Consider yourself lucky that I haven’t yet alerted you to my severe obsession with peanut butter. The time will come and when it does, brace yourself or tune out. A year ago, with the advice of a naturopath in mind, I started to cut back on the stuff. Going cold turkey was simply too daunting yet soon enough I became transfixed with other, healthier nut butters. And oh boy, there’s a whole world of them out there. Rich, creamy and dreamily nutty. An obvious statement, but I felt it was necessary. Sorry. It’s heaven on a stick. Or more specifically, on toast or crispbread or sliced apple or banana or swirled through natural yoghurt or straight out of the jar…we could be here for a while. Freshly made nut butter? That takes things to a whole new level. And guess what? Today’s your lucky day. We’re going to be doing just that. One glorious jar of almond butter coming up. Continue reading
