for the sunflower seed sauce: 1/4
cup of sunflower seed butter (feel free to sub any nut or seed butter you have on hand) 1 clove of garlic, minced 1 red chili, seeded and minced 2 tablespoons of tamari (or low sodium soy sauce) 1 tablespoon of toasted sesame oil 1 teaspoon of ginger, peeled and minced 2 tablespoons of lime juice (the juice of one lime) 3 - 4 tablespoons of water a pinch or two of red pepper flakes, if you want extra heat
For a nut - free vegan ice cream sundae, you can use 2
tablespoons of sunflower seed butter in place of the almonds, vanilla coconut milk beverage or rice milk in place of the almond milk, omit the nut topping (why not double the chocolate chips?!)
Founded in 2012 by Jess Weiswasser, the Denver, Colo. - based food brand produces four flavored almond butters, three chia cashew butters and two
varieties of sunflower seed butters.
I will say, that I had the same problem some others have with my cookies turning dark green as they cooled... I looked it up and apparently this is a chemical
reaction of the sunflower seed butter.
But I decided to make a salad out of the combination by throwing together the cabbage and beets with chickpeas, watercress, macadamia nuts, sunflower seeds, more lime juice and a
drizzle of sunflower seed butter.
Chunky Monkey Cereal: rolled oats, granola, chopped bananas, pecans / walnut pieces, mini choco chips and a spoonful of sunflower seed butter
I'm not much of a baker, but I AM a
lover of sunflower seed butter just about any way I can get it so I will definitely be adding that to my little memory bank just in case!
She's noticed her customers usually fall into one of two camps: moms struggling to find a nut - free alternative for kids» lunches (especially when their kids don't love the
taste of sunflower seed butter), and consumers who are excited about indulgent new cookie - butter - like spreads.
Mix two tablespoons of almond butter (or one tablespoon of almond butter and one
tablespoon of sunflower seed butter: I recommend Dastony's version of both) with a couple of chopped carrots, one teaspoon of miso paste, one Medjool date, one teaspoon (or to taste) of fresh ginger and the juice of 1/2 small lemon together in a food processor until a pâté - like consistency is formed.
Instead
of sunflower seed butter, I used homemade almond butter (alas, my brownies were not nut - free) and instead of vanilla extract I used 1 tsp ground vanilla bean.
The video was particularly helpful - without it I might not have had the confidence to replace a bunch of ingredients based on what I already had in my pantry (I used peanut butter and quick oats instead
of sunflower seed butter and quinoa flakes).
* Instead
of sunflower seed butter, feel free to use natural peanut butter or almond butter.