Homemade Walnut Butter
It has been clear for some time now that walnuts are great for you. All my favorite doctors (Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Dean Ornish, and Dr. Mehmet Oz) recommend eating them daily because they are a good source of omega 3’s, and they help to lower LDL cholesterol (the bad one) and reduce inflammation, while at the same time improving the HDL cholesterol (the good one). And recently, in a December 2011 study published in the journal Food and Function, sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Britton, Professor Joe Vinson concluded that “walnuts had the highest level of antioxidants and that the quality, or potency, of antioxidants present in walnuts was highest among the nuts.”
After reading this bit of information I began to wonder if it wasn’t time to switch from eating almond butter to eating homemade walnut butter, or at least alternate from time to time. The prices in the health food stores for walnut butter are quite steep. If you have a food processor making your own butter might be a good alternative to store-bought. Not only will it cost you less but it will be fresher, as long as you rotate the nuts regularly. Walnuts are at the top of my list of foods for my healthy eating habits. Are they on yours?
Servings: 8 Prep Time: 3 minutes Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients:
2 cups of walnuts
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
Procedure:
Process the nuts, oil, and salt in a food processor until the mixture is smooth. This will take less than one minute.
References:
Power Foods: 150 delicious recipes with the 38 healthiest ingredients
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It is interesting that almond butter is so widely distributed now, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen walnut butter in the stores. Great idea making your own at home.
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I never thought of making a walnut butter. I love this idea ! Thank you Mireya for a wonderful idea and recipe.
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I think walnut butter is the only nut butter I’ve never had! Need to change that.
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What a special butter, we will love this flavor. Hope you are having a great Valentine Weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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I was just thinking about walnut butter the other day, but had never tried it. What a great way to get some walnuts in every day. Thanks!
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Great idea, Mireya! I love walnuts and almond butter, but had never considered making my own walnut butter till now. Thanks for the inspiration.
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