Sunflower Seeds and Pasta Sauce
The garden bounty continues! This past week we got:
basil, tomatoes, eggplant, jalapenos, a bush bean and a strawberry
and
more eggplant, basil, an Early Girl tomato and a giant zuchinni.
I used the basil, eggplant and zuchinni in a Crock Pot pasta sauce. It was delicious!
The sunflowers were looking a little top heavy, so I decided to harvest them for the seeds.
I call the tall sunflower "the peeping tom" because it looks right into the neighbor's yard.
This guy was enormous. I could not believe how many seeds came out of this one flower.
I need to do a little research on toasting the seeds. The fresh seeds are meaty and almost have a sweet flavor to them. I’m just not sure we can eat so many seeds at once.
The next few months should give us lots of fresh produce. I cannot wait!
Have a fabulous day!
August 9th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Oh, I LOVE sunflower seeds! I bet you put em on a pan and roast em like Pumpkin seeds…and salt em.