Ants on a log with sunflower seed butter
Crunchy celery filled with sunflower seed butter and lined with raisins, the classic after-school snack made nut-free and vegan.
- 10 min total
- 10 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 2
- About $0.79 a serving
- 240 calories
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Dolly says: It’s ready in 10 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
- 4 stalks celery
- ¼ cup sunflower seed butter
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1 tbsp dried cranberries (optional)
Each serving has about 240 calories, 8 g protein, 17 g carbs and 16 g fat, and costs about $0.79 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the celery and off the leafy tops and the pale bottoms.
Rinse. Rinsing means running cold water over rice or canned beans in a strainer while you swish them around. It washes off loose starch and can liquid, so rice cooks up fluffy and beans taste clean.
How you’ll know: The water running out goes from cloudy to mostly clear; it doesn’t have to be perfect.
Trim. Trimming means cutting off the parts you don’t eat, like stem ends, tough bits or thick fat. It keeps chewy or bitter bits out of the finished dish.
How you’ll know: What’s left is the good part, with no dry ends, woody stems or thick white fat.
the celery dry and cut each stalk into 3 pieces.
Pat dry. Patting dry means pressing paper towels onto food to soak up the moisture on its surface. Wet food steams instead of browning, so this is how you get a good sear and crisp skin.
How you’ll know: The surface feels tacky, not wet, and the last paper towel comes away barely damp.
Dolly’s tip: Dry celery holds the filling. Wet celery lets it slide right off.Spread about a teaspoon of sunflower seed butter into the groove of each piece.
Press a line of raisins and cranberries into the filling, like ants marching along.
Eat them right away, or keep them covered in the fridge for up to 4 hours.
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