Nut Butters
If you like regular butter and/or peanut butter, you're going to love today's article about healthy nut butter.
For extra sticking power, add a dab of this tasty stuff to your diet.
Moderate amounts of healthy fat, such as the fats found in peanuts and peanut butter, as well as almonds and almond butter and cashews and cashew butter, may bolster your weight loss efforts.
In a recent study of people on a reduced-calorie diet, participants who included moderate portions of peanuts, peanut butter, and healthy oils in the diet were more likely to stick with the weight loss plan.
Note the word "moderate." That's key. You can't lose weight if you're eating a handful of nuts every five minutes.
With that said, here's an excellent recipe for a healthy nut butter courtesy of the recipe section of the website of my friend Dr. Ben Kim.
Cashew and Almond Nut Butter Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup of raw cashews
1/2 cup of raw almonds
Directions:
Use a strong blender or food processor to process nuts until they form a thick, spreadable paste.
This cashew and almond nut butter will stay fresh for up to one week in an airtight jar in the refrigerator.
Try this delicous cashew and almond nut butter with fresh celery sticks, fresh fruit, or a green vegetable salad.
Note: you can substitute the almonds in this recipe with pecans or walnuts. Pecans and walnuts have a higher healthy fat content than almonds, making for more of a light and buttery texture. Pecans will impart more sweetness to this nut butter than walnuts will.
If you soak nuts before eating them, just be sure that they are completely dry before you blend or process them.
Have fun this weekend by herding your kids into the kitchen to make some nut butter!
Oh, one more thing. If you have a favorite nut butter recipe, please click on the comment link below to share it with your fellow health seekers. Thanks.
Chet Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com
For extra sticking power, add a dab of this tasty stuff to your diet.
Moderate amounts of healthy fat, such as the fats found in peanuts and peanut butter, as well as almonds and almond butter and cashews and cashew butter, may bolster your weight loss efforts.
In a recent study of people on a reduced-calorie diet, participants who included moderate portions of peanuts, peanut butter, and healthy oils in the diet were more likely to stick with the weight loss plan.
Note the word "moderate." That's key. You can't lose weight if you're eating a handful of nuts every five minutes.
With that said, here's an excellent recipe for a healthy nut butter courtesy of the recipe section of the website of my friend Dr. Ben Kim.
Cashew and Almond Nut Butter Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup of raw cashews
1/2 cup of raw almonds
Directions:
Use a strong blender or food processor to process nuts until they form a thick, spreadable paste.
This cashew and almond nut butter will stay fresh for up to one week in an airtight jar in the refrigerator.
Try this delicous cashew and almond nut butter with fresh celery sticks, fresh fruit, or a green vegetable salad.
Note: you can substitute the almonds in this recipe with pecans or walnuts. Pecans and walnuts have a higher healthy fat content than almonds, making for more of a light and buttery texture. Pecans will impart more sweetness to this nut butter than walnuts will.
If you soak nuts before eating them, just be sure that they are completely dry before you blend or process them.
Have fun this weekend by herding your kids into the kitchen to make some nut butter!
Oh, one more thing. If you have a favorite nut butter recipe, please click on the comment link below to share it with your fellow health seekers. Thanks.
Chet Day
Editor, The Natural Health Circus
http://chetday.com
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2 Comments:
i soak 50-60 almonds in a 12oz glass filled w/ distilled water. soak for 12hrs, rinse well and then i pinch (w/ thumb & index finger) the skins off (becomes rather fast & easy with practice).i rinse again & add cinnamon & a little dulse pwdr. to 8oz dist. water & blend till creamy. you can drink as is or use it as a base for fruit/ veg mixtures or ?. much easier to digest than unsoaked... you can ferment this mixture to make nut cheese also.
Why be sure that they're completely dry before you blend or process them?
I'm thinking about making nut butters with soaked nuts using a mortar and pestle, and this is already taking long lengths of time. I was planning to skip the drying process and was wondering what the reasoning was behind drying them first.
If the concern is that the water the soaked nuts soaked in isn't good for you, won't rinsing take care of that?
Is there some other reason not to do it?
Any help is appreciated.
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