Pumpkin Seed Recipes and Other Tasty Uses of Nuts and Seeds

If you love to prepare meals and are looking to add some unique and tasty accents to your cooking, consider seeds and nuts in your garden, especially if you already like vegetable gardening. It’s easy to just plant seeds in a corner of your existing plot. These tiny foods give so much punch and flavor to everyday cooking, not to mention important vitamins, fiber, and protein. Pumpkin seed recipes are a good source for ideas on how to prepare seeds. If you’re planting seeds to roast, any seed or nut that has spent time in the oven with a little oil and then sugar or salt, depending on the recipe, will take just delicious.

Seeds and nuts can fit with every meal of the day like no other food accent. For muffin recipes in the morning, add sunflower seeds to the mix for more texture and taste. Sprinkle poppy seeds in your pancake mix. The possibilities are endless with breakfast breads and pastries. Almost any nut or seed will complement recipes for baked goods.

Get Creative with Nuts and Seeds

When you go to the vegetable garden and think what to cook today, remember that you are only limited by what is in your backyard and your kitchen, not by your imagination. For lunch or dinner, add cucumber seeds to sour yogurt and blend with fresh dill and salt. You’ll have a tart dressing to serve with salad or fresh-cut garden plants. Salads are delicious with a dash of pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, pecans, and pistachios, just to name a few.

Sesame seeds make a wonderful nut butter, as do cashews, peanuts, and almonds. Nut butters can be used not only for bread but also for salad dressings and meat marinade. Use your creativity and experiment with different tastes.

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