My mother for years had tried to get me to eat real almond butter, which is basically almonds grounded up to a paste, but I just wasn’t interested in it at the time. I finally gave in and tried it but in all honesty I didn’t like the way it tasted.

Shortly after I started changing my diet I noticed that my taste buds were also changing. I decided to give almond butter a second try and ended up really liking it the second time around.  I also discovered at that time that the natural peanut butter tasted pretty good too.

Not long after that I switched to almond butter I started reading the ingredients of the peanut butter I was buying for my kids.  I couldn’t believe what I saw; basically the peanut butter I was buying was loaded in sugar and Trans fats.

So I switched to buying real peanut butter, which is very similar to almond butter except that it is peanuts instead of almonds grounded up to a paste.  At first I had to slowly mix in the natural peanut butter with the regular store bought peanut butter for my kids.  It wasn’t long that I was eventually able to get my kids on the real stuff and completely off the store brands. Now days I mix the peanut butter and almond butter together and everyone loves it.  It is a great snack and I recommend trying it on the Cinnamon Raisin bread by Ezekiel.

Enjoy!