Avocado & Sunflower Seed Dip

One of my food resolutions for 2009 will be to eat more raw food, I have been reading around raw foods and the reported health benefits seem almost too good to be true; whilst I am not intending to eat solely raw incorporating more raw foods into my diet surely cannot be a bad idea as at the very least more raw will mean less processed foods.

I had seen several recipes for sunflower seed cheese and decided to combine this with my much loved avocado to make a healthy (and almost) raw and delicious dip. I thinned the dip with water rather than the usual olive oil to cut down on calories and fat.

Avocado & Sunflower Seed Dip

1½ oz sunflower seeds – soaked in water for at least 4 hours

1 ripe avocado

2 tbs lemon juice

Small glug olive oil

1 tbs fresh coriander

1 spring onion

2 or 3 pieces of sun dried tomato

Fresh green chilli to taste (optional)

Salt & Pepper to taste

Rinse and drain the sunflower seeds and place all the ingredients into the food processor (reserving some of the spring onion for garnish). Whizz and thin the dip with a little water until it is at the desired consistency.

Serve with crudities. (I know I cheated and used crisps in the photo!)

Options

Once the dip is ready add some pumpkin seeds to the processor and briefly pulse to add some crunch and texture.