SunButter Sunflower Seed Spread - No Sugar Added - 16 oz

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Patience is key: Depending on your particular food processor/blender, this process can take as little as 1-2 minutes, up to 20 (or more!). Just remember to give your machine breaks so it doesn’t overheat, and scrape down the sides. Now my seeds are lightly toasted. You don’t NEED to toast them, but it adds a delicious nutty flavor to the seeds. Don’t toast them much darker than this, or you’ll lose too much moisture and end up with a mealy consistency to your sunbutter. If you don’t have a processor/blender that auto scrapes down the sides, you should do that every time you pause the machine, to make sure all the seeds are blended till super smooth. Pip & Nut Peanut Butter is available in two varieties, smooth peanut butter and crunchy and which one you choose depends on which texture you prefer. Crunchy peanut butter may have a slightly higher fibre content but both varieties are very nutritional so you can’t make a bad choice.

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Heat a pan on the stove, then toss about 3 cups of sunflower seeds in the hot pan for a minute or two. Keep them moving so they don’t burn. Do not buy roasted sunflower seeds thinking you can skip this step (pre-roasted seeds don’t have enough moisture to create a creamy sunbutter). Here are my seeds before toasting: It’s also optional to add in some salt and/or sweetener. Just make sure to remember that any flavored nut or seed butter will impact the shelf life. So always do so in small batches from the main sunflower butter jar. As with all nut and seed butter recipes, the process for making this delicious homemade sunflower is ridiculously simple. Keeping reading for the roasted seed method followed by the sprouted method. Step 1: Roast the sunflower seeds This small but mighty seed is full to the brim with nutrients. A healthy dose of magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, copper, zinc, iron, folate as well as essential fats and Vitamin A, vitamin B, and vitamin E. They also contain 2g protein per tablespoon and ZERO cholesterol. Sunflower butter contains more minerals than most nut butters! Chocolate chips add so much fun to these bars. I mean, who doesn’t love chocolate chips? I love these allergy-friendly chocolate chips that have a high percentage of cacao, so you’re also getting tons of antioxidants too! But you can use any chocolate chips you love. White chocolate would also be delicious in these! How to make Nut Free No Bake Protein Bars…

There are several varieties of nut butter available, each one made from different nuts and with slightly different flavours. Sunbutter has significantly more unsaturated fat, magnesium, and vitamin E than peanut butter,” Keri Glassman, the founder of Nutritious Life and The Nutrition School, told Well and Good.Why go to this effort? Soaking the seeds can help to “activate” them. This means the nutrients within will become more bioavailable for the body (meaning more easily absorbed). Also, the phytic acid (which is an enzyme inhibitor) will be reduced. How to Store