My partner and I have both developed different food allergies as we've aged, and Nutstop has been a huge help for finding delicious, non-allergenic foods that have given us simple workarounds. She can't have peanuts, and so we've taken to making our own sunflower seed butter. Couldn't be easier! A read more... pound of roasted, salted sunflower seeds and about 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in the food processor, let it spin for about 5 minutes, done! Maybe an extra pinch of salt and a bit of honey to taste. It's as delicious and flexible as the best (...and waaay more expensive) peanut butter, plus you control exactly what ingredients you want to consume. And the benefits keep on coming-- sunflower seeds are packed with Vitamin E, which is a great antioxidant that helps our skin and organ membranes stay healthy! For real, one 2-tablespoon serving of sunflower seed butter provides 40% of the average adult’s USRDA of Vitamin E. Sunflower seeds are also a particularly good source of magnesium, zinc, copper, phosphorus, niacin, and thiamin - all micronutrients that help keep us from getting sick- maybe more important now than ever. And as if that's not enough, sunflower seeds' fat is mainly 'good' fats! TL:DR- sunflower seeds are great :)
