HOME MADE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER

Home Made Crunchy Peanut Butter.

by Bess & Pete

Pour the peanuts into the jar size you desire.

Sprinkle nuts onto a baking tray and roast on 150c for about 10 minutes.

Once brown (not too brown) cool and place the nuts in a food grinder or whizz.

Add a dash of peanut or cronola oil; a teaspoon of sugar and a dash of salt

to your taste. Grind the mixture to the texture you like i.e. smooth or nutty.

Place into your sterilized jar.

( Dad grew peanuts in the vegetable patch. They are of the potato family.)

cost about $1.50 for a medium jar.

Celery Nibbles

Wash celery stalks and fill with peanut butter or creme cheese.

You may slice in to one inch pieces and arrange on a plate for Party nibbles

Or just on one stalk to munch on in front of TV.

Pumpkin Dip or as a side Vegetable dish

Peel and cube 1/2 of any of the pumpkin family.

Cook in a little water. Then drain. Place in a bowl and

mash with a handful of fresh Coriander leaves,

1 teaspoon of garlic granules; 1 teaspoon of cumin and

a cube of butter.

Put into a dish and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Serve with chips or croutons.

Minted Hummus Dip.

Drain one tin of chick peas. (or a cup of dried chick peas soaked over night)

take one crushed glove of garlic; 2tsp mint jelly; a handful of fresh Basil leaves.

Place all ingredients into a kitchen whizz and add a dash of oil till mixture becomes creamy and smooth. Decorate with mint leaves and serve with potato chips or thin slices of raw celery or carrot.