These freezer-friendly sunflower seed toasties are inspired by the German vegan recipe queen Nicole Just and her nut toasties from the book La Veganista: Mein selbst gemachter Power-Vorrat (seems to be only available in German language at the moment). When my pregnancy was coming to an end, I stocked up the freezer with tons of these sunflower seed toasties.

They are amazingly convenient because they can be made ahead and freeze really well. When you want to eat them, all you do is take them from the freezer and place them in your toaster. They are ready in no time! Delightful, still warm from the toaster you can enjoy them with sweet or savory spreads such as jam, chocolate spread, hummus, avocado-free guacamole or anything else.

When we introduced our little baby L’Maddy to solids following a baby-led weaning method, we struggled with what to give when we were eating things she wasn’t supposed to eat yet. We kept her away from glutinous bread until 1, so our bread time was her sunflower seed toastie time. And what can I say? She loved eat chewing happily with her zero teeth. The toasties hold up surprisingly well in those little hands and can be sucked as well. Sometimes, she would just suck the nut butter or avocado-free guacamole we would spread on the sunflower seed toasties but -oh well – we all have these days where spread tastes better than bread.

The sunflower seed toastie recipes requires very little equipment:

• Parchment paper such as Reynolds Kitchens Unbleached Parchment Paper (affiliate link)
• Freezer-friendly bags such as Glad Food Storage and Freezer 2 in 1 Zipper Bags (affiliate link)
• Measuring cups such as Klee Utensils 10-Piece Colorful Stainless Steel Measuring Cups (affiliate link)
• Carrot grater such as Cuisinart CTG-00-BG Boxed Grater (affiliate link)
• Baking dish such as Pyrex Easy Grab Glass Oblong Baking Dish with Red Plastic Lid (affiliate link)

Also, I like to list ingredients that are slightly uncommon – especially if you’re new to vegan recipes or don’t consider yourself a foodie just yet:

• Psyllium husk fiber such as Psyllium Husk Powder by Dr.Herbalist (affiliate link)

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Sunflower Seed Toasties (Freezer-friendly)

These sunflower seed toasties that can be made ahead and kept in the freezer are served in no time. A quick fix in the toaster and these little beauties can be enjoyed with peanut butter or really anything you like on top.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time50 mins

Sitting Time1 hr 30 mins

Total Time2 hrs 30 mins

Course: Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine: American, German, gluten-free, Vegan

Keyword: 10 ingredient or less, baby, blw energy ball, freezer friendly, sunflower seeds, toasties, toddler

Ingredients

• ¾ cup sunflower seeds
• ⅔ cup whole flax seeds
• 1¼ cup rolled oats use gluten-free if necessary
• 5 tbsp psyllium husk fiber
• 1½ tbsp fine sea salt skip if making the toasties for babies
• 1⅛ cup carrots finely grated
• 2 tbsp maple syrup skip if making the toasties for babies
• 3 tbsp olive oil* extra virgin
• 2¾ cup water

Instructions

• Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Pre-heat oven to 320°F/160°C.
• Add sunflower seeds, oats, salt (if using), and psyllium husk fiber to a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
• To the dry mixture add the wet ingredients (water and olive oil) and stir to combine. Then fold in the grated carrot. Fill the dough in your baking dish using your wet hands to straighten the surface. Cover with a kitchen towel and let sit at room temperature for 1½h
• After sitting time, place baking dish in the oven and bake for 45 minutes. Then by using the parchment paper, lift the loaf from the dish, turn around and bake for another 25 minutes.
• Let cool the loaf completely before cutting it in slices of max. 1 inch (check your toaster to assess ideal size). Freeze**.

Notes

*I'm aware of the huge discussion as to which kind of oil to use for babies. I've done extensive research on the topic and found for ourselves that extra virgin olive oil (among others) is a good fit.

 **Spread them out on a tray, freeze for 3 hours and then transfer to a freezer-friendly bag or container.