I figured that I was pretty safe because I make my own peanut butter but apparently not.  How are you going to know where the peanuts were roasted? Grr…makes me mad!

But…all is not lost!

If you have a blender or food processor and a few minutes you can make some tasty alternatives to peanut butter.

There are all kinds of nut butters. You can even buy some of them at the health food store or specialty store. Some of them are:

• Cashew Butter (YUM)
• Sunflower Seed Butter
• Hazelnut Butter
• Soy Nut Butter (not the butter in the dairy case, this is usually by the peanut butter)
• Macadamia Nut Butter
• Brazil Nut Butter
• Almond Butter
• Pumpkin Seed Butter
• Walnut Butter
• Pecan Butter
• Pistachio Butter

And then there are the combination butters…Almond Macadamia, Pecan Cashew…you get the idea.  You can toast the nuts first, or use them raw.  It is totally up to your taste.

All you need to do is to add a cup or so of nuts to your blender and process to a powder.  Now let the blender run while adding a little oil.  Just keep on until you get a consistency that you like.  Taste and adjust the salt.

Tips

• Keep your healthy, fresh nut butter tightly covered and refrigerated for best flavor.
• Make it in small batches.
• If you like it sweetened you can add a little honey or sugar.
• Keep it on the runny side.  It will thicken in the fridge.
• Use organics
• Seed butters go rancid faster than nut butters
• Don’t use discolored or funny looking seeds
• Use it tablespoon for tablespoon like peanut butter

You have not experienced a sandwich until you make a walnut butter and orange marmelade sandwich on carrot raisin bread.  Seriously.

Look, why worry? This is like the second peanut butter recall in two years.  Obviously there is a problem with the system! Buy raw peanuts and make your own peanut butter, or buy other nuts to use.  Your peanut butter addicts will more than likely adjust the change to cashew or pecan butter better than you think!

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