Lemonade

When I was a little girl my Dad used to feed us the most "unusual stuff." Or at least I thought it was. We didn't eat like the rest of the neighborhood kids (you know spaghetti and meatballs ... lol). What I mean is that we ate what to me at the time was uncommon food. I actually didn't mind eating half the stuff as long as it didn't taste "bad" to my palate.
We ate things like cow brain and fresh goat milk (like the goat about to be butchered is still kicking in the back yard fresh, did I mention I grew up in the outskirts of downtown L.A.?). Anyhowsers we also ate stuff like cactus (nopales), asparagus, seaweed, aloe, "funky" Chinese veggies, cow tongue, curdled "fried mind you" pig blood (I actually learned this stuff is very popular in Europe) and stuff like that.
This is all mind you, "weird stuff" when you are just a kid trying to be what one would consider normal.

Well, needless to say years have passed (I won't say how many) since I was a child and now I too am a parent trying to find "interesting and nutritious" food for my boys to eat. Little did I realize then that half the stuff my Dad fed us was actually "really, I mean really" good for us. Maybe with the exception of the pig blood and cow tongue ... lol.

So as I thought back on all those interesting treats, I distinctly recall my dad serving us lemonade "dad style" with chia seed in it. It looked pretty funky, the seeds were all slimy and needless to say not palatable to a 12 year old. But I drank the stuff and to my amazement, liked it.
I thought I would try to make said lemonade for my family and see how that would go over. Before doing so I happened to "google it" the chia seed that is. And I came across some very interesting facts about this tiny little bitty seed! I won't press you with the rest, read for yourself the attached link and tell me what you think. It is a supper food! ~~~ did anyone else know this?

http://www.living-foods.com/articles/chia.html

~~Chia Lemonade, Pancho Style~~
(it's actually just plain ol' lemonade with chia seed added)

The ratio of chia seed to gallon of lemonade should be to taste. Too many and you will end up with jelly, too few and you won't get the benefit. the amount should be just enough to cloud the ade somewhat.

I use fresh yellow lemons, and pure unrefined cane sugar. Yumm ;)~