Limonada con Chia
Fresh lime juice and chia seeds — the Aztec and Maya Salvia hispanica staple documented in the 16th century and rediscovered by health food markets in the 2000s.
- 4 ozfresh lime juice(freshly squeezed)
- 4 cupswater(cold)
- ½ cupsugar(to taste)
- 2 tbspchia seeds
- lime wheelgarnish
- 1Dissolve sugar in water.
- 2Add lime juice and stir well.
- 3Add chia seeds and let sit 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 4Seeds will form gel coating.
- 5Serve over ice.
- 6Garnish with lime wheel.
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Limonada con Chia — lime water with chia seeds — draws on two separate ingredient traditions. Fresh-squeezed limeade (or the Mexican agua de limon) is one of Central America's most basic and beloved daily beverages, sold by street vendors and produced at home throughout Mexico and Guatemala. Chia seeds, from the Salvia hispanica plant native to central Mexico and Guatemala, were a staple food of the Aztec and Maya civilizations, who consumed them for sustained energy — Aztec warriors reportedly carried chia on long marches. Spanish colonizers documented chia's importance in Aztec diet in the 16th century, and the seeds were largely forgotten in mainstream nutrition until the 1990s and 2000s when research into their omega-3 fatty acid content brought them back to commercial prominence as a health food ingredient.
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