I've been looking for ways to add more omega-3 fats to my diet lately. I enjoy fish, but am fairly concerned about heavy metal contamination. I could add in more flax seed, but since I'm eating a grain-free diet it seems more challenging to fit in ground flax seed.
I love nut butters, though, so I decided on Friday to whip up a batch of walnut butter. I have to admit, though, my first thought when seeing the finished product was that this would make a fabulous filling for homemade dark chocolates!
It's super easy to make your own nut butters if you have a food processor or high speed blender. I don't have a high speed blender so I used our 12 year old Cuisinart food processor instead.
I just poured in 3 cups of raw walnuts and let the machine do its work. It took just a few minutes of whirring to transform the nuts into a butter.
My best price for raw walnuts is our local Fleet Farm store. They come in bags and I repackage into re purposed glass peanut butter jars. I used the same jar to store the finished walnut butter and then refrigerated it. Three cups of raw walnuts ended up making about a half pint of walnut butter.
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