Peanut butter has numerous nutrients and health advantages. From the Peanut Board, peanuts provide
- protein
- vitamin E
- magnesium
- phosphorus
- manganese
- no cholesterol
- no transfats
- contain high concentrations of antioxidant polyphenols, especially when roasted
I came up with a recipe for peanut butter that will broaden your cognitive reference point for food colors. In other words, you typically don’t associate peanut butter with any other color than brown. That’s ok. I’m here to help you re-frame the peanut butter image in your head to include some other colors.
Why change the color of peanut butter?
Why would you want to do that? For every healthy food that can be maximized with addition of other healthy or even healthier foods, the more benefits you accrue! This recipe still has a sweet, creamy and rich flavor of the regular brown peanut butter recipe. It will just have a less sticky texture and be a lovely green color. Check out this other recipe for pink peanut butter.
Making it green with peas
Turning brown peanut butter into green with this recipe, will add a hefty dose of
- vitamin C,
- vitamin K,
- manganese,
- dietary fiber,
- folate and
- thiamin (vitamin B1)
- in addition to vitamin A, phosphorus, vitamin B6, protein, niacin, magnesium, riboflavin (vitamin B2), copper, iron, zinc and potassium.
And who wouldn’t want to do that? If it tastes great? If it helps you fight disease and feel great and keeps your cells young and sleek little machines? You probably didn’t think a recipe for peanut butter could do all that. Time to change that view of peanut butter too!
Recipe for Green Peanut Butter
1/2 cup roasted, skinned, no salt peanuts
1 1/2 cups frozen green peas, (no need to defrost with good blender)
7 large dates
1/2 cup water
1 tsp cinnamon
Blend everything together in a high powered blender until smooth and creamy. If you are using frozen peas, the result will be cold enough to resemble ice cream. Makes 9 (1/4 cup) servings or 2 1/4 cups.
My four year old’s response after tasting the spatula pictured, “yummy.”
Calories: 80 cal
fat: 4 g
Saturated fat: 0.6 g
cholesterol: 0 mg
sodium 16 mg
Carbohydrate 9 g
Fiber: 2 g
Protein: 3 g
