Butter Me Up....

With nut butters, that is!

Whole Foods has honey roasted peanut butter that you grind yourself in the store. And it is friggin' delicious! I could smear anything with that peanut butter (even bull penis) and it would still be the best thing I've ever eaten. I would reward myself with a container every couple of weeks. What was I doing to earn the reward? I have no idea. Didn't matter. I was getting my friggin' peanut butter!

Then I learned that you can make your own nut butters at home, quite easily! Initially, the new experience of making my own peanut butter appealed to me, but then I also realized that's it another way that I can control what goes into my food. 

It's really very simple too. So simple, I'm giving you two....yes, two recipes for the price one.

Peanut Butter

Ingredients
2 - 3 cups of peanuts (I prefer roasted. And you can always roast yourself!)
1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1 tbsp sweetener of your choice, i.e. honey, agave, brown rice syrup (optional)

Method

1. Add nuts to food processor.
2. Turn on and scrape bowl as necessary until smooth & creamy (read: a long ass time!), about 10-15mins
3. Add salt and sweetener slowly, process, then taste test.  Repeat until desired saltiness/sweetness is reached.

Here's your second recipe, sunflower seed butter! Yes, sunflower seed butter! The bag of shelled sunflower seeds is $1.69 at Trader Joe's. A jar of sunflower seed butter at Trader Joe's is $4.99! I'm such a bargain shoppa!

Sunflower Seed Butter

Ingredients
2 - 3 cups of shelled sunflower seeds (same thing applies about the roasting)
1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt (optional)
1 tbsp sweetener of your choice, i.e. honey, agave, brown rice syrup (optional)

Method

1. Add seeds to food processor.
2. Turn on and scrape bowl as necessary until smooth & creamy, about 10-15mins
3. Add salt and sweetener slowly, process, then taste test.  Repeat until desired saltiness/sweetness is reached.

You can also add whatever else you want to these butters. Cocoa powder, cinnamon, maple syrup, vanilla, pumpkin spice....you get the idea. Or at least you should by now.