Nut Butter Comparison

[Susan Otcenas]

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Another option for you might be hazelnut butter.

I made my own hazelnut butter recently. I dry-roasted the hazelnuts in the oven, then used the grinder attachment on my KitchenAid mixture to grind the nuts. I put the nuts through twice, as the first grind was a little crumbly for my taste. Then I added a little salt, and called it good. GREAT, actually! Sooooo yummy. ... But then, I never met a nut butter I didn't like.

[Crankin]

I am allergic to peanuts, but not the kind of allergy where I will die if someone else in the room is eating them.
My solution has been soy nut butter, but only one brand meets my taste requirements: Nut-Free, made by Simple Foods in Amesbury, MA. It's organic and comes in a few types, i.e. no salt, sea salted, etc. This stuff has saved my life on rides, because when we are in places where we have to bring food and everyone else was bringing pbj, I had few options.
I tried other brands of soy nut butter, from Trader Joe's and they were awful and I never warmed to the taste of almond butter.

[OakLeaf]

You know what I think? There's no One Magic Food that is going to make everyone healthy and happy.

If you like peanut butter, eat peanut butter. If you think you eat too much of it, eat less (or revise your idea of what's too much ). Or just snack on whole roasted or boiled peanuts, which at least has the potential to slow down your intake.

I never met a nut I didn't like (except maybe black walnuts), so thank goodness I don't have that kind of allergy!



- PS - do you just not like unsweetened sunflower butter? There are several brands that don't use sweeteners. Including Maranatha and Sunbutter's organic version, either of which ought to be widely available.