Hands up if you like love nut butters!
Could not even help myself…I want one.
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Can you see both my hands up, waving about? Yup, that’s true love and obsession right there.
See I’ve always loved peanut butter. In the early days it was the salty, oil induced, sugary kind and then it merged to the ‘low fat’ kind and eventually I found my way to the natural (and best) type.
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It started as a crunchy love affair and somehow morphed into a smooth romance. The smooth is much easier to spread and you get so much more!
Then I read a whole bunch of healthy blogs and saw this outrageous thing called Almond Butter and knew I had to have it.
And have it I did and still do.
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I’ve even had the opportunity to try an outrageously overpriced sachet of Cashew butter which was pretty underwhelming. It’s really not that great. But want to know a nut butter that is great? Walnut Butter!
And what’s even more exciting is how I made it, wait for it- with the Vitamix! That’s right, you thought my Vitamix posts were done. You were (luckily) wrong.
It’s ridiculously easy to make too, especially if you’re lucky enough to own a Vitamix. Actually you could just about butter any nut you’d like! (See what I did there).
Any-Nut Butter
As little or as much as you want.
- Grab your nuts of choice (oh I won’t even go there). Walnuts were mine this time.
- Place in Vitamix or another powerful food processor/blender.
- Blend until desired consistency.
Spread, spoon, dip, lick and try not to cut your fingers getting every last scrape from around or under the blade.
What’s your favourite type of nut butter? Natural peanut butter will always be my number 1 love.
I’m in the early stages of the nut butter love affair, but it sounds like I’d better hurry it up and get to the walnut stage soon!
What nut butters are you currently loving? Yes, walnuts are amazing on there own so it’s only natural that they are fantastic buttered up ;)
Right now, I’m in the peanut butter phase. Certain family members have peanut allergies and use almond butter instead, so maybe I’ll have to try a taste of theirs next!
Yes do! It’s good. Not as good as pb, but then again- what is? ;) Haha.
So true! I’ve also gotten into nutella lately. I guess it’s technically not a nut butter since it’s a combination of both hazelnuts and chocolate, but it’s still pretty close to peanut butter on my “foods I love” list!
My boyfriend loveths Nutella haha. It’s definitely still a spread and it’s got hazelnuts so there ya go! Have you ever tried the nutella pb combo? I knew a lady who drizzled them both on popcorn…sounds to die for right?
I’m not kidding, I JUST thought about that today!! I store the PB and nutella on the same shelf as my popcorn kernels, and when I went to grab the PB for a snack today, I wondered what the PB/nutella/popcorn combo would taste like. Crazy!
Meant to be! Well, I expect a blog post in the near future telling me exactly that ;)
I’ll start working on it right away! :D
Oh yeah!!!
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yum. yum yum yum yum yum. i probably finish a jar of peanut butter every week and a half. i just can’t restrain my love. it’s too strong. I will shout my love for nut butters from a mountain top! also, tried making walnut bars once, failed epically, added protein powder, bananas, and other random shit and made homemade protein bars. get at me.
i also meant walnut butter…my brain is a tad bit fuzzy at 6:30am
Aren’t you on holidays now? You should not be up at 6:30am girl!
Well you’ve got to get those healthy fats and protein into ya ;) Oh damn, try again maybe? Any excuse aye haha. Those protein bars sound darn good though!
yea I am….I like to blame jet lag, but honestly I think my body is a little prankster. “Oh you need to get up at 6am..noo sleep in. Oh you have time to sleep in? But 6am is such a nice hour!” dear lord…
Haha! Damn bodies ;)
My son is allergic to peanuts so he loves my cashew butter I make in the Vitamix – and sometimes macadamia – or mix it up. Whats great is there is no added salt or sugar!! (have you looked at the labels of the ones on supermarkets shelves?!) It comes out hot when made in Vitamix and is yum spread on toast – melt in your mouth :-) Lasts long time too in sealed container. We are addicted too!!
I never enjoyed the taste of cashew butter for some reason- pecan butter is my next trial I think ;) Oh macadamia butter sounds delicious! I know, that’s why I go with the all natural where the only ingredients are the natural nuts! :) Definitely a bonus when the nut butter is warmed mmm, I think I enjoyed licking the jug clean a little too much ;)
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