supercharge your mornings and help you eat healthier in 2020.

Today we’re giving you a simple recipe that fuses the nutritional goodness of oats with the superfood capacities of hemp and the benefits of CBD. We’ll also explain some of the health benefits from eating oats and hemp.

Bring the benefits of hemp and oats together in hemp oatmeal

Oats are some of the healthiest grains available. They provide health benefits like weight loss, lower blood sugar, and even reduce the risk of heart disease.

Having a balanced nutrient composition, oats are high in fiber and carbs, and are loaded with many important vitamins and minerals. Only half a cup of oats contains 51 grams of carbohydrates, 13 grams of protein, 5 grams of fat, 8 grams of fiber, with only 303 calories! This makes oats a super nutrient-dense food, providing you with a good ratio of nutrition to calories. In addition, oats are rich in antioxidants, can lower cholesterol levels, and lowers blood sugar. To add on to all of that, oats are very satiating and don’t require a lot to make you feel full.

Hemp, of course, is high in plant-based protein, contain good fats, and are also nutrient-dense. One ounce of hemp seeds contains nine grams of protein, twelve grams of fat, and two grams of fiber. It also contains all twenty amino acids and all nine of the essential amino acids which our bodies do not produce naturally.

Hemp is also extremely easy to incorporate into your diet through the use of hemp hearts (shelled hemp seeds) and hemp oil. We commonly sprinkle hemp hearts into our food and smoothies; you can even mix chia and flax seeds with hemp hearts to create a trifecta of plant-based nutrition.

CBD offers a wide-range of health benefits as well, most notably it’s anti-inflammatory properties and the calming effect it can have on your body. Coming in as an oil or tincture, it’s easily incorporated into liquids in your dishes or even in your water.

Oats, hemp seeds, chia seeds, and flax seeds are mixed in a microwave-safe bowl. It takes just minutes to mix all the ingredients and cook our "Ultimate Hemp Oatmeal" recipe.
It takes just minutes to mix all the ingredients and cook our “Ultimate Hemp Oatmeal” recipe. (Photo: Ministry of Hemp / Ellijah Pickering)

Ministry of Hemp’s Ultimate Hemp Oatmeal recipe

Serves: 1

Prep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of oats
  • 1 cup of almond milk
  • 1 tablespoon brown-sugar
  • 1 tablespoon shelled hemp hearts
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 tablespoon flax seeds
  • Fruit or berries and additional hemp hearts as a garnish
  • Your favorite CBD tincture

Preparation

  • dd all dry ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl
  • Microwave for 2 minutes on high setting
  • Top with more hemp seeds and mix in CBD tincture
  • Can also top with fruits such as blueberries, bananas, or strawberries. We also love adding peanut butter.

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Cannabis Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies (Recipe) https://ministryofhemp.com/cannabis-bacon-fat-peanut-butter-cookies-recipe/ https://ministryofhemp.com/cannabis-bacon-fat-peanut-butter-cookies-recipe/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:58:20 +0000 http://ministryofhemp.com/?p=59993 For the omnivores out there, cannabis bacon fat, infused with CBD or THC, can be an amazing option for desserts like peanut butter cookies.

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Editor’s Note: Chef Sebastian Carosi is a virtuoso hemp chef that we connected with recently via Instagram. He was kind enough to offer us this recipe for Cannabis Bacon Fat Peanut Butter cookies, which can be made with CBD (or psychoactive cannabis where available).

Look for Chef Sebastian at the Texas Hemp Convention next week in Dallas, where we hope to try a few of his infused treats. About the convention, the chef told us:

I’m super excited to be part of the Texas hemp convention, helping to educate new states about cannabis and hemp as they become medically and recreationally available to the public.

It is vitally important and necessary to me as an award winning, nationally recognized farm-to-fork chef that has been cooking with cannabis since the early 90’s to let people know that there is more to consuming hemp and cannabis than in candy form made with sugar. I’m educating the general public about clean cannabis consumption through food as my primary focus.

Eat your greens!

Using hemp or cannabis bacon fat

Over the years I have infused cannabinoids into a tremendous amount of things, from high octane alcohols, to MCT oil, grapeseed oil, hemp seed oil, creamery butter, coconut oil, and extra virgin olive oil.

But the most exciting of all the fats I have use to help bind to all of the readily available cannabinoids in cannabis has got to be bacon fat. Preferably rendered from heritage bread pork belly smoked over applewood, or what other folks call bacon.

Cannabis-infused bacon fat makes a perfect carrier for cannabinoids in all kinds of recipes, like these delicious peanut butter cookies. Photo: Peanut butter cookies garnished with a hemp leaf on a board on display.
Cannabis-infused bacon fat makes a perfect carrier for cannabinoids in all kinds of recipes, like these delicious peanut butter cookies.

I realize that 99% of the previously mentioned fats and oils are plant derived but according to an article I read in the June 1, 2016 issue of High Times Magazine, bacon fat is one of the top three fats to use when extracting the cannabinoids and terpenes found in cannabis and hemp.

First off, I couldn’t be happier when I heard the results of the study on bacon fat and cannabinoids. Secondly, I had no frickin’ idea that there was such a study. As a professional chef of over 25 years who has been proudly cooking with cannabis since the early 90’s, cannabis bacon fat only made sense.

So over the years I have transformed this super simple, traditional peanut butter cookie recipe that has floated around the family cookie archives for decades to include a couple of full spectrum cannabis products that will help mellow situations and liven up the conversation at any event (cannabis tends to do that). Do not skip the light sprinkle of sea salt flakes, it’s a palette pleasing addition.

(and just to help clear up any future questions that may appear in my in-box, duck fat works just as well)

Recipe: Cannabis Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Servings: about 24 cookies

Total Cannabinoids: Depends in potency of products used

Equipment

  • Stand mixer or handheld mixer
  • 2 stainless mixing bowls
  • Measuring cups + spoons
  • Rubber spatula
  • Parchment lined baking sheet,
  • Spatula,
  • Wire rack

Editor’s Note: You can use the old fashioned, double boiler method to create infused bacon fat and vanilla, but Chef Sebastian recommends using the MagicalButter MB2e.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup cannabis bacon fat
  • 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cannabis vanilla
  • 1 large farm egg
  • 1 1/2 cups Al-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 1 tbsp Jacobsen sea salt flakes
  • 1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts
  • 1 drop True Terpenes Beta Caryophyllene

Directions

  • Preheat an oven to 350°.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a stainless bowl with an electric mixer, beat the bacon fat, peanut butter, peanuts and sugar until the mixture lightens in color and the mixture becomes creamy (2 to 3 minutes).
  • Add the egg and terpenes, keep beating until completely incorporated.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and kosher salt.
  • Slowly add the flour mixture to the peanut butter mixture, mixing until all of the ingredients are combined well.
  • Roll the dough into balls about 1 inch around. place the cookie dough about 1 inch apart on a parchment lined baking sheet and gently press the top of each cookie dough ball with a fork dipped in granulated sugar to make a crisscross pattern.
  • Sprinkle the cookie tops with the sea salt flakes.
  • Bake the cookies for 9 to 10 minutes, until barely browned around the edges. Do not overbake the cookies. The cookies may appear slightly puffed, but it’s all good, they are ok.
  • Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
  • Then carefully transfer the dank ‘n delicate cookies to a wire rack to cool completely before devouring.

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Hemp Hearts & Healthy Eating: Talking With Hilary Kelsay of Humming Hemp https://ministryofhemp.com/hemp-hearts-hilary-kelsay-humming-hemp/ https://ministryofhemp.com/hemp-hearts-hilary-kelsay-humming-hemp/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:38:08 +0000 http://ministryofhemp.com/?p=59796 Hilary Kelsay, of Humming Hemp, tells the Ministry of Hemp podcast about the benefits of hemp hearts. Plus, Matt's Spicy Fried Shrimp with Hemp Hearts recipe.

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There’s so much attention on CBD oil that it’s easy to overlook the nutritional benefits of hemp itself, especially hemp hearts (hulled hemp seeds).

In this episode of the Ministry of Hemp Podcast, our host Matt talks to Hilary Kelsay, CEO of Humming Hemp about their new hemp snack bars, adding hemp hearts and oil to your diet and the nutrition benefits of eating hemp. This is the latest part of our ongoing Women in Hemp series.

Then Matt shares his Spicy Fried Hemp Heart Shrimp recipe straight from the Ministry of Hemp test kitchen.

https://youtu.be/WvwR3Lnl_X4

Recipe: Spicy Fried Shrimp with Hemp Hearts

Prep Time: about 60 minutes (frying time is variable)

Servings: Serves 2-4

Ingredients:

  1. 1 cup yogurt or kefir, plain
  2. 2 tsp Sri Racha or Sambal hot sauce (more if you like it spicy)
  3. 1 cup hemp flour (or all-purpose flour)
  4. 3 Tbsp of Humming Hemp Hemp Hearts (I used the spicy version)
  5. 2 tsp salt and pepper
  6. 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
  7. 3 cups canola or peanut oil
  8. Shrimp brine (2 tsp salt and 1 tsp baking soda)

Directions:

  1. Shell shrimp and toss with shrimp brine, refrigerate for 15 minutes to an hour.
  2. Heat oil in pot to 375 degrees.
  3. Toss all dry ingredients together
  4. Pour yogurt (whip with a little water to loosen) or kefir and hot sauce into a separate container and stir well.
  5. Press shrimp lightly in paper towels to dry.
  6. Dredge shrimp in the dry mixture, then into the wet mix, then back into the dry mixture and rest on parchment or glass pan.
  7. In small groups fry the shrimp with a dry metal sieve or tongs until golden brown.
  8. Remove and place on a paper towel to drain excess oil.
  9. Enjoy!

Sponsored by Prima

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We also recently teamed up with Prima to talk about the best natural sleep aids that could help you rest better.

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Photo: Composite image shows a bowl of hemp hearts (hulled hemp seeds) and Hilary Kelsay posiing against a purple background.
Hilary Kelsay, CEO of Humming Hemp, wants to put hemp hearts and other hemp staples in every American pantry.

Hemp hearts & healthy eating: Complete episode transcript

Below you will find the full written transcript of this episode:

Matt Baum: The Ministry of Hemp Podcast is brought to you by Prima. Prima has a whole line of amazing CBD products available at prima.co. Head over there and use the code MINISTRY15 for 15% off your purchase just for being a Ministry of Hemp listener. That’s prima.co. I’m Matt Baum and this is the Ministry of Hemp Podcast brought to you by ministryofhemp.com, America’s leading advocate for hemp and hemp education.

Matt Baum: It’s officially mid January, so we find ourselves in the dog days of winter. And I don’t know if you’re like me, but one thing I like to do when it’s cold outside is stay home and cook. So I’ve had a lot of food on my mind lately, and today on the show, we’re going to talk to someone who wants to bring hemp into your kitchen in some really cool ways. Her name is Hilary Kelsay and she is the CEO of Humming Hemp. We’re going to talk to her about their Humming Hemp nutrition bars, their hemp hearts, their hemp oil, and so much more. And after that I’m even going to lay a little recipe on you that’ll teach you how to get some hemp into your own diet. But first, let’s get to my conversation with Hilary Kelsay.

Meeting Hilary Kelsay

Matt Baum: Tell me a little bit about you. You didn’t just start off as a CEO of a hemp startup. How did we get to hemp?

Hilary Kelsay: Right. So I am the wife of an American beekeeper and we own and operate a successful Pacific Northwest honey company called Humble Honeycomb. And it was through the honey company that I learned about hemp. I was at a trade show and this was in 2017, early 2017, and there were some American hemp farmers there. They just wanted to see if we could put our bees on their hemp fields to make hemp honey. And this conversation became quite an involved conversation. And then quick little fun tidbit, you can’t make honey out of industrial hemp because you need both pollen and nectar, and industrial hemp doesn’t quite supply that for a honey.

Matt Baum: Is that the issue of the hemp flower itself basically?

Hilary Kelsay: Right, right. So yeah, there’s not enough nectar. So the bees would be able to get some pollen, but there would be no nectar for the bees to take back to the hive.

Matt Baum: Sure. That makes sense.

Hilary Kelsay: These farmers just kept telling me about what they were doing and I was so moved by their entrepreneurial spirit and their forward thinking. And then they started telling me about all the nutritional benefits of hemp as a protein and Omega rich super food. Right? So I came home from this trade show to my beekeeper husband, and we have three kids under the age of five.

Matt Baum: Oh wow.

Hilary Kelsay: Yes, I’m a busy full-time mommy as well. I said, “Why would we not take American grown hemp to the market?” I said, “We already have the distribution network built because of the honey company. We already have the relationships. These people already know us. Why wouldn’t we package it and take it to market?” And he gave me the big double thumbs up and said, “You go do that. Let’s stay married. You go do that, and you make it big. Take it big. Make it go beyond the Pacific Northwest. And share your love with everybody.” So that’s what I did.

Matt Baum: Right if you find work basically, type stuff. Let me know if you find work and send money home.

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly, exactly.

Matt Baum: So from there you start Humming Hemp from there and you’re making these Hummingbars, as you call them. And I see one is honey and cinnamon. Are you using the same honey that your husband started making?

Hilary Kelsay: Well, we have a lot of honey connections, if you will. So it is because of our honey company that we are able to have such a great tasting bar. I would put it that way.

Matt Baum: Okay, fair enough.

Hilary Kelsay: But what we did initially is here in Richland, Washington, we have a great just entrepreneurial scene, and it’s just full of entrepreneurs. So I went out and talked to some of my friends and said, “Hey, you want to start a hemp company?” And they got very excited. And so I formed a team of local entrepreneurs here in Eastern Washington, and that’s exactly what we did.

Hilary Kelsay: And so how we started, we took what we called, at Humming Hemp, we call them our pantry staples because we love hemp so much, we want every American household to have hemp oil, hemp protein powder, and hemp hearts in their pantry to consume on a daily and weekly basis. Right?

Matt Baum: Sure.

Hilary Kelsay: And those products are awesome, but we all know that the household adoption rate of those products is still fairly low. So then it evolved to, okay, wow, we have this amazingly delicious, I’m speaking of hemp heart in particular, super food that people don’t know about. And if they do know anything about it, it’s pretty much misinformation. Right? And there’s just a very small tribe of us who really know it and understand it and are already eating it.

The nutritional power of hemp hearts

Matt Baum: So can we talk about the hemp heart for just a minute while we’re on the subject? Like what is it that you love about the hemp heart? And let’s talk about a little bit of misinformation and the real information.

Hilary Kelsay: I love that they are the most powerful and convenient super food on the market. So at Humming Hemp we’ve coined the phrase “powerful nutrition”. And what that really means is hemp’s got more protein per ounce than chicken, it’s got 10 times more iron per ounce than spinach, it’s got four times more potassium than chia seeds. You know, I don’t want to hack too bad on chia seeds, but they’re really trying to keep their super food status. And so they’re touting potassium right now. And it’s like, “Hello, hemp hearts have four times the potassium.” Right? And then let’s talk about the omega fatty acids, the most balanced omega fatty acids on planet earth with the perfect ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids.

Matt Baum: That’s that three to one ratio that is on your website. Right?

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly, right.

Matt Baum: Okay. The fact that there’s four times as much protein is chicken kind of blows my mind.

Hilary Kelsay: Oh, I know.

Matt Baum: I had no idea.

Hilary Kelsay: Right? And so if you look at the main food trends right now it’s plant based and it’s protein, and that’s everything hemp is, it’s a complete plant based protein and you don’t have to cook it. You don’t have to soak it like other seeds and nuts. You know, for the keto world, hemp hearts have 50% fewer carbs than almonds. And so what we’re really trying to show people, Americans that you can do, is that you can snack on hemp hearts straight out of the bag.

Matt Baum: Just like a nut.

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly. So we have two flavors of hemp hearts. We have a spicy and a honey Aleppo, and they’re in these, it’s a new brand block for us, if you will. Yeah. We encourage you to just literally snack on them with a spoon. They are so amazingly delicious, and they’re convenient and they’re versatile. The most convenient and versatile superfood there is.

Matt Baum: So what do I do with my hemp hearts? Let’s say I’m cooking, and I’ve got hemp hearts. I’ve got eight ounces of your hemp hearts, I’m looking at right now, like the plain ones. What can I do with these in my pantry?

Hilary Kelsay: You can sprinkle them on literally everything and make whatever you’re eating richer with nutrition and richer in taste.

Matt Baum: You’re adding protein, basically.

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah. Yep. You’re adding all of that protein and omegas.

Matt Baum: That’s very cool. So this would be something that if I were a vegan, I’m not, but let’s say I were, this would be a great place to add some protein to your diet basically.

Hilary Kelsay: Absolutely. And I am a vegan. Well, the biggest honey eating vegan there is.

Humming Hemp’s Hummingbars

Matt Baum: I don’t fault any vegans that eat honey. I’ve heard the arguments and I just don’t know where I come down on that. So now, let me ask you, everything you guys do is vegan, right, at Humming Hemp?

Hilary Kelsay: No. So let’s go back to that Hummingbar, speaking of not vegan. So we love hemp hearts and obviously I have a fond affection honey. And so we really started to pose the question and then answer it of, how do you take the most powerful, convenient, sustainable, we could stop there for second if you want to, sustainable super food on the planet, and put it in a form that Americans have already adopted, love eating and trust? Right? And for us, me being a busy mom of three kids under the age of five, it was a protein energy bar.

Matt Baum: Makes sense.

Hilary Kelsay: So we set out to deliver the most delicious and powerful nutrition bar we can. And what we did is we combined American grown hemp heart with raw USA honey.

Matt Baum: Okay.

Hilary Kelsay: And that’s the Hummingbar. So we have five great flavors, but the base of every single flavor is American grown hemp hearts and raw USA honey.

Matt Baum: So vegan, yes, but if you’re the kind of vegan that doesn’t eat honey, no.

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly.

Matt Baum: And I would argue if you’re that kind of vegan, you’re missing out. So I mean, you should be eating honey. It’s delicious.

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly. I know. It’s so good for you.

Matt Baum: So tell me about the hemp that you guys are using for the grains and the oils and whatnot. Are you growing this yourself or does this come from a local farm?

Hilary Kelsay: We are not. So we partner with a handful of small to medium American farmers who are growing industrial hemp specifically for food. Because there’s so many genetics out there for CBD and whatnot.

Matt Baum: Of course.

Hilary Kelsay: So these farms and [inaudible 00:10:25] are specifically for food.

Matt Baum: Okay. And the food based hemp that’s being grown, I mean, do they have to worry about THC levels, like everybody else, like the CBD market? Or is it the industrial stuff that’s food grade, is there something where you don’t have to worry about that at all because the CBD levels and THC levels are so low?

Hilary Kelsay: Well, I’m a big fan of not reinventing the wheel. And so our progressive neighbors to the north, Canada have been cultivating industrial hemp for two decades, right? 20 years. They just had their 20th year. They’ve grown it for food and textiles for a long time. And so the seeds and the genetics are there that are good and that are proven. And so that’s what we’re seeing a lot of our American farmers do, rather than maybe potentially get some bad seed out of Colorado or whatnot. We don’t want our farmers to take that risk and not have products that they can take to market.

Matt Baum: Absolutely. So the Hummingbars themselves, I’m going to guess these are your biggest sellers. They look really slick.

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah. So we literally launched those, so all of 2018 with me in my kitchen with my kids, eating them, copious amounts of test Hummingbars. And then we finalized our recipes and formulations and commercialized them at the very end of 2018. Did our first production run at the beginning of 2019, in January. And then in March, just two months later in early March of 2019 we launched the Hummingbar at Expo West down in Anaheim, California. We came out of Expo West with national distribution with Kroger as well as a handful of a few other small chains across the country. And then from there it’s just been a big snowball effect and we are so excited.

Matt Baum: So should I think about, like this Hummingbar, should I think about it the way I would think of like a Clif bar or a Larabar? Something I can throw in my bag when I’m going on a bike ride or something I can have after the gym? Is it the same type of idea?

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah, it truly is the anytime bar, same exact idea, right? You’re going to put it in your gym bag, the busy mom’s going to rip it open in the middle of the grocery store when her screaming kids are screaming. It’s that good for you, permissible snack that is absolutely delicious and you can know, no matter who you are or what you’re doing, that it is good for every single cell in your body, right? So if you’re the male cyclist, it’s for you. If you’re the teenage girl, it’s for you. If you’re my three year old toddler, it’s for you. If you’re the busy mom, it’s for you. I mean, no matter who you are, the Hummingbar is for you and it is delicious.

Matt Baum: And it’s gluten free, so you really don’t have to worry about any food additives or food allergies either. There’s no nuts and no gluten. Right?

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly. Exactly. It’s free from most of the main allergens. We are processed in the facility that also processes peanuts, so that’s always a concern for folks. But it’s part of that. I mean, our honey cinnamon literally only has four ingredients: American grown hemp heart, raw USA honey, and then cinnamon and sea salt. And that’s it. And so our bars range from four ingredients up to technically nine ingredients, our pumpkin seed and spice, we have to literally lists all the different spices that make up pumpkin spice. But the core of every bar is minimal ingredients that you know, that you have already been eating, that you trust, you can pronounce. There’s nothing added and nothing fortified. All of the macro and micronutrients come from the ingredients themselves.

Using hemp protein powder

Matt Baum: That’s very cool. Tell me about the hemp protein powder. Is this the same type of thing that I’m thinking like, I’m making a smoothie because I’m going to the gym, I would add a hemp protein powder instead of some weird GNC muscle guy powder or something?

Hilary Kelsay: Exactly, yes. So it is green, it is raw. It is sustainable. It’s rich, nutty, and nutritious tasting. And it is so, so good for you. Not everybody’s a fan of the hempy, earthy, grassy taste of hemp. But if you do like it or if you can get past it, it’s one of the cleanest, most sustainable protein sources on the planet.

Matt Baum: See, personally I really like it so I don’t have a problem with any of the tinctures I’ve tried or the powders that I’ve added to things, it doesn’t bother me. It’s got almost got like a tea type flavor to it and I kind of like that.

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah, I like it too. People are always like, “What does it taste like?” You know, hemp in general. And I’m like, “Well, it tastes like a sunflower seed and a pine nut had a super baby.”

Matt Baum: That’s a really good description. That is an excellent description. I’m going to steal that from you. That’s good.

Hilary Kelsay: And they’re like, “Oh, I love pine nuts.” And I’m like, “Oh, you’ll love hemp.” And then lo and behold, they do.

Matt Baum: Lot cheaper than pine nuts too. You don’t have to go out to the forest and find them. You know, it’s incredible.

Sponsored by Prima

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Using hemp seed oil for healthy eating

Matt Baum: So tell me about the hemp oil. So this is also made from the seeds. It’s extracted from there.

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah. So the pantry staples. So we covered the hemp hearts, right? So those are shelled hemp seeds. So think sunflower seed is what I like to tell people, the hard outer shell is removed and what remains in the hemp world is called a hemp heart. And then we just covered the hemp protein powder. So that too is a raw straight out of the farm field hemp product. It’s just ground into a protein powder.

Matt Baum: So this is the only one that you really doing anything with, you’re expressing the seeds basically.

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah, but it’s all cold pressed. No solvents, no chemicals. So it’s just straight out of the farm field, it’s just a different process, right? We didn’t shell it into heart, we didn’t grind it into a protein powder, we’re cold pressing it into an oil. And hemp oil has a smoke point of 300 degrees Fahrenheit. So it’s not a cooking oil. It’s a low temperature finishing oil or a supplement. So we have a little eight ounce bottle that people use for omega supplementing. So we have a lot of that in the natural channel. And then the more conventional grocery store channels love our 375 milliliter glass bottle, and it sits in the conventional oil set, and people like to use it for bread dipping with balsamic, for drizzling on soups. It makes amazing salad dressing.

Matt Baum: That’s exactly whre I was going to go with that. You can make a salad dressing with a benefit as opposed to just putting olive oil or canola oil, which is just going to make you a little fat, you know?

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah. No, it’s so true. And then my husband’s favorite use of it is he uses it instead of butter on his popcorn, he pops a bag of popcorn and then he tops it with our flavored hemp hearts and hemp oil. And it is absolutely delicious.

Matt Baum: That sounds excellent. What kind of flavor does the hemp oil have? Is it very neutral?

Hilary Kelsay: You know, I love it because it’s like Frankenstein green and then it’s pretty nutty.

Matt Baum: Okay, that sounds delicious. Similar to like a sunflower seed oil?

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah.

Matt Baum: Okay. That makes sense. Now let me ask you, you’ve talked a lot about the nutrition and whatnot, do you come from a nutrition background? How did you get interested in this?

Hilary Kelsay: I think nutrition ha just always been in my DNA. I’m a big believer and always have been that food is medicine. Everything we choose to put in our bodies affects every cell in our body. Now, don’t get me wrong, we just all came off the holiday season and we all indulged. And I’m also a firm believer in eat, drink and be merry as well. But on a day to day basis, I’ve always been very mindful of what I put in my mouth and how I’m fueling my body, and preventative maintenance, if you will. And now even more so that I’m a mama of three little babies, you know, it’s like I want to be around for a long time, and so if I eat good and have good nutrition, I can avoid a lot of illness in my life and be there for my loved ones.

Matt Baum: Absolutely. So let me ask you, where do I go to get this? You said you had a deal with Kroger. I know we have a Kroger here. I’m in Nebraska and we have Kroger here. How far have you penetrated outside of the West Coast?

Hilary Kelsay: Oh my goodness, we are all over. So our Kroger distribution is national. So just get on our website, find a location closest to you. If for some reason we’re not close to you, you can always purchase at humminghemp.com. But I mean, we’re down in the Carolinas, we’re in Colorado, we’re in the Pacific Northwest, we’re in Northern California. We’re all over. And 2020 is definitely going to be another year of rapid growth for us.

Matt Baum: Awesome!

Hilary Kelsay: Yeah, we’re excited.

Focusing on hemp nutrition

Matt Baum: Speaking of growth, have you guys felt any pushback? Like a lot of the CBD farmers or CBD companies that I’ve talked to had experienced serious pushback with their local government and senate. But you’re one of the first people I’ve talked to this dealing with hemp as a food item. Did you have any of the same headaches?

Hilary Kelsay: We haven’t. We haven’t. Right. So again, we’re just leveraging what Canada’s been doing for 20 years and I’m using it for our company as a launch pad forward. Right? They’ve already paved the way. Manitoba Harvest is literally in every grocery store across the country. Our products are now sitting side by side theirs. You know, I’m an Oregonian, I’m in Washington now obviously, but Bob’s Red Mill carries hemp hearts and stuff. So you have these big, proven, trusted food companies that have hemp in their lineup. And so we’re just following right behind them and we haven’t had push back.

Hilary Kelsay: The other thing we are choosing to do is, we drew a firm line in the sand and said, “Okay, CBD is awesome. It’s bright, it’s shiny.” Us CEOs get distracted by shiny objects, right, that can be exciting and make us money. And we’ve just had to say, you know, “This is who we are as Humming Hemp. These are our core values. We’re all about food and nutrition and how hemp…” Because for us that’s the definition of him for our company is that powerful nutrition. And so we said, “We’re not going to cross the line and start putting CBD in our food or any of that. Even if there’s part of the market that wants that, we’re not going to do it, so that we can avoid the FDA push back.” There’s other companies that are doing that, that are on the front lines paving the way and I’m happy they are. And we watch them and we respect them, but for us that wasn’t the move we wanted to make.

Matt Baum: It sounds like you’re saving yourself a serious headache. So good for you.

Hilary Kelsay: I know, I know. One of the things I love too is just our whole message that hemp is literally for everyone. Right?

Matt Baum: Right.

Hilary Kelsay: So whether you’re already a Birkenstock wearing stereotypical hempy hempster, or just whoever you are, it’s for you, right? If your favorite food is macaroni and cheese, hemp is still for you, just top your macaroni and cheese with him hearts, it’s delicious.

Matt Baum: Yeah. Instead of breadcrumbs. There you go.

Hilary Kelsay: Right, right, have your carbs and put some hemp on it.

Matt Baum: And way better for you, yeah.

Hilary Kelsay: On our website we have a picture of an ice cream cone being topped with hemp hearts, and everybody’s like, “Oh, this just seems so contradictory. Why do you have an ice cream cone?” And it’s like, “No, this is who we are. You are going to be who you are and you’re going to eat what you want to eat, but you can always make it more powerful and more nutritious and delicious by adding hemp to it.”

Matt Baum: Sure. I mean, just because it’s ice cream doesn’t mean it can’t also be good for you. I mean, sure, I love rolling ice cream in peanuts or whatever. And think of all those new places that you go to where they have the rolled ice cream and they’re stuffing it. What if you put something that was delicious and good for you in it? I mean, it just makes sense. We don’t need to stick cigarettes in our ice cream to make it more delicious. I mean, come on.

Hilary Kelsay: I like it. I like it.

Matt Baum: Hilary, thank you for coming on the Ministry of Hemp Podcast. You obviously have a real passion for this.

Hilary Kelsay: Hemp can change the world. I want to one day fix world hunger with hemp, and I really think we could.

Matt Baum: I don’t disagree. I think you’re right on. Well, awesome, Hilary. Thank you so much.

Hilary Kelsay: Thank you.

Matt Baum: I don’t want to take up anymore of your time. You’ve got babies and bees, and a farm, and a husband. My god, I can’t imagine.

Matt Baum: If you’d like to add some hemp to your diet or try the Humming Hemp bars, you can find links to Humming Hemp and Humble Honey Company in the show notes for this episode.

Cooking with hemp hearts

Matt Baum: Kelsay was nice enough to send me a whole box full of their samples and there’s a bunch of great stuff in there including their hemp hearts. And so I figured, why not get them out and mess around in my kitchen with them. And I did just that. The other night I made a red curry for my wife and I, I took some red curry paste and some coconut milk and made the curry base. Not going full in there. But I did dry roast some sweet potatoes and some onions as well. Dry roasting is great because you don’t cover anything in oil, so you’re not masking any flavor, and the flavors of the sweet potato and the onion really come out. And when you do introduce them into the curry, they just soak it up like a sponge. Absolutely delicious. But for the final element of this curry, I wanted to add a little crunch. So I decided to try a take on an old fried shrimp recipe that I used to use at one of the restaurants I worked at.

Matt Baum: Step one when you want to make any shrimp dish is to brine your shrimp. It’s quick and it’s easy, and it makes for an amazing finished product. Basically, if you’ve got a pound of shrimp, you’re looking at about a teaspoon of salt and a fourth teaspoon of baking powder, and just toss it together, give it a good whisk, throw it in the fridge for 15 minutes and up to an hour. You’re going to have nice crunchy shrimp in the end.

Matt Baum: Next up, we’re going to set up a basic dredging station. Dredging basically means you have your liquid and then you have your dry ingredient that you’re going to coat your protein with. In this case, we’re going to take a cup of either yogurt or kefir, which is like a yogurt liquid. Make sure that you’re using plain. We don’t want flavored yogurt here. If you have to use regular yogurt, that’s fine. You can whip it until it breaks down consistency a little bit and you can even add just a little bit of water if you need to if you think it’s not thin enough. Now, I fully believe in seasoning every step of the dredging process, so I like to add a little sriracha or you could use sambal, both of which are Asian hot sauces that are going to just lift the flavor and add a little bit of spice in the end.

Matt Baum: Next up, we get together our dry ingredients. So we’re going to go for one cup of hemp flour. Now if you don’t have hemp flour, you can use normal all purpose flour as well, but we’re trying to get hemp in our diet here. Then I added three tablespoons of the Humming Hemp spicy hemp hearts, because I love spicy, directly to the flour, along with a tablespoon of pepper and a tablespoon of salt. You want to mix that real well. The whisk is perfect for this.

Matt Baum: Now it’s time to dredge the shrimp. And you want to start with a dry product, so if they’re still a little moist, throw them between some paper towels, give them a nice little pap, don’t squeeze them too hard, we’re not trying to destroy them. From there, the shrimp go into the flour, hemp heart, salt and pepper mixture. I like to use a small sieve to shake off the excess, and then I drop them directly into the yogurt. From there, a different sieve scoops them up, I drain off the extra yogurt, and back into the dry mixture for one more coating. Again, shake off the excess and then you can either transfer them to a glass baking dish or some parchment paper.

Matt Baum: Now it’s time to fry our shrimp. So I use a small pot with about three cups of canola oil over a medium flame until it gets up to about 375 degrees. A candy thermometer is really good for testing a temperature like this. But if you don’t have access to one of those, you can dip your fingers into your dredging liquid and then into your flour mixture, wad up a little ball of that and drop it in the oil. If it starts sizzling, you know you’re at a good cooking temperature.

Matt Baum: You don’t want to fry the shrimp in too large of batches because they can stick together, they won’t all cook at the same time. So just make sure you go a few at a time. Watch as they start to brown up, and when they do, use that same sieve that you were using to shake off the excess dry ingredients, and scoop them out and set them on a paper towel lined plate so they can drain any excess oil. Keep in mind you’re using hot oil here, so you want to make sure that your sieve is metal and that it’s not wet, otherwise you’re going to get snapping and popping.

Matt Baum: Now if you have an air fryer, you can probably skip all of this and just throw the shrimp in the air fryer after they’ve been dredged. I haven’t had a chance to try it in mine yet, but I assume it’s probably still pretty delicious. Once all your shrimp are fried, they are ready to eat, and they’re going to be absolutely delicious. The hemp hearts adds this amazing crunch. Like I said, I served this with a red curry over rice and I just dropped the fried shrimp right on top for a nice little crunch. Not only did the spicy hemp hearts add some nutty, crunchy goodness, they made the dish more nutritious too. They’re definitely a healthier ingredient than the corn meal that I would’ve normally used to fry the shrimp.

Matt Baum: I’ll be sure to include my recipe for spicy hemp heart fried shrimp in the notes for this episode, which you can find at ministryofhemp.com.

Final thoughts from Matt

Matt Baum: That about does it for this episode of Ministry of Hemp Podcast. Huge thanks to Hilary Kelsay for coming on the show. And I would love to hear from you about your ideas about getting him into your diet. You can always shoot me a message at matt:ministryofhemp.com if you want to send me an email. Or you can follow us on Twitter @MinistryOfHemp. And of course hit us on Facebook/ministryofhemp. By the way, you can give us a call if you’ve got questions: (402) 819-6417 is the Ministry of Hemp phone line, and we love to answer your questions on the show, so please give us a call. At the Ministry of Hemp we believe that an accessible world is a better world for everybody, so you can find a complete written transcript of this episode in the show notes at ministryofhemp.com. While you’re there at ministryofhemp.com be sure to sign up for our newsletter so you can be the first to hear about all the cool articles that Kit and the gang are throwing up online.

Matt Baum: Next time on the show, I hope you’re still hungry because we are talking CBD and chocolate. But right now it’s time for me to get out of here. So this is Matt Baum reminding you, take care of yourself, take care of others, and make good decisions, will you? This is the Ministry of Hemp Podcast signing off.

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Today we’re here with Drew and she’s going to show us one of her favorite recipes, a tasty and fresh summer hemp seed salad!

Thanks to the power of hemp seeds, this is is an easy and quick meal packed full of omega 3 & 6 fatty acids, as well as other essential nutrients. This hemp seed salad also makes a great base for other ingredients. You can easily add more protein, like tofu, nuts, eggs or chicken, depending on whether you want a vegan salad.

With this recipe, we focused on fresh vegetables that are in season right now in Central Texas. You can pick some great vegetables that are in season where you live, too.

Have an idea for a recipe? Let us know in the comments!

Video screenshot shows Drew assembling the hemp seed salad, with arugula in her bowl, and hemp hearts, strawberries, avocado and other ingredients ready nearby.

Easy Hemp Seed Salad Recipe

Prep time: about 20 minutes

Servings: Serves 2 or more

Ingredients

For Salad

  • Arugula lettuce
  • Strawberries
  • Carrots
  • Radishes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Ripe avocado
  • Hemp hearts
  • Sunflower seeds

For dressing

  • Olive oil
  • Apple cider vinegar
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Fresh lime juice

Preparation

  • Chop lettuce and slice other ingredients into bite-sized pieces. Dice avocado into cubes.
  • Combine salad ingredients in a bowl, adding at least 2 tablespoons of hemp hearts and mixing well.
  • Mix olive oil, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper, and fresh-squeezed lime juice in a bowl. Whisk or stir well with a fork.
  • Add dressing to salad and serve immediately.

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