Comments on: How to Make the Switch to Natural Peanut Butter

By: Ryan's Aunt

Ryan's Aunt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:44:49 +0000

you can also make peanut butter yourself. the way i make it is: i shell a bag of peanuts (either all at once when i have the time, or a few at a time and keep them in a covered container) then grind them for approx. 5-10 minutes in a food processor. then i store it in a jar that i've saved from a commercial brand of natural peanut butter.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:59:44 +0000

My family and I eat Skippy Natural Peanut Butter. It is good, and may not be much better than regular Skippy, but I cannot eat any other natural peanut butter. Love Whole Wheat Toast with Peanut Butter and Cream Cheese.

By: iportion

iportion — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:19:40 +0000

I just like the cheapo peanut butter more it has the same calories. The health food store stuff sounds cool though.

By: Adria

Adria — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:30:38 +0000

My kids don't like natural peanut butter, but when I buy it we turn the jar upside down as well. Some kitchen company also makes a lid with a crank that you use in place of the lid it comes with.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:29:05 +0000

Here in Portland, OR you don't even have to go to a health food store, they have grinders at Fred Meyer in the natural food section. It's about the same price per pound as Adams. I just put it right in the refrigerator when I get home, it keeps a long time and I don't have to stir it ever!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:46:27 +0000

1 on the turn the jar upside down suggestion. We eat sprouted grain toast with 1 Tablespoon of nut butter every morning. We switch between peanut, almond, and cashew/macademia. The oils in nut butter are really good for you, and 1 T is only about 100 calories and keeps you good and full for awhile. And yum!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:22:12 +0000

Here's the way to do it:

(1) Turn the jar upside down and leave it for a day or two before opening it.

(2) Open the jar and stir it with a knife. The oil should be on the bottom of the jar to a great extent, although there may be some hard, oilless peanut butter there you need to scrape off.

(3) Store the jar in the refrigerator upside down.

This will prevent the last part of the peanut butter being inedibly hard.