News Sport Weather iPlayer Sounds Bitesize CBeebies CBBC Food

Home
News
Sport
Business
Innovation
Culture
Travel
Earth
Video
Live

Home
News
Sport
Weather
iPlayer
Sounds
Bitesize
CBeebies
CBBC
Food

Home
News
Sport
Business
Innovation
Culture
Travel
Earth
Video
Live

Home
Recipes
Budget Recipes
Chefs
Stories
Diets
Programmes
Techniques
Your Favourites

Flaxseed recipes

Flaxseed, also known as linseed, are small seeds that can be eaten whole, ground up, or made into an oil. They are a good source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular omega-3 fatty acids. They add texture to breads, can be thrown into a smoothie and have particular benefits for vegan baking, as ground flaxseed can be combined with water and used as an egg replacement.

Vegan carrot cake

by Annie Rigg

Enjoy a slice of this moist vegan carrot cake for afternoon tea or to mark a special occasion such as a birthday party.

For this recipe you will need a 20cm/8in springform or deep cake tin.

Each serving provides 505 kcal, 6g protein, 55g carbohydrate (of which 36g sugars), 28g fat (of which 7g saturates), 4g fibre and 0.4g salt.

Cakes and baking

More flaxseed recipes

Crispy fried chicken with gochujang sauce and slaw

by Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed

Treacle wheaten bread

Cakes and baking

Peanut and coconut balls

Light meals & snacks

Oat, maple and nut granola

by Allegra McEvedy

Smoky dogs

by Mary McCartney

Baked cabbage rolls with braised red cabbage

Vegan carrot cake

Cakes and baking

Vegan courgette and sweetcorn fritters

by Saskia Sidey

Light meals & snacks

Vegan okonomiyaki

by Saskia Sidey

Light meals & snacks

Apricot and chocolate bars

by Dr Rupy Aujla

Light meals & snacks

Gluten-free bread

Cakes and baking

Gluten-free pizza

Vegan brownies

Cakes and baking

Healthy berry banana smoothie

by Dr Rupy Aujla

Drinks and cocktails

Multi-seed savoury crackers

by Brendan Lynch

Starters & nibbles

Breakfast bars 2.0

by Nigella Lawson

Other seeds

Black sesame seeds

Caraway seeds

Celery seeds

Chia seeds

Coriander seeds

Fennel seeds

Melon seeds

Mustard seeds

Pine nut

Poppy seeds

Pumpkin seed

Sesame seeds

Sunflower seed

FAQs about BBC Food

Find us here

Explore the BBC

Home
News
Sport
Weather
iPlayer
Sounds
Bitesize
CBeebies
CBBC
Food

Home
News
Sport
Business
Innovation
Culture
Travel
Earth
Video
Live

of Use
About the BBC
Cookies
Cookies
Accessibility Help
Parental Guidance
the BBC
Make an editorial complaint
BBC emails for you
with us

Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

}