Organic "healthy" peanut butter?

twiztedsista
twiztedsista Posts: 32
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone have any tips for an all natural peanut butter that actually tastes like peanut butter? I've tried betternbutter and crazy something or other. Both were disgusting. My trainer wants me to make the move to clean eating but I need something I won't gag on. TIA

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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    What's wrong with just plain peanut butter? It's not bettern anything or crazy. It's just peanuts, and sometimes salt too. Tastes just like peanut butter, because it is peanut butter.
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    I have to watch my sodium.
    I use Stop and Shop, Nature's Promise.
    It is much better than Jiffy Low Sodium.
  • ajbeans
    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    Buy organic peanuts. Remove the shells. Pulverize in a food processor for a few minutes. Put in a jar in the fridge. Voila, organic, all-natural peanut butter.
  • fatgirlslove
    fatgirlslove Posts: 614 Member
    Whole Foods has great organic peanut butter!
  • lor007
    lor007 Posts: 884 Member
    Since when are peanuts not clean?
  • shunkawakon
    shunkawakon Posts: 37 Member
    Jackie Warner wrote a good book that explains some science behind nutritional benefits of certain foods and exercise. One of the items of food she suggest eating EVERYDAY to get the GOOD FATS is half an avacado, OR peanut butter. I always have peanut butter with apples (only the suggested 2 Tbsp serving size though). I get the reduced fat peanut butter, but even though natural peanut butter may scare you because they have more calories, it actually contains the GOOD FAT and should be consumed every day (that or avocados, or whatever other items come in close second)

    :)
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    I eat Smart Balance creamy peanut butter. It has some sweetener but only like 3g. It's not JUST peanuts and oil but it's all natural. I love it. It tastes as good as "normal" peanut butter.
  • Timeforme714
    Timeforme714 Posts: 189 Member
    I like Krema brand - it's just ground peanuts. Or, most health food stores sell peanut butter with nothing added except peanuts.
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    totally adicted to it lol
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Since when are peanuts not clean?

    They grow in DIRT you know.
  • UltraRunnerGale
    UltraRunnerGale Posts: 346 Member
    I go to Whole Foods or my local health food store and buy fresh ground peanuts. Nothing added and the peanuts are ground to order. Awesome!! :bigsmile:
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
    "Healthy" peanut butter: i.e. any peanut butter brand that has no salt or sugar added: i.e. real peanut butter. Can be found at any health food store or Trader Joe's, probably even in conventional grocery stores these days. Or, you can go to a health food store that sells fresh ground nut butters. They'll have machines with peanuts, almonds, walnuts, or whatever they carry, flip the switch, fresh ground nut butter without salt or sugar. It tastes much better than the stuff with all the additives.
  • Jewels211
    Jewels211 Posts: 184 Member
    I buy Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter, but it does have salt, just no sugar or other sweetening agent. They make an organic one, too, but I can't remember if it has sugar added or not. If you decide to make your own, just be prepared for it to be a NOISY process! lol Unless you have one of those wonderfully quiet machines like the Barefoot Contessa uses. :smile: Peanuts being whizzed in a food processor are LOUD. My girls aren't real fond of the texture of natural pb, because it isn't quite as smooth as Jif, Peter Pan, etc., but I love it.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I'm all about the unsalted organic creamy peanut butter at Trader Joe's. Also, I giggled thinking about you gagging on nut butter. That is all. :flowerforyou:
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    Since when are peanuts not clean?

    They grow in DIRT you know.

    Bwhahahahahaha!
  • irongirl73
    irongirl73 Posts: 98 Member
    Go to HEB and grind your peanut butter. My swim partner says it's the best! Well, if they have HEB near you! We eat Jiffy Natural. I think that's what it's called. It's pretty good. I'm going to go and grind some almonds and peanuts and try out the fresh kind though!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    I'm all about the unsalted organic creamy peanut butter at Trader Joe's.

    Also, I giggled thinking about you gagging on nut butter.

    This ^^^^ both part A and part B.
  • fyfi_fendir
    fyfi_fendir Posts: 64 Member
    I know some organic market (here is called new leaf market), where you buy almond or peanut and they freshly press them to make the butter in the store. No additive, nothing. I have never tried, but know a friend that do. she loves it
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