A healthy, three ingredient soft serve “ice cream” that is perfect to celebrate the Fall season even if it doesn’t feel like Fall yet,
As much as I want it to, it just doesn’t feel like Fall here yet.
The high on Thursday was 91°… yep, October 2nd and it’s 91°
So while I’d love to be making big batches of soup and turning on my oven to bake casseroles and doughnut holes and what not, I just can’t bear it yet.
Not until it gets under 75° do I really start to get into the Fall season foods.
I’ve never paid much attention to buying foods within the season that they are the freshest. Call me crazy, but I never even knew that was a thing. Actually, you can call me an American, because this is one part of the world where we have that type of convenience. Though I appreciate the ease American grocery stores bring, there really is something to cherishing food in it’s time.
To me, summer is personified in foods that are sweet and citrusy. When I think of soaking up these last days of summer, my mind drifts to pool side book reading enjoying a strawberry popsicle. A hint of sweet, and a splash of tart. Although often times we attribute these flavors to dessert, I wanted to recreate them in a summer inspired and filling main course.
This recipe was born on a night when my husband and I were craving breaded chicken. I opened the pantry to find that we didn’t have any breadcrumbs! As I scanned the contents of our cabinets I saw a bag full of seeds that I had soaked and roasted the day before for another recipe. I thought I’d give it a try, and let me tell you; it was the perfect grain free breadcrumb alternative. Pumpkin and sunflower seeds give this Asian flavored dish a nutty undertone with a true crunch. Served along side my glazed carrots, it makes dinner practically blissful. Well, minus the baby sitting next to me grabbing for her own bite.
