Blogger Secret Ingredient Reveal
I am hosting Week 76 of the Blogger Secret Ingredient! Seriously honored and excited here – I love, love, love surprises, so this foodie blog event ranks as one of my favorites.
This week’s ingredient is …
Sunflower Seeds!
The rules say to pick a food that is “readily available and not too expensive.” This forgotten seed, overshadowed by hype for flax, hemp, and other “superfoods,” is certainly cheap and easy to find. Plus, it offers a host of healthy vitamins and minerals including plenty of Vitamin E, magnesium, thaimin, selenium, and more.
Show me your recipes!
To participate please submit a recipe featuring sunflower seeds or sunflower seed butter before midnight Sunday, April 25th by emailing alisa at godairyfree dot org. I will accept recipes with these seeds whole, shelled, ground, toasted, chopped, or in “butter” form. The winner and next host will be announced Monday, April 26th.
Win this!
One winner will be chosen from the submitted recipes to receive the Sweet Vegan ebook collection. Trust me, you don’t need to be vegan to enjoy these scrumptious recipes. It includes À La Mode (unbelievable ice cream recipes), Lunch Box Bites (portable snack and treat recipes), Mission Impossible Pies (quick crust-less delights), Wicked Treats (homemade candy recipes). Plus, every recipe has an accompanying full color photo.
More details
In case you’re new to BSI (or need to brush up on the rules) each week there is a new host and that host must:
- Pick an ingredient, preferably one that is in season and readily available and not too expensive;
- link back to all the other previous weekly hosts;
- review the recipe submissions by Sunday night of each week;
- pick a recipe that is your favorite; and
- post the winner Monday morning and send the winner a token prize of your choosing.
To participate:
- you do not have to have a food blog to particpate
- you do not have to submit a photograph
- if you don’t have a blog, you can submit your recipe to that weeks host, and they will post your recipe for you
The previous hosts and ingredients are:
- Week 75: Part of the Whole – Beets
- Week 74: Dinner at Christina’s – Sour Cream
- Week 73: The Chef in My Head – Goat Cheese
- Week 72: 5 Star Foodie – Asparagus
- Week 71: Eats Well With Others – Carrots
- Week 70: Burp and Slurp – Brussel Sprouts
- Week 69: Fun Fearless Foodie – Parmesan Cheese
- Week: 68: Natalie’s Killer Cuisine – Cocoa Powder
- Week 67: Eat, Live, Travel, Write – Lemon Zest
- Week 66: Travel Eat Love – Coconut Milk
- Week 65: Run Beans Run – Tofu
- Week 64: Chicago Marathon Val – Mushrooms
- Week 63: Biggest Diabetic Loser – Cheddar Cheese
- Week 62: A Fit and Spicy Life – Balsamic Vinegar
- Week 61: Peanut Butter Fingers – Nutmeg
- Week 60: Jenn Eats Nutritiously Now – Garlic
- Week 59: Home Cooked Em – Cinnamon
- Week 58: The Balanced Broad – Flax
- Week 57: Cookin Fanatic – Blue Cheese
- Week 56: Foodie in the City – Ricotta Cheese
- Week 55: Savvy Eats – Maple Syrup
- Weel 54: Sound Eats – Dried Fruit
- Week 53: Mega Nerd Runs – Acorn Squash
- Week 52: Healthy Tipping Point – Pancake Mix
- Week 51: Live, Laugh Eat – Almond Butter
- Week 50: Balance, Joy and Delicias! – Cauliflower
- Week 49: Healthy San Diego Living – Chickpeas
- Week 48: Thought 4 Food – Yogurt
- Week 47: London Foodie in New York – Chocolate
- Week 46: Johnstone’s Vin Blanc – Oats
- Week 45: Guilty Kitchen – Figs
- Week 44: Ordinary Recipes Made Gourmet – Peanut Butter
- Week 43: The Sophisticated Gourmet – Brown Sugar
- Week 42: My Kitchen Addiction – Lime
- Week 41: Nutmeg Nanny – Coffee
- Week 40: Chaya’s Comfy Cook – Broccoli
- Week 39: Healthy Delicious – Plums
- Week 38: Zoe – Feta
- Week 37: ChezWhat– Potatoes
- Week 36: Cinnamon, Spice & Everything Nice – Blueberries
- Week 35: Girlichef -Greens
- Week 34: The Ungourmet – Watermelon
- Week 33: Bread + Butter – Bell Pepper
- Week 32: Burp and Slurp -Corn
- Week 31: Say Yes to Salad – Kabocha
- Week 31 1/2: Simply Fabulous Now – Cherries
- Week 30: Thinspired – Bananas
- Week 29: To Be The Whole Package – Almonds
- Week 28: Kristas Kravings – Lemon
- Week 27: From French Fries To Flax Seeds – Coconut
- Week 26: Plentiful Plants – Avocado
- Week 25: Training Fuel – Eggs
- Week 24: Dinner at Christina’s – Cabbage
- Week 23: Hey What’s for Dinner, Mom? – Strawberries
- Week 22: One Bite at a Time – Basil
- Week 21: Just Sweet Enough – Black Beans
- Week 20: What I Ate Yesterday – Kale
- Week 19: What’s for Dinner – Orange
- Week 18: BranAppetit! –Spinach
- Week 17: Tales of Expansion Dates
- Week 16: Biggest Diabetic Loser – Zucchini
- Week 15: Sweet & Natural –Peppermint
- Week 14: bella eats [and runs] – Ginger
- Week 13: Coffee Talk – Walnuts
- Week 12: For the Love of Oats – Pumpkin
- Week 11: Trying to Heal – Sweet Potatoes
- Week 10: The Inner Workings of a College Graduate – Eggplant
- Week 9: Itzy’s Kitchen – Pears
- Week 8: The Fitnessista – Cranberries
- Week 7: Tri to Cook – Lentils
- Week 6: Rhodey Girl Tests – Polenta
- Week 5: Eating Bender – Butternut Squash
- Week 4: Care to Eat – Apples
- Week 3: On a Lobster Placemat – Mushrooms
- Week 2: Hangry Pants – Tomatoes
- Week 1: sportsnutritionliving – Quinoa
19 thoughts on “Blogger Secret Ingredient Reveal”
This sounds fun, I think I may have an idea already!
Great BSI choice! You don’t wanna know how many sunflower seeds I eat a day. I’ll rack my brains for a recipe! Fingers crossed!
Yay congrats Alisa! I’m so excited you listed sunflower seed butter b/c that is seriously one of my favs and the first thing I thought of when you said (typed?) sunflower seeds! I’ll have to think on this one b/c I don’t know if I have a recipe! I usually jsut smear it on stuff or sprinkle seeds on my salad or have as a snack. But you’re right – they are unsung heroes!!
yum, what a great choice for the BSI! I’m excited to see the submissions.
How neat! I do love sunflower seeds bc they’re a much cheaper alternative to nuts!
I can’t believe the BSI has been going on for 76 weeks…and that I hosted it so long ago! Crazy!
Recipe for Sun Flower seed Fudge!
1 1/2 cup Organic ground sunflower Seeds
1 Cup Organic Sunflower seed Butter
1 Cup Organic Coconut, dry shreded fine
1/4 Cup Agave syrup
pinch Sea salt
Mix, should be like cookie doug. If to wet to form in a ball, add more ground seeds or coconut! If to dry, add a little more agave! plkay with it!
Mix, Pat into a pan about 1 inch deep, Chill Cut and eat!
May add dark Chocolate powder or Carob to taste.
emailed you!
What a great ingredient! I could eat a million sunflower seeds in a sitting. I love how rich and buttery and nutty they are!
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