Recipe: healthy homemade nut butter

Sensible swap...

Swap processed peanut butter (yes, this does exist!) for a healthier, homemade nut butter.

Ingredients:

• 200g unsalted nuts - think almonds, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts and cashews
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil

What to do:

• Pop the nuts into a food processor and pulse until finely ground.
• Add 1 tbsp of rapeseed oil and blend until a creamy consistency is created.
• Sprinkle in half a teaspoon of sea salt and add additional nuts (chopped) if you prefer a chunkier butter - stir well.
• Store in an airtight container (in the fridge) and consume within one week.

Top tip: although peanut butter may not initially resemble a processed product, many shop brought butters are bursting with trans fats - even if the label emphasises 'zero trans fats' the product can still provide up to half a gram of trans fat per serving. If your chosen butter contains anything other than peanuts, oil (not partially hydrogenated) and salt - the only ingredients that pure peanut butter should contain - steer clear and source at natural alternative instead.