High Protein Nut Butter
Oh. my. gosh. This was a fabulous idea! I bought this jar of tahini from whole foods…and HATED the taste. It was bland and just….ick. So it sat in the fridge for awhile.
I was trying to think of what to do with it so I pulled out my food processor and got to work.
What I ended up with was a deeeeeeelicous high protein nut butter that is so good…AND lower in calories than regular nut butter. Yum!
*Warning* This high protein nut butter is incredibly addictive! Portion out how much you want and then put it out of sight!
Ingredients:
Nut butter–If you don’t want to use pre-made nut butter, you can process any kind of nut in the processor before you add the rest of the ingredients. Use about 4-5 cups of raw nuts, and process them for about 10 minutes, stopping frequently to scrape down the sides.
Add to the nut butter:
Honey-I used about 1/4 cup–you may want more/less depending on how sweet you want it, and if your protein powder is already sweet.
Salt- 1/2 tsp (more or less to taste)
Cinnamon- 1-2 tsp (again, to taste)
Protein powder- I used 2 scoops of sunwarrior protein powder. Use whatever you have on hand.
Almond milk- I used about 1/2 cup, you may need to thin out your nut butter–you can make it however thin you want.
Optional: coconut/vanilla extract–I used about 1-2 tsp of coconut extract. Cacao nibs, cocoa powder, for an even lower calorie nut butter you can add banana or pumpkin.
Add all ingredients to the processed nuts and run the food processor until it is all smooth and delicious. Enjoy! I added some of my nut butter to 1/2 cup of pure pumpkin that I had in the fridge with a scoop more of sunwarrior protein powder. It was a yummy snack! Feel free to use as a spread on bread, in oatmeal, add to smoothies, on fruit, with a spoon….be creative!
