What is nut butter?

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AprilPayne24
AprilPayne24 Posts: 68
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OK - I hope this is not a silly question. I have been looking at clean eating techniques and recipes. A lot of the meals or snacks use either Nut Butter or Almond Butter. I have seen Almond Butter in the store but not "Nut Butter." Is this just an all-natural and organic peanut butter? I am confused...
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  • zoeluiisa
    zoeluiisa Posts: 392
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    Nut butter is just the generic term for all butters made from nuts - could be peanut butter, almond butter, hazlenut butter, or any other kind. My supermarket only stocks peanut, but my local health food shop has about a dozen different ones.

    Oh - some (almond for instance) come in roasted or raw versions. The raw is meant to be better for you, but both taste good!
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 3,019 Member
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    what do you use nut butter on?
  • GoldspursX3
    GoldspursX3 Posts: 516 Member
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    :laugh:
  • leamj87
    leamj87 Posts: 20 Member
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    I put it in smoothies, dips, and once in a stir fry!! Usually nut butters are much less processed than Jif so they're a little bit more difficult to spread on sandwiches but if you have the patience, you can put it in anything you'd use peanut butter!
  • TeutonicKnight
    TeutonicKnight Posts: 367 Member
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    :laugh:

    ^You are being immature! AND I LOVE IT! Giggity!!
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
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    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nut+butter
  • Miss_Chievous_wechange
    Miss_Chievous_wechange Posts: 1,230 Member
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    *giggles* Must.Stay.Away.From.This.Thread.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,522 Member
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    This is a sticky topic
  • Miss_Chievous_wechange
    Miss_Chievous_wechange Posts: 1,230 Member
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    This is a sticky topic

    :laugh: :laugh:
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,985 Member
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    This is a sticky topic
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  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
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    This is a sticky topic

    WINNER!
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
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    It's a source of a lot of protein too
  • twinsanity
    twinsanity Posts: 1,847 Member
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    It's delicious! I prefer it served warm and gooey, myself, and I prefer to lick it all up. High in protein, too!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    Almond is a nut.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    This is a sticky topic

    :laugh: :laugh:
  • tbrewst
    tbrewst Posts: 93 Member
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    It DOES NOT include peanut butter. Peanuts are a legume and are considered "dirty" in the food Nazi world. Nut butters is any butter made from a true nut like almond and hazelnut. I work with a nutritionist who has about beat me to death over peanut butter...she finally gave in and said it would be o.k. for me to eat chocolate almond butter.
  • lys617
    lys617 Posts: 51 Member
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    Peanuts aren't nuts they're legumes, but any other nut would work.
  • Aperture_Science
    Aperture_Science Posts: 840 Member
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    If you eat too much you'll get fat... don't believe me? Then go ask Tina Turner about it. She even wrote a song about having to cut down on her favorite (almond butter):

    "Nut Butter, Sh!tty Limits"
  • kali2785
    kali2785 Posts: 42 Member
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    butter.... from a nut... That is all..
  • saralynn594
    saralynn594 Posts: 321
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    Why is it as soon as I read this title the song "jizz in my pants" started playing in my head...I should go back to bed.

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