Sweet and Savory Seed Sprinkles

When I was in Australia last fall, I found a delicious seed mixture called Savoury Seed Sprinkle-a mixture of sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin seeds with almonds and a hint of chili flakes and tamari.  I used this to sprinkle on salad greens or on top of chicken….very yummy.

I decided to create three different seed sprinkles today one with a bit of cinnamon, brown sugar, coconut oil and maple syrup! How delicious does that sound??

And another with soy sauce and olive oil–a simple but ridiculously tasty blend. And yet, one more with a bit of tahini and chili flakes. First, get your seeds ready…

To keep track (just in case I might forget!) I labeled my seed mixtures on the baking sheet!

I have to admit, my favorite by far was the soy sauce version to the right.  Yum! I topped it on my marinated and grilled chicken for a little crunch.

The sweet version was equally deeeeeelish…and is a great topping for my morning oats!

I added some sliced almonds to my sweet seed sprinkle.  Here it is ready to be stirred!

Of course, these little seed sprinkles would make a nice little foodie gift too!

Nuts and seeds can be a potential source of fructans and GOS so in general keep portions to 1-2 tablespoons.

Here are the recipes for the seed sprinkles.  I didn’t provide the tahini recipe as it was not one of my favorites (plus tahini is not FODMAPs friendly.) I also found that I ‘over-chia’d’ my recipes so modified that in the recipe as well!

Sweet and Savory Seed Sprinkles (low FODMAP)

July 18, 2012

by katescarlata

Category Condiments/Dips Low FODMAP Condiments/Dips Low FODMAP Recipes Traditional Recipes

Ingredients

• SAVORY SEED SPRINKLES
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chia seed
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1/3 cup pumpkin seed
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• SWEET SEED SPRINKLES
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chia seed
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1/3 cup pumpkin seed
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees
2. Mix seeds (and nuts for sweet sprinkle) together with seasonings in their respective ingredient list.
3. Spread seed mixture on parchment paper lined cookie sheet pan.
4. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly toasted. Stir mid cooking time.
5. Let cool and store in mason jar.
6. PORTION: FODMAP followers keep portion to a smattering about 1 TB of mix and test tolerance.

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