my boyfriend is allergic to peanuts so i'm not allowed to make these even though they look delicious... do you think i could use
something like almond butter or nutella?
The snacks are still real food — real food, so it could look like
something like almond butter.
I decorated the top with strawberries because we had been given a large case by a friend, however you could ice this just the same way you could ice any cake or get creative and maybe do
something like an almond butter drizzle or add a coconut flake topping with chocolate ganache.
Not exact matches
And one more question: I don't have a blender yet, but I'm about to buy
something like that: http://www.sencor.eu/stick-blender/shb-4360 It works on 800w, so I hope it'd be good for blend nuts, grind, make
almond butter and other stuff... based on your experimences with food processors, do you think it worths buying?
You could try using melted cacao
butter, or
something like almond or macadamia oil instead, although sadly I haven't tried these myself before so I'm not too such about the flavour and ratio.
Most days my breakfast is
something quick
like an english muffin with
almond butter, avocado toast, eggs, yogurt with fruit, oatmeal or a smoothie, depending on my mood and the season.
The first stage of processing will be turning your hazelnuts into nut
butter, I did this by using the grind function until it resembled
something like ground
almonds and then processed on low speed until it became a smooth
butter.
Also I need
something like this to use with
almond butter as a post-workout snack after hitting the gym.
Depending on what the recipe is you could try and substitute it with coconut oil as they have similar qualities (especially if the recipe is
something like a raw cheesecake) but for this chocolate recipe I would try substituting it for equal parts
almond butter and coconut oil.
Speaking of Whole Foods, I had a smoothie from Whole Foods (in California) a while back called the
Almond Butter Cup Smoothie — or
something of the
like — and I knew I had to recreate it home.
That usually looks
like sprouted GF oatmeal with honey and
almond butter —
something that I could NEVER do in the past until I had some massive healing on my endocrine and blood sugar issues, for I would have had to have animal protein to keep my blood sugar stable.
You can also throw in
something like an avocado, it makes it nice and thick and rich or some peanut
butter or
almond butter, or nut
butter.
Even if you're friends are digging into a greasy dish, you can still stick to
something healthier
like the Spring Pea Salad with peas, cucumber, white beans, pickled beet, toasted
almond, lemon and dill or the Quinoa Polenta with black kale, turnip, miso
butter and hazelnut!
And if you don't find that they satisfy, try
something like apple slices with nut
butter (
almond, cashew, etc.) It makes a satisfying and yummy treat (plus the protein and fat helps to stave off hunger)!
Fresh dates: Dates are my go - to treat whenever I'm in need of
something sweet asap, and I
like to make healthy candies out of dates by filling them with
almond butter and adding dried mulberries or walnuts inside as well.
So I try to keep my snacks small when I'm in that kind of mood...
something like a few medjool dates stuffed with
almond butter.