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Pasta with Tomato, Chard and Sunflower Seed Sauce

Yields:6 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation30 minutes
Cooking25 minutes
Ready In55 minutes
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Ingredients

1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 teaspoon canola oil
8 ounces onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
2 pounds tomatoes fresh, peeled and seeded
1 can tomato paste 6 ounce
1 teaspoon oregano fresh, minced
1 tablespoon basil fresh, minced
1 teaspoon salt optional
1 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
8 ounces chard stems fresh
1 pound pasta, linguine

Directions

Prepare the chard: wash, remove ribs, and cut crosswise into 1-inch ribbons.

In a large saucepan or sautépan, toast seeds until very lightly browned.

In food processor or nut grinder, grind half of the seeds until very fine.

Reserve remaining half for garnish.

Heat oil in the pan. Add onion and cook, stirring, until softened.

Add garlic and cook briefly. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, ground sunflower seeds, herbs, salt and pepper.

Simmer about 15 minutes until somewhat thickened.

Steam chard until tender, about 5 minutes.

In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook pasta until al dente.

Drain; remove to serving platter. Toss with sauce. Top with remaining sunflower seeds.

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