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Walnut Butter
Walnuts and pumpkin seeds made into a delicious nut butter – won’t find this in the shops! Use different nuts or seeds to ring the changes.
What do I need to make this walnut and pumpkin seed butter
- 300g walnuts
- pumpkin seeds – rich in Omega 3
- sugar – just a little, you can leave this out if you want to. Change to Muscovado sugar for a different flavour.
- vegetable oil
- garam masala – plenty is available on meal plan 2, but leave it out if you don’t want to use it
How do I make walnut and pumpkin seed butter
- 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.
- If you are following meal plan 2, 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.
- We suggest 2 slices of toast per meal for smaller eaters and 3-4 slices per meal for active adults and growing teens
- Store in a large sterilised jam jar or two, or freeze until required. Keeps for 5 days in the refrigerator.
What changes can I make to this nut butter
If you aren’t following the meal planner, many options are available to you
- Change the nuts to whatever you have in the larder, use a mixture if you like
- Similarly with the pumpkin seeds, use what ever you have, including a mixture
- Olive oil is very nice used in nut butters, or use whichever oil you have handy
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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