This vegan pepita brittle is sweet and crunchy - a perfect snack or topping for ice cream. Bonus: it's made from seeds that can help balance your hormones.
If you have a menstrual cycle, you need to know about seed cycling. (And if you don't maybe just skip down to the "why I love this recipe" section and learn about how tasty this brittle is.)
Seed Cycling is a practice of eating various seeds, in alignment with the phases of your menstrual cycle. The seeds contain nutrients to help regulate your hormones and can help to alleviate PMS symptoms like mood swings, acne, bloating, cramps, etc.
I'm not a doctor, so I recommend you learn more about the benefits of seed cycling here.
During the ovulatory and luteal phases of your cycle, it's recommended that you eat 1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds and 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds each day.
Then during menses and the follicular phase, switch to 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds and 1 tablespoon of flax seeds each day.
That's where this pepita brittle comes in.
Pepitas have a high zinc content which can help your body as it increases progesterone production.
Flaxseeds have lignans, which bind to excess estrogen your body is producing during menses and the follicular phase.
Pepitas are a type of pumpkin seed, but they don't grow in all pumpkins. (Like, if you carve a pumpkin on Halloween, you won't find pepitas inside.)
Pumpkin seeds that you'd find inside of an average pumpkin are white. Pepitas are green. And they come from a special type of pumpkin.
You can find pepitas (already outside of the pumpkin) in the nut/seed section of the grocery store. They're often in the bulk section.
Step 1. Preheat the oven to 275°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2. In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients, adding the cinnamon, nutmeg, and/or cayenne as desired.
Step 3. Spread the mixture in a single layer on the baking sheet.
Step 4. Bake 35-40 minutes, until the brittle is starting to harden (it won't be completely hard at this point). Let the brittle cool completely on the pan. Serve, and enjoy!
Thank you God for this brittle - thank you for giving us foods that work with our bodies to keep us healthy and happy. Amen.
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This vegan pepita brittle is sweet and crunchy - a perfect snack or topping for ice cream. Bonus: it's made from seeds that can help balance your hormones.
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