What are the benefits of peanut butter?
and what kind of peanut butter can be on the PP?
Homemade peanut butter is a source of three micronutrients that are essential for our body. 100 grams of homemade peanut butter contains:
- Carbohydrates: 20 grams of carbohydrates, 6 of which are fiber. (13% of calories)
- Protein: 25 grams of protein, superior to other similar foods. (15% calories)
- Fat: 50 grams of fat. (72% of calories)
The calorie content of peanut butter is about 588 calories per 100 grams. But don't let this figure scare you, because it is very difficult to eat 100 grams of the product! One teaspoon is enough for you to satisfy your hunger or enjoy dessert.
Peanut butter is low in carbohydrates and can be eaten even on a low-carb diet. This is the perfect dessert if you are eating a healthy diet and keeping a close eye on your carbohydrate intake. In this case, you can always replace sweet with peanut butter or desserts with its use.
Peanut PP Butter is rich in healthy fats. One part of fats is oleic acid, which belongs to monounsaturated fatty acids and belongs to the Omega 9 group. By the way, the same acid is also found in olive oil. Also, peanut butter contains linoleic acid, which belongs to the Omega 6 group.
As for the vitamin and mineral composition, it is extremely rich. 100 grams of peanut butter contains:
- Vitamin E: 45% of the DV
- Vitamin B3: 67% of the DV
- Vitamin B6: 27% of the DV
- Folic acid: 18% of the DV
- Magnesium: 39% of the RDI
- Copper: 24% of the RDI
- Manganese: 73% of the RDI
In addition, peanut PP butter contains biotin, vitamin B5, iron, potassium, zinc and selenium.
As you can see, peanut butter is a worthy substitute for sweets during proper nutrition and can be safely included in your diet for weight loss.
How to make homemade PP peanut butter
The advantage of this dish is that all the ingredients you need are available all year round and you won't have any difficulty finding them. You will need:
- 500 grams of raw peanuts. You can use either unpeeled or peeled peanuts.
- Any vegetable oil. Peanut vegetable oil is preferred, but olive oil can also be substituted. You only need 1 tablespoon.
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon of natural honey.
First you need to dry the peanuts. You can also prepare peanut butter for PP using raw peanuts, but if you dry it a little, then your paste will acquire a more pronounced taste and aroma. The oven should be preheated to 180 degrees. Put peanuts on a baking sheet and dry for 10 minutes. After that, it is imperative to let the peanuts cool completely. Remove the husk from the cooled peanuts, if necessary.
In order for our peanuts to take a pasty form, we need a blender. Make sure your blender can handle the task before making peanut butter. It is best to use a stationary blender that is designed to grind nuts. We immerse the nuts in the bowl and begin to beat. The whipping process will take you a lot of time, because in order to get the desired consistency, you will have to grind the nuts almost to a liquid state.
If the paste is too dry, you can add vegetable oil. All additives and ingredients should be added while the paste is in the blender so that they are properly mixed. If you don't like honey, you can make peanut butter with stevia or agave syrup.
As for the consistency of peanut butter, it's up to you to decide. Lovers of a homogeneous paste should beat all the nuts at once until they become a homogeneous mass. Do you like crunchy peanut pieces? Then set aside some of the peanuts and grind them into crumbs, and then add to the peanut butter.
PP Peanut Butter Diet Recipes
If you think that only sandwiches for breakfast can be made with peanut butter on a pp, then you are greatly mistaken. With this product it is possible to prepare a lot of interesting recipes.
What to eat peanut butter with on PP:
- Toast with peanut butter, banana and flaxseed. Take two whole grain toast, spread with peanut butter, top with banana slices and sprinkle with flax seeds. Instead of bread, you can use any cereal crispbread.
- PP candy with peanut butter. Perfect snack and even breakfast. Just mix the peanut butter with the granola. Sculpt balls and refrigerate for 15 minutes. The candies are ready. You can use the same technology to make granola and peanut butter bars.
- Oatmeal with peanut butter. If you have breakfast with oatmeal in the morning, then instead of the usual butter, you can add a spoonful of peanut butter!
- Natural yoghurt with peanut butter. Just mix yogurt with a little peanut butter, add some cornflakes and enjoy the perfect breakfast or snack.
- Oatmeal cookies with peanut butter. Are you a lover of oatmeal cookies and cook often? Add a little peanut butter to the recipe (1 tablespoon is enough) and your cookies will have a completely different taste and aroma.
- Diet ice cream with peanut butter. You want something sweet, but are you on a diet? Try this simple dessert at pp. Just whisk the lightly frozen banana in a peanut butter blender and enjoy the ice cream.
- Protein shake with peanut butter. If you consume protein, but you are tired of its taste, then try adding a little peanut butter to your shake. The taste will surprise you.
- Cottage cheese with peanut butter. Are you used to having breakfast with cottage cheese? Instead of the classic dressing made from natural yogurt or low-fat sour cream, you can dress the curd with peanut butter!
- Celery with peanut butter. Sounds weird? However, this is one of the healthiest dietary snacks out there. Take a stalk of celery, cut it into slices and brush with peanut butter! You can also use carrots instead of celery!
- Peanut Butter Salad. Yes, you heard right. Peanut butter is the perfect dressing for green salads. You may have tried salads containing nuts – Greek, pine or others. You can also season the salad with peanut butter, there you will get an exquisite salad with a delicate nutty taste. Peanut butter is ideal for dressing lettuce leaves. You can also make a coleslaw and carrot salad and season it with peanut butter.
- Fruit sandwiches with peanut butter. An ideal snack and also an excellent dessert for those on a diet. Cut the apples into slices. Brush one circle with peanut butter and sprinkle with any seeds or granola. Put another apple circle on top and the sandwich is ready!
- Pumpkin puree soup with peanut butter. Making pumpkin puree soup? Be sure to add some pasta there. Your puree soup will acquire an unusual taste and aroma.
- Banana dessert with peanut butter. A quick and easy pp dessert that can be prepared at any time of the year. Cut the banana into pieces (roll size), spread on all sides with peanut butter and roll in your favorite ground nuts or seeds. Banana sushi is ready!
As you can see, peanut butter is more than just plain sandwiches for breakfast! Be sure to include this product in your diet for weight loss instead of unhealthy and high-calorie sweets, as well as a delicious and healthy dressing for main courses! And don't forget to share your impressions!
How to make peanut butter at home
To prepare pasta with a minimum set of ingredients and tools, you will need:
- roasted peanuts. You can take it raw, but the taste will be less intense. For convenience, buy beans that have already been peeled, otherwise the pinkish skin will color the product brown;
- salt – literally a pinch is needed, any without seasonings in the composition will do;
- capacity – better made of dense plastic and high. It bounces off the metal peanut during the interruption, you can be slightly injured;
- blender. You need a very powerful one with the ability to work continuously. To beat the peanuts into a homogeneous glossy mass, the apparatus must work continuously for 15-20 minutes.
There are 25 g of protein per 100 g of pasta, which is comparable to the chicken meat adored by athletes. But you should be careful with a peanut dish – a high fat content increases the energy value of the product to 550-600 kcal.
Roasted peanuts
Oven-roasted peanuts help to quickly extract oil from legumes, making the nuts more flavorful. The kernels are baked for about 10 minutes in the oven at a temperature of 160-170 degrees. The peanuts will acquire a golden hue, which will have a positive effect on the color of the paste. But, in principle, you can make a paste from raw nuts.
How to grind peanuts
Add warm peanuts to a blender. The nuts will go through several stages of texture change before they become pasty.
- First you need to grind the nuts with one click on the blender button – we get small crumbs.
- The second time we turn on the blender for a minute – the mass will look like wet sand, oil will begin to emerge from the nuts.
- We turn on for another minute – peanut butter blinds particles of nuts, hard pieces appear, which may stick to the walls of the blender. Turn off the machine and collect weight from the sides – if necessary.
- Turn on the blender for the last time at the highest speed. This will create a thick, creamy texture.
If the blender becomes very overheated, unplug it and let it rest for 10 minutes, then continue.
Additives
After we have achieved an even creamy texture, additional ingredients can be added. Such as honey, cocoa powder – for chocolate peanut butter, cinnamon or butter (butter, coconut) .This will give the peanut butter a different taste. You can limit yourself to just a pinch of salt. If you want to make peanut butter sweet, do it without sugar, but with healthier sweeteners. For example: with honey, maple syrup, dates. In this case, be sure to add a little oil, otherwise the creamy texture will crumple into a lump.
Grind the peanut mass with additives in a blender for 1-2 minutes. Then let the pasta cool down, the dish is ready.
How to store
Homemade peanut butter recipe has a long shelf life. After receiving the spread, pour it into an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. Homemade food stays in the refrigerator much better than store food. This is due to the fact that homemade pasta has not been on the shelves for a long time.
Peanut butter classic recipe
For a traditional homemade peanut butter recipe, take:
- 2 cups unsalted peanuts
- a tablespoon of honey;
- a pinch of salt;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Put the peanuts on a baking sheet in one layer and put them in the oven preheated to 180 ° for 7-12 minutes. Note, depending on the oven, it may take more or less time. As a result, the beans should get gilded, acquire a bright aroma and “nutty” taste. Cool, peel.
Dip the peanuts into the blender bowl. Close and start the device. Grind until the mixture begins to gather into a single lump. It will take a long time. First, the peanut will turn into crumbs, and after that oil will begin to stand out and make the paste glossy, homogeneous.
Finally, add the remaining ingredients. Thick honey can be preheated for 15 seconds in the microwave. Stir the mixture again and serve.
The oil increases the calorie content of the dish. If you care about your figure, replace the product with water. The latter will increase the yield, help to achieve a thinner consistency and reduce the energy value of the serving.
How to make peanut butter without honey
If the household does not consume honey, the ingredient can be replaced with sugar or less harmful sweeteners. The product is prepared from:
- 2 cups peanuts
- a tablespoon of sugar or 2 tablets of a sweetener like “Sladis”;
- pinches of salt;
- water.
Peanuts are fried, peeled and ground in a blender. In the fine crumb stage, sweetener and salt are added. When the mass becomes homogeneous, dilute with water. The amount of liquid required is different, watch out for the consistency. For a pasta that is convenient to spread on bread, half a glass of water is enough.
How to make peanut butter syrup yourself
Sugar syrup without additives does not particularly affect the taste. It is used if undissolved grains of sweetener are felt in the paste. To prepare peanut butter with sugar syrup, you need:
- 550 g of peanuts;
- 100 g sugar;
- 130 ml of water;
- 40 ml of oil;
- salt to taste.
Prepare the beans by roasting and peeling. Turn on the blender. While the peanuts are grinding, place the pot of water and sugar on the stove. After the latter has dissolved, boil the syrup for another minute and remove from heat.
Add salt and oil to the crumb. Kill until a dense mass and begin to gradually pour in the syrup. Look at the consistency periodically and taste the product to get the perfect one.
Help the blender with a spatula – turn off the device from time to time and scrape the peanuts off the walls. This will process the beans faster, and the paste will be smooth, without pieces.
Application
What peanut extract is eaten with:
- Unrefined – with vegetable, meat and fish salads, cold appetizers, pancakes, pancakes and other similar pastries, dipped in oil. So they like to eat it in the East – dipping freshly baked cakes into it. Lovers of a healthy lifestyle can be advised to use grain or bran bread for this. It is very useful to add it to food for weight loss, low-calorie vitamin – to make a salad with vegetables, herbs and rye croutons, pouring them with fragrant oil, season porridge and cereal dishes.
- Refined – with all hot dishes. Can peanut butter be fried – yes, if it is refined. It is fried, baked, stewed on.
The use of this product is not limited to cooking. Cosmetic recipes with peanut butter are as plentiful as there are culinary ones. They soften the skin of the hands and face, remove wrinkles, restore the firmness and elasticity of the epidermis.
Peanut oil for hair is known as a long-standing oriental remedy for softening curls, strengthening roots, as well as fighting seborrhea and parasites that live on the scalp (in hot countries in ancient times this was a problem due to the total lack of water). Modern beauties make nourishing and moisturizing hair masks, lubricating the curls with the extract along the entire length and wrapping them for 30-40 minutes. After that, it is washed off with shampoo.
How to choose a quality product when buying
Most of the peanut fruit extract is produced in China and India. These countries account for two-thirds of the world's production. And they, in the manufacture of the product, introduce preservatives, flavors and other not useful additives into its composition. Therefore, it is better to refrain from buying this oil.
When choosing the unrefined, most useful extract, pay attention to the color and smell, then to the taste. Cold pressed has a thick red-brown color with an amber or greenish tint, a pronounced sweetish nutty taste and a pleasant aroma of peanuts. It is suitable for cold dishes; during heat treatment, carcinogenic substances appear in it. This kind of peanut butter is not good for frying.
After refining, the liquid is significantly clarified, it can be fried on, it does not add any foreign taste and smell to the food being cooked – for example, cookies with peanut butter are not much different from any other. The largest consumers of this oil extract are Americans, slightly less are Europeans. In the East, an over-refined product is not recognized, they use a saturated unrefined version.
Deodorized pomace is the most neutral, and at the same time, there are essentially no nutrients left in it. It is also the cheapest.
The more additives are indicated on the label, especially with the letter E and numbers, the less benefit this product has. You cannot buy oil with an unpleasant odor and taste, with foreign impurities (for unrefined, a small sediment is permissible).
What harm can there be from it
Allergies are the first reason why you should refuse to squeeze peanuts. Other reasons to replace this product with others are diseases of the joints and bones, bronchial asthma, increased blood clotting.
How to replace peanut butter in case of intolerance to the product: try other extracts – olive, sunflower, hemp, etc. But it may also happen that your body does not accept all vegetable fats well. To do this, you need to be examined by a gastroenterologist.
Overweight people need to be careful about this high-calorie product. How to take peanut butter so as not to aggravate the situation: no more than a teaspoon per day – in all forms. Therefore, if you ate pastries on such fat, sit for a couple of days without it at all.
What is useful
The beneficial properties of this substance entirely depend on fatty acids and tocopherol (vitamin E). It:
- enhances the immune status;
- reduces cholesterol plaques, improves blood composition;
- with diabetes mellitus, lowers glucose levels;
- promotes digestion and resorption of gallstones;
- strengthens vision, etc.
The high calorie content of peanut extract makes it indispensable for quick replenishment of physical strength, therefore, the use of peanut pomace by athletes is encouraged. And daily consumption of a small amount of this food product improves the condition of nails and hair.
Composition and calorie content of peanut butter
If you lay out peanut butter on the shelves, BJU (the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates) for this product is as follows:
- fats – 70%;
- proteins – 16%;
- carbohydrates – 14%.
Among the components are mono- and polyunsaturated (respectively Omega 9 and Omega 6) and saturated fatty acids (arachidic, palmitic and others). Vitamin E is the only one that is present in significant quantities. But manufacturers can change the composition of an industrial product, release it with enriching vitamin supplements. However, most of them break down when heated.
When peanut butter is discussed, the benefits or harms of this product depend not only on the type (refined / unrefined), but also on the amount consumed. The calorie content of peanut extract is almost 90 kcal. Coincidentally or not, the country that consumes the most peanut products has the largest percentage of the world's population with grade III and IV obesity.
Eating options for peanut butter
Most often, the pasta is spread on fresh bread or on a toaster roll. This option is very nutritious and can be used in the morning for breakfast or as a snack at any time of the day. For those who are afraid that pasta contains a lot of calories, it is recommended to purchase a product that contains a minimum of hazardous components.
The following dishes can be made from a peanut product:
- Various options for sandwiches, to the preparation of which you need to connect your imagination. Usually two toasted toasts are used, between which a layer of pasta is applied. On the second toast bread, you can put nuts, raisins, fruits.
- This dish will also look beautiful, not just delicious. Those who want a break from sugary foods and don't know what to eat peanut butter with can add a slice of cheese to get a salty meal.
- With vegetables or fruits. Very tasty if spread over a slice of banana or apple. Anyone who does not know what to eat sugar-free peanut butter with is advised to use raw, fried, boiled, or steamed vegetables.
- On marmalade. Another option with which to eat peanut butter is regular marmalade, cut into pieces and smeared with a peanut product. Recipe for a festive feast: whip cottage cheese and pasta, and then mix with jelly and cream. Arrange on different plates, add chocolate or berries for beauty.
- Pasta with cookies. If the cakes are already boring and you want a healthier product, you can spread the peanut product on the cookies and wait until it is soaked. This option is very tasty and fast.
- In porridge. To do this, you need to cook porridge, such as oatmeal or rice, and then mix it with two tablespoons of peanut butter. To make the dish even tastier, you can add honey, dried apricots, raisins, or some kind of fruit.
- In cream for dessert. Peanut butter is often used in the manufacture of cake cream, which is used to grease the cakes.
- In a fruit salad. Cutting various fruits into slices and seasoning with pasta, you can get a very tasty and healthy dish.
- Ice cream dressing. For those who love sweet desserts, this option is suitable. To prepare it, add the peanut product to the ice cream and mix.
Date paste is a useful substitute for chocolate “Nutelle” Such a delicacy is a natural substitute for any purchased chocolate spreads. Recipe date paste with photos at home …
For reference!
In modern production, peanut butter is also appearing, which does not contain salt and sugar.
The classic version of the nut product can be decorated with candied fruits, coconut flakes, as well as small almonds.
Sandwiches
Traditionally, pasta is spread on bread. But even here, using imagination, you can invent something interesting that our family will certainly appreciate. For example, bread can be toasted or made into toast. Or, on top of the pasta, grease the sandwich with jam, jelly, cream.
You can sprinkle with chopped nuts, raisins, top with chopped thin slices of fruit: strawberries, figs, banana, apple. Such “decor” itself will add unusualness to the sandwich, originality and piquancy to its taste! Or, put cheeses on the pasta: feta cheese (even slightly salty feta cheese is interesting, but you can pick up less salty ones), mozzarella, feta, etc.
Fruits vegetables
The simplest, but no less tasty and healthy use of pasta is with fruits and berries. Bananas, pears, kiwi or plums, cut into 1-2 cm thick and generously greased, will surprise guests with a variety of flavors. What else is peanut butter eaten with? With vegetables, if the pasta is unsweetened. Vegetables can be boiled, steamed, baked, fried, and even raw. The pasta will give them a delicate taste and satiety.
Jelly and marmalade
Who would expect SO from a simple marmalade? Have you tried brushing it with peanut butter? Trust me, it's awesome! All of the kind of jelly go well with the paste: marshmallow and marshmallow. A. if you want to impress your guests with something stunning, but have not yet figured out how, here's a present from me – a light, exquisite dessert! It consists of whipped cottage cheese with pasta and cream and jelly mixed in a blender. This is laid out alternately in several layers. From above, you can decorate the dish with nuts, berries and chocolate.
Cookies
Peanut butter is simply a salvation for everyone who, for whatever reason, does not want or cannot bake cakes and pastries. It is enough to grease delicate cookies, let it stand for 10-15 minutes, and the cake is ready. You can make this dessert from several layers, alternately laying out “cakes” and cream.
Peanut butter is incredibly healthy. It contains proteins, vitamins and minerals. She is very satisfying and wholesome. And most importantly – fabulously tasty. Any dish made from it is a reason to pamper your family. So do not deny yourself such pleasure!
Porridge
Let's make the morning, and the whole day, beautiful! A spoon or two of peanut butter, which we add to the porridge, will give vivid emotions! The rich flavor of nuts is in harmony with both simple oatmeal and rice, and with semolina and buckwheat. You can add honey, berries, raisins, poppy seeds and chopped fruits to such a porridge and a spoonful.
But this is not all that peanut butter is eaten with. It can be added to cakes (both creams and cakes), sauces, and fillings. It will be amazing, tempting, tasty and nutritious if you put a few spoons of peanut butter in a fruit salad.
Ice cream
Do you love making ice cream yourself? Then don't forget to add peanut butter to it! But also in the form of gravy, pasta will make this dessert tempting. And if you whip ice cream with pasta in a blender, you can get a simply luxurious dish!
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