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Back-to-school season means that more kids will be packing sandwiches with them on a daily basis and, more often than not, the sandwich of choice is peanut butter and jelly. Between nut allergies and simply growing bored with the same old sandwich, non-peanut butters are growing in popularity - which also means that they are more widely available than ever before. A few years ago, almond butter was relegated to health food stores, and now it appears on the regular shelf with cashew butter, soy butters and sunflower seed butter, which is completely nut-free for those with allergies.
These non-peanut butters can be substituted for peanut butter in more than just sandwiches. They make excellent cookies and work well in what would ordinarily be peanut flavored sauces and dressings. Most of the butters come in crunchy and smooth versions, as well.
Do you use non-peanut butters? If you can't find any at a store near your, you can try making your own cashew butter, but once you have a good source, you can branch out into other recipes. And don't forget to try them on toast or in pb&j!
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9-04-2006 @12:12PM Dr. Electro said... When my wife was first diagnosed with peanut allergy she tried Nutella brand almond butter. She absolutely hated it. She hasn't tried any non-peanut butters since.
I think it might be worth the expenditure to try some of the others. I hope I can persuade her to have a taste.
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9-04-2006 @12:33PM ben said... a peanut butter sandwich made with half peanut butter (the all natural kind please) and half tahini (which would be sesame seed 'butter' as it were) is really nice. some good sea salt and wheat germ sprinkled in there and you have a tasty samich. also, i like I.M. Healthy soynut butters but they sometimes have a FEW wierd ingredients.
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9-04-2006 @12:33PM calamari said... Organic-y, Trader Joe's-ish almond butters are vastly superior to peanut butter -- more sophisticated flavor profile, with a bit of a kick.
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9-04-2006 @12:41PM Chuck said... As someone with a severe peanut allergy since childhood I can't even bring myself to try this stuff.
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9-04-2006 @2:10PM Crosius said... Almond, Hazelnut and Cashew butter all get used on my breakfast toast. Right now, it's Almond & Hazelnut butter.
I am not allergic to peanuts, I just don't like all the extra sugar in large-scale PB brands. (It's supposed to be peanut-butter, not peanut-butter flavoured frosting.)
Honestly though, a lot of the "alternate" non-Peanut butters seems to be designed to taste as much like PB as possible, so you really have to try and find a brand that celebrates the non-peanut-y flavour of whatever they're grinding up.
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9-04-2006 @4:30PM Spitzmaus said... As Crosius points out, none of these products need contain any ingredients other than ground nuts and salt. That's all. The sugar-laden, mass-produced PB brands are marketed to kids; happily, I can get the "good stuff" in any number of stores, as well as almond, cashew and hazelnut butters.
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9-04-2006 @6:30PM peggy said... I've been eating almond, hazelnut and cashew butter since I was around 6 years old (I'm 52 now). By the way, to the guy whose wife tried Nutella and hated it -- maybe that's because Nutella isn't hazelnut butter -- it's mostly sugar some chocolate, and a little hazelnut mixed in there. It's a sugary spread. Have her try butters made from lightely toasted or raw almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds or get a jar of REAL 100% hazelnut butter. These are delicious! AND, yes, if you can't find them in your local supermarket or natural food store, these natural nut butters are super easy to make at home.
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9-05-2006 @9:32AM eatchicago said... Trader Joe's roasted almond butter is excellent. It's not engineered to taste like anything else besides it's one ingredient: roasted almonds.
It goes great on matzah or crispbread with raspberry jam.
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