Sunflower Seed Butter Is The Creamy Nut Butter Alternative You’ve Been Missing
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Nut butters are awesome, but when allergies come into play things get tricky. Sunflower seed butter is a creamy paste made from sunflower seeds. It’s often used as a substitute for nut butter when certain allergies are present. If you’ve never tried seed butter, it’s time.
Sunflower seed butter resembles commercially available peanut butter in its nutty appearance, texture and flavor with a focus on the degree of roasting and how much sugar, salt and stabilizers are added. While you’ll definitely taste the sunflower seeds, the mouthfeel is just like any other creamy nut butter and serves as a healthy alternative to other nut butters out there.
You can use sunflower seed butter as an ingredient in your smoothies, on your toast, in your oatmeal, on top of a breakfast bowl or for baking purposes. It’s also a great pairing in savory dishes as a substitute for peanut butter in cold peanut noodles or drizzled on top of sweet potatoes.
Sunflower seeds have a bunch of health benefits, ranging from high levels of protein (3 grams per tablespoon) to Vitamin E to magnesium. Sunflower seed butter also boats those rich healthy fats our bodies need.
The market for seed butter has expanded in recent years, making it easy to get your hands on a jar of this good stuff. Some of our favorite jars of sunflower seed butter out there include Sun Butter, Once Again and Wild Friends. The prices range from $6 to $8 depending on where you buy it.
If you usually splurge on nut butter, you can fit sunflower seed butter into your budget. It’s a pantry staple that you’ll be happy you have on hand, and you can feel good about putting this sweet spread into your body.
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