I don't know about you but I ADORE peanut butter. During each of my pregnancies it was literally the only craving I had! So when I wised up and looked at the ingredients I was, well, a tad disappointed that I was going to have to eliminate it from our kitchen. Then I found out that you can make your own totally natural peanut butter from pumpkin seeds, so woohoo that brought a smile a back to my face!
This is pretty easy to make and actually tastes really close to store bought peanut butter, and you skip all the additives and sugar. Ingredients: 150g dried pumpkin seeds 2 teaspoons stevia 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons coconut oil To make this you will need a powerful food processor. Place the pumpkin seeds in the food processor and turn it on. You will need to go slowly and take consistent breaks so as to prevent the food processor from overheating. This process took me about 30 minutes to make with all the breaks. Just keep processing until you reach a peanut butter consistency. The seeds will slowly change from a seed form, to a powder, to a wet sand consistency, and eventually a smooth paste. Once you reach the right consistency add the stevia, salt and coconut oil and blend. Enjoy your nutritious and delicious pumpkin seed butter on toast, or as I do, by the spoonful!
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