Sunflower Food Crops

• Plants are grown commercially to produce sunflower oil and sunflower margarine.
• Do not eat the petals but you can grow sunflowers for their seeds to bake in to bread, use about a quarter of sunflower seeds to the amount flour you use.
• Sprouted sunflower seeds are full of goodness and easy to grow. Rinse your crop of seeds throwing away any floaters and leave in a jar of cold water. The following day pour away the water and leave he jar on its side until the seeds sprout. Check regularly throwing away any bad ones and rinse away the husks. In less than a fortnight you will have sprouts for a stir fry or sandwich.
• Seeds can be used as a garnish for salads or eaten as they are.
• Use seeds as a crumble topping with oats or add to root vegetable soups.
• Grow Jerusalem artichoke part of the sunflower family and eat like potatoes
• Birds love the rich sunflower seed