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Walnut Butter
We suggest 2 slices of toast per meal for smaller eaters and 3-4 slices per meal for active adults and growing teens
Ingredients
- 300 g walnuts
- 80 g pumpkin seeds
- 20 g sugar
- 160 ml veg oil
- ½ tsp garam masala
Instructions
- Pulverise the nuts, sugar, spice and seeds in your food processor until finely chopped.
- Then drizzle in a thin stream of oil, until you've achieved a looseish consistency like the one in the image.
- Serve 10g per piece of bread/toast and have 2-3 slices per breakfast depending on your energy needs. Make once in the month if you are following our meal planner.
- Store in a large sterilised jam jar or two, or freeze until required. Keeps for 5 days in the refrigerator.
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I always loved this nut butter when I used to make it at the start of CFR. If I replace the sugar it’s still keto friendly so I’ll be making that soon!
Sounds really yummy. Would you dry roast the nuts / seeds first?
Karrie – no, not usually, but you certainly could to get that flavour in there