Peanut butter, that thick rich concoction of a humble legume. It appears in candies, in sandwiches, and even in rich savoury dishes in the form of a sauce. There’s crunchy peanut butter and creamy peanut butter, and peanut butter that comes premixed with honey. Rich and full of protein, it’s also favoured by body builders, hikers, and health nuts alike. November is Peanut Butter Lover’s Month, so get ready for some peanut buttery madness!
FIRST WATCH HOW IT’S MADE:
If you’re allergic to peanuts, try these alternatives:
Prepare your taste buds for these delicious nut butters
How to celebrate Peanut Butter Lover’s Month
Considering how flexible peanut butter is as an ingredient, Peanut Butter Lover’s Month is your opportunity to start putting more of this fantastic legume into your meals. Every day you can add in one peanut butter themed meal into your diet. Whether it’s a simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, or a savoury and delicious pad thai, there’s tons of ways for you to incorporate it.
TRY ONE OF THESE RECIPES:
- RECIPE: Go nutty with unique banana sandwich
- Peanut Butter-Stuffed Skillet Cookie
- Try these chocolate peanut butter rice treats
We even have a yummy recipe for diabetics:
Perhaps the best way to make this a fun and social event, is to get friends and family together every week with their best and most creative peanut butter recipes. (NOTE: We’d love to hear your favourite recipe) You’d be amazed at exactly what you can come up with, and just how many different types of meals there are that it can be included in.
Peanut Butter is not only loved by humans, apparently:
Even birds love it!
- Why not try making one of these pine cone feeders for your garden GARDENING: Making a pine cone bird feeder
- See here what residents at Winklespruit based care facility, Mooi Hawens did on ‘Peanut Butter Day’
…and then there’s this:
OTHER USES FOR PEANUT BUTTER
“Cosmopolitan Magazine claims that the nut oils in peanut butter might cause a smoother shave….”
AND WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN you combine 500 Pounds of Peanut Butter, 1 bath tub, and a friend who’s obsessed with peanut butter?
WATCH:
History of Peanut Butter Month
You can’t talk about the history of Peanut Butter Month without talking about the history of peanut butter, and by extension, peanuts. Peanuts are a legume that originates in South America, and has been domesticated for 7600 years. Can’t be surprised that a little legume (not a nut!) that’s been around for so long has proven to be so incredibly popular the world round.
While the origins of peanut butter can be traced back to the Aztecs and Incans, the modern history of it starts in 1884, when it was patented by a chemist by the name of Edson. His whole purpose in developing it was to ensure that those who had issue chewing hard foods would be able to have a delicious way to get the nutrition they needed.
Since then they’ve exploded onto the culinary scene in every possible permutation, and can be found in some variation in some form in every meal. In 1995 Peanut Butter Lovers month came into existence and has been celebrated ever since in a month-long peanut buttery bacchanal!
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