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Sunflower Seed Pesto

This sunflower seed pesto is spectacular on pasta, veggies, pizza, toast.

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10 minutes

2 servings

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dairy-free

gluten-free

kid friendly

has meat

has pasta

has seafood

mediterranean

vegan

vegetarian

pescatarian

paleo

(?)

Not paleo due to:

granulated sugar

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Nutrition to Note

This recipe has Fat (total lipid) as 54.3% (as a percentage of RDA).

You may need to take this into account today to balance out your diet.

Nutrition Rating Details

Here are the percentages used to determine the nutritional rating for this recipe:

• Calcium: 0.0% of RDA
• Calories: 18.5% of RDA
• Carbs: 2.4% of RDA
• Fat (total lipid): 54.3% of RDA
• Fiber: 7.9% of RDA
• Fructose: 0.3% of RDA
• Protein: 4.6% of RDA
• Sodium: 21.8% of RDA
• Sugar: 3.3% of RDA

• Vitamin A (IU): 20.1% of RDA
• Vitamin B6: 132% of RDA
• Vitamin C: 8.6% of RDA
• Iron: 1.0% of RDA
• Magnesium: 15.2% of RDA
• Manganese: 10.0% of RDA
• Niacin: 83.9% of RDA
• Potassium: 3.9% of RDA
• Zinc: 9.9% of RDA

If any nutritional component is greater than 50% of RDA (or any vitamin/mineral is greater than 400% of RDA), the recipe gets a “Nutrition to Note” rating.

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MACROS

Carbohydrate

6.59

Calories

370

Fiber

2.22

Iron

0.181

Protein

5.13

Sodium

294

Sugars

1.02

Fat (total lipid)

33.2

INGREDIENTS

Amount

Measure

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Ingredient

cup

basil (fresh)

1/2

cups

sunflower seeds

raw.

1/4

cups

olive oil

cloves

garlic (fresh)

1/4

tsp

salt

1/4

tsp

granulated sugar

1/4

tsp

black pepper

tbsp

nutritional yeast

tbsp

lemon juice

freshly squeezed.

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PREPARATION

Combine all ingredients in food processor and process until creamy. Usually 1-2 minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Toss with warm pasta, spread on toast or pizza, use as a dip.

COMPLETE NUTRITION

This recipe has the following nutrient totals:

Calories 370

Protein 5.13 g

Carbohydrates 6.59 g

Iron 0.18 mg

Fiber 2.22 g

Calcium 0.47 mg

(plus many more nutrients)

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