Did you know pine nuts -- so expensive and seemingly rare -- come from pine cones? We have lots of those around here. But no one really wants to dig out their own pine nuts out of their own pine cones. But no one wants to pay the $20 per bag of pine nuts, either.
Dilemmas...
Replace pine nuts from any of your favorite recipes with sunflower seeds. Like pine nuts, sunflower seeds also taste delicious toasted and add delightful crunch to any spinach salad, dessert, pasta dish...and add a great nutty flavor to your homemade pesto. Best of all...they're around $4 a bag verses around $20. We get ours from Trader Joe's. We always have these stocked. Kind of like we do with spinach.
Spend your extra $16 on a couple new spatulas. A new pan. A dinner out. If you're watching your diet, spend it on the last non-food item you remember wishing you had. Think about all the things you can do with that extra $16. Think about all the spinach you could eat. And think about the many more things you can do with sunflower seeds. You'll be happy you made the switch.
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