How to Make Your Own Peanut Butter 🥜 | Basic Recipe

Hello, all my dear friends!

Are there any peanut butter lovers on the other side of the screen? Perfect, we have something in common!

Before I’ve shared with you some things you can easily prepare at home instead of buying them from grocery store (oat milk, apple sauce), and now is the time for peanut butter. If you’re not making your own peanut butter yet, soon you will! It’s an easy process, which will save you money (“peanut butter isn’t that expensive” you may say, “I’m a uni student” I may answer), and make you know exactly what is in your pb! I know there are natural peanut butters in market, but there are also a plethora of jars with a lot of unnecessary additives...

There’s just one problem with peanut butter. I made a jar of it two days ago, guess how much there’s left… I can almost see the bottom! Okay, I normally don't eat that much peanut butter, but now I've been adding it to everything. Even if it may not be a good idea to spoon all the pb from the jar in one go, it’s a good source of dietary fats (and protein). So, in decent amounts this delicious spread may be something you may want to include into your diet.

Peanut Butter 🥜

Ingredients:

unsalted peanuts
(salt)
(peanut or vegetable oil)

Method:

• First step is to roast the amount of peanut you wish to use to make peanut butter. You can either do it in the oven or on a frying pan. I prefer using a frying pan, since it’s a faster way. So, heat you pan to medium-high and pour the peanuts in. Note, the pan should be dry! Roast the peanuts for 5-10 minutes until they turn partially brown.

• Set the roasted peanuts aside and let them cool down a bit.
• Peel the skins of the peanuts (it’s ok if they’re not perfectly skinless).

• Pour the peanuts into a blender or a food processor. Depending on the power of your machine, you may have to add a little, or a little more oil in order to get a spread. Use a rubber spatula to move the mixture from the sides and blend, repeat as many times as necessary. Add a pinch of salt if you wish.

There you have it, your own delicious peanut butter!

Fun fact: did you know that peanuts actually are not nuts? They're legumes, just like chickpeas, lentils and green peas.

You probably already know what day it is today, it's Fruits and Veggies Monday! Since there's no better way to get a new week going than sharing the food love, this is my entry of the week. If you're not familiarized with the contest, you might want to check out this post by the lovely host of the contest, @lenasveganliving. Behind that link you'll find all the rules and entries of this week.

I know that pb and jelly is a popular combination, but what is your favorite thing to combine with peanut butter? 🥜

-Jasmin ❤