Homemade Peanut Butter

Cooking time: 5 minutes | Difficulty level: Easy

Brent loves peanut butter. So much that for 6 straight months, he ate PB&J sandwiches every workday for lunch before I came along and changed his life ;) We typically used to run out of a 16oz jar of Jif in a month, so I thought why not try to make it at home? I like making variations (see ideas in Helpful Hints section at the end of the recipe) and I get a kick out of making stuff at home. I can control the quality of ingredients used while avoiding all those unnecessary chemicals and preservatives and it takes barely 5 minutes to make! Hope you like this recipe. If you try any variations, do let me know in the comments section. Enjoy!

Homemade Peanut Butter

Syrups / Jams

Cooking time: 15 minutes | Difficulty level: Easy

For a while I relied on store bought strawberry and blueberry syrups. But then I started getting sick of all that high fructose corn syrup in all the syrups, so my Mom gave me the recipe to make my own syrups / jams. It is super easy, super fun and so much healthier! Besides, it lets me get creative and make my own flavors (next up: Orange and Lemon).