Since I have stopped eating sugar I have been able to come up with homemade versions of some of my favourite spreads - Nutella and peanut butter!
For nutella I just whizz up some bland tasting nuts, I had macadamias on hand today so I used those, then add 3 tablespoons cacao powder, 1 tablespoon margarine, 1 tablespoon dextrose and some milk to create the right consistency.
For peanut butter I whizzed up a packet of peanuts until it became as fine as I could get it with my blender, then added 1 tablespoon olive oil, pinch of cayenne pepper and a pinch of vegetable salt. I whizzed it up again for a couple of minutes.
Neither of these versions will look as smooth, nor taste as sweet as the commercial ones, BUT that's the whole point. To me they taste divine.
Replace dextrose with dates.
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