Sunflower Seed Butter (homemade SunButter!)
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Sunflower Seed Butter (homemade SunButter!)

Sunflower seed butter, or SunButter, is an allergy-friendly alternative to peanut butter but deserves to be known as more than just that! It works well in sweet and savory dishes—think cookies, granola bars, salad dressings, and dips. The nutty flavor comes through more in homemade sunflower seed butter and can be customized—make it crunchy, salty,…

Dried Carrot Chips
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Dried Carrot Chips

Dried carrot chips are a fun way to use up or extend the shelf life of carrots. Eat them as a snack, crumbled over soup, or as a side. With only one ingredient, these couldn’t be easier. Plus, their twisty shape makes them fun to eat—they look like flames coming out of the jar! Feel…

Orange Noodles (colored with carrots!)
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Orange Noodles (colored with carrots!)

Noodles are great, but they’re even better when they’re colorful. These carrot noodles have a very mild carrot flavor when cooked, so if you wanted to highlight it in a light broth, it’ll be there, but if you wanted to add heavier seasonings, the carrot flavor won’t interfere. Homemade noodles are time-consuming, but much of…

Laba Garlic (腊八蒜, Chinese Green Pickled Garlic)
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Laba Garlic (腊八蒜, Chinese Green Pickled Garlic)

Everyone’s heard of green eggs and ham, but green garlic? Green garlic does exist and the color is all natural! Laba garlic is garlic pickled in rice vinegar and it turns green-blue from chemical reactions that occur during the pickling process. Made on the 8th (ba, å…«) day of the 12th month (la, è…Š) of…