Substitutions: 1 can (28 ounce) crushed or whole, peeled tomatoes with juice. Use any long, thin pasta.

Prepare the chard: wash, remove ribs, and cut crosswise into 3 cm ribbons.

In a large saucepan or sautepan, 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. Serves 6 Copyright=A9 1996, Jane A. Rubey, M.P.H., R.D. World Rights Reserved