{"id":9979,"date":"2013-03-26T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=9979"},"modified":"2013-03-26T04:00:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T11:00:38","slug":"healthy-eats-homemade-almond-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/healthy-eats-homemade-almond-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eats: Homemade Almond Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9980\" alt=\"20130322_193457\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/files\/2013\/03\/20130322_193457-e1364239674897-600x800.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hey everyone! My name is Emma, I am new to the FGS community and couldn\u2019t be more excited! Today I wanted to share with you a super simple, yet delicious, recipe for homemade Almond Butter. If you like experimenting in the kitchen as much as I do, then I know you will enjoy this tasty treat!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So here&#8217;s the deal between almond butter vs. peanut butter: almond butter has 26% more <a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2013\/01\/14\/5-foods-for-healthy-skin\/6\/\">Vitamin E<\/a> (great for your skin!), 3% more Iron, and 7% more calcium than pb. Almonds are alkaline foods too which is great for your internal organs as well as increased metabolism and energy.<\/p>\n<p>Generally almond butter is more expensive than peanut butter, but definitely so if you get a certified organic brand which you should do especially when dealing with nuts!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what you will need for making your own delicious cinnamon vanilla almond butter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A food processor (I used a Vitamix)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups of raw organic almonds<\/li>\n<li>1 TBSP. of cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd TBSP. of pure vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>A sweetener of your choice (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step One:<\/span> Roast the 2 cups of almonds for about 8-10 minutes on 350 degrees. This gives the almonds more flavor.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step Two:<\/span> Once slightly cooled, pour the almond into your processor or Vitamix and blend until the almonds become grainy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step Three:<\/span> Once grain-like, add the vanilla extract and cinnamon. I did not use a sweetener in mine but if you do, add it with this step!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step Four:<\/span> Blend, scrape, blend, scrape. You are going to have to keep scraping the sides down the processor\/Vitamix to make sure everything gets blended smoothly. You will know when the butter is done, just blend until desired consistency! I like mine smooth and creamy!<\/p>\n<p>Almond butter is a great compliment to my morning \u2018green monster\u2019 smoothie as well as with apples! Let me know if any of you try it, I am dying to know what you think!<\/p>\n<p>Also, pop on over to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eat Drink Better<\/a>\u00a0for more amazing recipes.<\/p>\n<p>-Emma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delicious and healthy recipe for almond butter! Best of all, it is super easy with minimal ingredients! <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/healthy-eats-homemade-almond-butter\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":9980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[45,15,7],"tags":[3705,9012,16,26,6634],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130322_193457.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}