Comments on: Natural Peanut Butter 101

By: kristi

kristi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:29:34 +0000

smart idea! never thought of that…
my personal favorite “natural” peanut butter is the trader joe’s kind. peanutty and fresh, but not organic.

By: TreeMama

TreeMama — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:33:20 +0000

This is so brilliant, why didn’t I think of this? I end up with hand cramps every time.

THANK YOU!!!!

By: Pam in Utah

Pam in Utah — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:04:22 +0000

If I think about it, when I buy a new jar and I don’t need it for a while, I make sure the lid is still on tight and store it upsidedown. I actually think it does help, but your way probably works better. I don’t have a good food processer, though. I use a knife, still. My favorite brand is Adams. No preservatives. I can tell a big difference compared to the ones with preservatives, transfats, etc.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:54:13 +0000

I saw the lid with the mixer too! I also read about a much easier way, I believe it was at hungrygirl.com, I have not tried this, but if you set the jar upside down for awhile the oil moves through the peanut butter and apparently mixes it into the solids.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:14:38 +0000

We refrigerate ours too. I saw a lid with a mixer and handle that you could screw on to mix things up but I don’t know which brands it would fit!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:49:33 +0000

Love it! Excellent idea. I have to say that I LOVE Maranatha peanut butter the best too. I think it’s even better than the regular stuff (Jif, Skippy, etc.). The ingredients are just peanuts and salt like all the other natural ones so it must be the kind of peanuts they use. It does cost a boatload compared to the others, though. But I digress! Thanks for the idea, and Amy, good call on the hand held mixer too. I have one of those drink mixers you can stick right into a glass so I might try using that.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:47:28 +0000

You, are a genius! Thanks for the tip!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:37:26 +0000

I do this too, except with my hand held electric mixer. It is a fabulous idea.

By: Bananas

Bananas — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:43:16 +0000

mmm now I’m HUNGRY!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:24:22 +0000

Sneaky, sneaky! Cool idea.

Sometimes, I just go to the store that has the peanut crushing machine. No mixing required. But then you don’t get the crunchy version, and I like CRUNCHY.