Sharon Elizabeth wrote:I've been putting my amaranth (garnet red) leaves in my morning smoothie, but once the fluffy flower spikes showed up, I thought I'd put some of that in my smoothie as well. Any reason I shouldn't do so? The flower spike is still red and fluffy. I think I saw something about having to cook the seeds so you can absorb the nutrients, but to my thinking, these aren't seeds yet... Thoughts?
Not sure if this is helpful but I believe you just need to "pop" the seeds before eating them to aid in digestion, by slightly crushing between fingers or lightly grounding with a mortar and pestle.
