Nuts and Seeds: Nature’s Multivitamin
Think of nuts and seeds as nature’s multivitamin. These mighty little foods are filled with minerals, healthy fats, plant protein, anti-oxidants, and more. They’re the complete package. Observation studies show that people who consume nuts everyday are less likely to develop diabetes or heart disease, which are two of the leading causes of death and morbidity in North America.
To see health benefits, you only need to eat 1/4 cup of nuts/seeds or 2 tablespoons of nut/seed butter each day! Portion control is important because they are high in calories.
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The recipes linked below taste great on toasted sourdough bread, blended with smoothies, stirred into oatmeal, or baked into muffins. Combining a high fat food, such as these nut butters, with a source of carbohydrates helps the body to absorb the carbohydrates more slowly. This results in better control of blood sugars!
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You might also be interested in these savoury nut and seed butters!
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What a great inspiration! I will definitely link to this page on my site, and especially under my peanut butter spiced up recipe : http://thegoodista.com/peanut-butter-recipe/
Indeed -health is wealth, so why buy processed seed & nut butters when they are so easy to make? I am off to the market to buy nuts and seeds tomorrow! Ciao 🙂
Thanks!
wow, those look awesome! I want to try the vanilla pecan one!!
Thanks for the comment! I’d say the vanilla pecan one is my favourite. Tastes like pecan pie!
Thank you for these recipes, I have always wanted to try and make some sort of nut butter, now I have 5 to try because they all look simple enough and sound yummy
Thank you for taking the time to comment! The recipes really are easy. I made all five in one session… and I have a toddler at home!
I made coconut and cashew butter, which came out great and has good taste yummmi!!!!
Awesome! So glad you liked it!
ohmagosh ohmagosh ohmagosh Woman after my own heart! I LOVE experimenting with different nut butter flavors and these all look like WINNERS!
I just recently discovered the joy of making nut butters. They ARE so much fun to experiment with! There are endless possibilities!
I really like nut and seed butters. Peanut butter has long been my favorite, but tahini (seasme paste) with honey is winning ground . . . . That coconut cashew butter and chocolate hazelnut do sound delicious though . . . .
Ooh! I’ll have to try that one! Tahini with honey: sounds delicious!
Love nut butters! Definitely can’t decide which I like best out of the five.. think I have to make them each and then make up my mind!
Yes! Make them all! It actually means less cleaning in the end. I started with the lightest colour and scraped each recipe out of the blender as I made them but didn’t do a complete wash until they were all made!