Hemp, hemp, hurray! Chocolate hemp cookies

The use of hemp seed as food has exploded in recent years. This doesn't surprise me; its nuritional value is unsurpassed.

Hemp seed provides complete protein. Moreover, it has the highest count of essential fatty acids of any plant, and offers proportions of OMEGA-3 and OMEGA-6 that perfectly suit humans.



Strictly speaking, hemp seed is a nut, which means it is gluten-free. Bonus. Tastewise, I remember somebody describing it as a cross between a cashew and a pine nut.

Of course, all this talk of hemp may be distorting the picture. You see, chocolate chips are good, too. Not so many nutrients and so on, but they can sure make you feel great.

Chocolate hemp cookies

Wet

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla

Dry

• 2 1/2 cups multigrain flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/3 cup hemp seeds

How

1. mix wet stuff
2. mix dry stuff
3. stir the two mixtures together
4. use tablespoon to drop dough onto two greased baking sheets
5. bake at 325°F for 12 minutes

Attention vegans and/or banana- lovers: You can replace eggs with 1 smashed banana.

Finally, if you're concerned about flunking your next urine test, don't be. The hemp seed used for food is extremely low in THC, the (psycho)active ingredient in cannabis. (Really, now. Nobody kicks up a fuss about scarfing a few poppy seeds, even though the plant they come from is the source of opium.) So these cookies present no danger of messing you up.

Well, I suppose you could eat too many chocolate chips.  :‍-‍)