Everyone should be eating fresh veggies and fruit daily but few people do. Peanut butter can be the perfect tool to change this. Take your PB to the next level (nutritionally speaking) with this super quick and easy recipe!
Here’s a few of our favorite peanut butter vehicle options..
- apples
- bananas
- pear slices
- carrots
- celery sticks
- kohlrabi slices
- broccoli florets
- bell peppers.. Don’t knock it ’til you try it!
Be sure to check out the ingredients and make sure your peanut butter only has “peanuts” and salt (preferably just peanuts). Most popular brands have sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated oil. When these are added, peanut butter goes from being a whole, plant-based food to a highly processed food.
There are a few good options available where you can avoid all the crazy ingredients. Smuckers natural peanut butter contains just peanuts and a tad bit of salt. Kroger brand also has a natural peanut butter with only peanuts and salt. Most stores also have a machine where you can grind your own peanut butter.
While peanut butter is good on it’s own, the recipe below really cranks up the nutritional value. Always having a batch of this prepared will make it easy to add flax and chia seeds to your routine.
Peanut Butter Plus
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz. jar peanut butter (no sugar added)
- 1 cup ground flax seed
- 1/2 cup chia seeds
Instructions
- Pour peanut butter into a bowl and add flax and chia seeds. Stir with a rubber spatula until all ingredients are combined. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
Notes
) and it works great!
I made this for our lunches today and to sneak some more nutrients into Coby’s lunch. Thanks for the tip!
Way to sneak it in!