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Save the Salmon Patty!

• 2 cups sunflower seeds, soaked 1-2 hours
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 cloves galic
• 1 bunch dill
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• carrot juice , as needed
• Blend In:
• 5 whole carrot pulp, (run through juicer)
• ½ cup red onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup celery, minced
• ½ cup parsley, chopped
• ⅛ cup chives, or green onion
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 2-3 tablespoons kelp powder
• 2-3 tablespoons dulse
• 2-3 tablespoons nama shoyu
• Directions:
• *Juice 5 carrots.
  *Blend first 6 ingredients until creamy and blend i the rest of the ingredients! Form into loaves or patties and serve! Or you may dehydrate at 115 degrees for 4-6 hours. (I like to dehydrate for that warm feeling)
  *Top with mango sauce.

• Mango Sauce:

• • 2 inch ginger
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 small serrano pepper
  • 1 whole mango
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • ¼ cup cilantro
  • white pepper, to taste
  • Directions:
  • *Blend ginger, garlic and pepper. Add mango, coconut milk and pulse, add cilantro ad white pepper and pulse.
    *Serve on top of “salmon” patties
  A bit about sunflower seeds…
  More than any other flower, the sunflower suggests the glory of the summer sun itself. Wild, it lines roadways and gilds whole fields with its stunning, sun-colored mandalas. Cultivated in home gardens, it towers to impressive heights of fifteen feet in or more and boasts a flower up to two feet in diameter. A showy plant indeed.
  This daisy relative, which originated in western North America, is more than just show. Both sunflower seeds and sunflower tubers (jerusalem artichoke) were important Native American foods. Sunflowers were introduced in Europe in the 1500’s and have become a staple in Russia. Until the popularization of health foods in the United States in the 1960’s, its domestic use was primarily for bird feed; hence its one common name “polly seed.” Sunflower seeds are also nicknamed “sunnies.”
  The shells may be white, brown, black, or black with stripes. The US commercial supply primarily comes from the Red River valley of Minnesota.
  Health Benefits Sunflower seeds are an energy tonic and nurturing food used to treat constipation. Sunflower seeds contain more protein than beef and 20 percent fat, most of which is unsaturated. A good source of calcium, phosphorus, and iron, as well as vitamins A, D, E, and several of the B-complex, they also contain a trace of flourine, which may explain the Russians’ claim that they are good for the teeth. Sunflower seeds are tridoshic used in moderation; in larger quantities, they primarily reduce vata.
  Superbly Delicious!
  Here are a few pictures of everyone enjoying the evening!
  
  Jean & Dicky, Bless their hearts.
• Dicky is no longer with us, which makes this post that much more special to me. I feel so lucky to have known such a sweet man. Love you like crazy cakes Dicky!  Click here to watch a remembrance video about Dicky.
• 
  Beautiful Linda
  
  My mom and me
  I love you mom!
  xoxoxo
  
  Sweet Skip
  Live each day like its your last.

  Blissfully,
  Michelle