Salad Crunchies Seed Medley

Give your soups, salads, yogurt, and avocado toast a crunchy, nutritional boost with this easy medley of roasted seeds. They're great to just snack on as well! Make sure all the seeds are raw, otherwise they'll burn during the cooking process.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 162 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ½ cup flax seeds
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
• ¼ cup white sesame seeds
• ¼ cup chia seeds
• 1 cup pepitas
• 1 cup raw sunflower seeds (hulled)
• ½ cup raw egusi (African watermelon seeds)
• ¼ cup tri-colored quinoa, rinsed and dried
• ⅛ cup black sesame seeds
• ⅛ cup amaranth seeds
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground multicolored peppercorns

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper; this will help later when putting the medley in a container.

Step 2

Combine pepitas, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, egusi, chia seeds, quinoa, white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, and amaranth seeds in a large bowl. Mix together using a rubber spatula. Drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil over seeds while mixing. Drizzle remaining olive oil in and continue mixing. Season with salt, cayenne, and ground peppercorns; mix until well combined. Pour mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and spread out in a single layer.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and stir well. Bake for another 5 minutes and stir again. Check egusi seeds as they will be the first seeds that show signs of roasting by turning brown. Bake for 5 more minutes, checking in after 3 minutes without opening oven door. Once egusi are brown and pepitas are beginning to brown (they will have a glossy shine and should begin to puff up), turn off the heat and open the oven door. Leave the seeds inside with the door open for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Remove baking sheet and let seeds cool on the sheet, stirring occasionally. Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.