She Says: One for Me, One for You.
Happy Friday Night Everyone!
I wanted to go back to my previous post to clarify one thing. I hope it did not seem like I am only okay with food and my body because I run so much. That’s really not it. I am actually not running or eating more than normally. The shift came about because I stopped running primarily for exercise and started running to improve and complete a half marathon. In the past I’ve enjoyed running for the sweat and workout it provided me. Whereas yoga is my love and mental solace, running was just a physical outlet. Now I am running for another purpose. I hope that when I am no longer training the good habits and mindset I’ve developed recently carry over into my normal everyday life.
Ok, so. How was your day? Mine was good. Some ups and downs, but I am ending it with some self care. Couch time with May’s body + soul that I retrieved from my library and Pecan Butter by the spoonful.
Yesterday I skipped my scheduled “strength,” so I did my Shredding today. I also bought some more pecans to make more pecan butter. I thought I’d show you just what to do in pictures.
Pecan Butter Picture Show (or How to Make Obscure Nut Butters)
(1) Put pecans on a baking sheet and bake at 350*
(2) Bake until you smell the wonderful aroma that is toasted pecans. About 10 or 12 minutes.
(3) Put in your food processor, blender or coffee grinder.
(4) Occasionally scrape down the edges.
(5) Mix until it is at your desired consistency then pour into your Obscure Nut Butter Jar.
(6) Put your Pecan Butter in the fridge, preferably next to some other obscure homemade item like Garlic and Cumin Hummus.
And there ya have it!
For dinner, in between licks of Pecan Butter, I had a Leng’s Salad Challenge salad.
- Romaine
- Radicchio
- Corn
- Grape Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Raisins
- Amy’s California Veggie Burger
- Pita
- Bad-Ass Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
The dressing was new to me today! It’s from PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook: 250 Easy, Cheap, and Delicious Recipes to Keep You Vegan at School by PETA with Starza Kolman and Marta Holmberg. The publisher of the book recently contacted me if I would like a copy. Even though I am neither a vegan nor a college student, I said yes because I thought it would have lots of great ideas. The book has a ton of quick and easy “assembly” type recipes that are perfect for both vegans and non-vegans.
Guess what? The publisher sent me two of these cookbooks. One for me … and one for you! Contest will commence Monday. What should I do to spice up this contest? Any ideas?
Tags: amy's california burger, pecan butter, vegan college cookbook, vinaigrette
April 24th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
I got the same cookbook! The recipes sound awesome! I am going to do a week of vegan lunches!
April 24th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
A copy of this cookbook is in the mail for me… I’m glad to see I’m not the only post-grad who received the offer!
April 24th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I love Body+Soul!!! I loved the Eat For Health/Powerfoods spread – so awesome. I am going to have to make your pecan butter soon, looks yummy.
April 24th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
What an awesome cookbook! I think it would be cool to have everyone say what was their favorite or wierdest food they made routinely during cramped college living! Sometimes it gets pretty funny!
I have never read that mag, but it looks great!
April 24th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
that looks like a rad cookbook! we may not be in college anymore but we still like simple and good foods from great cookbooks! yay for contest!
April 24th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Oh, I want to try to find Body+Soul!
April 24th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I bet that’s a great cookbook!
April 24th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
What a great cookbook!
And thanks for the how-to I can’t believe how easy it looks!
April 24th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
love the pecan butter tutorial
I need to make my own soon, but I feel like I should get through all the jars I have open before making more!
April 24th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Yum thanks for the NUTorial… I can’t wait to try it out when I go home!
Hmm… maybe have a gross-out food contest, like in Freaks and Geeks. Or not.
April 24th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
who hoo I’m getting the cookbooks too…can’t wait!
I love the obscure nut butter referral.
April 24th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Too awesome, I would love to get the cookbook! Cookbooks will a billion obscure ingredients just end up sitting on my shelf.
April 24th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Oh yeah, let’s make this a fun contest. I’ve got a couple ideas:
1. Require contestants to come up with tattoo designs for the cover girl’s other arm (assuming she only has ink on the arm in the cover shot)
2. Require contestants to come up with a new protest target, not currently on PETA’s radar. And they have to create an outline of what the protest letter would look like. Like requesting the Florida Marlins to change their name, or something like that.
Make ‘em work for it. That’s all I’ve got. I hear Obscure Nut Butter is touring with The Sting Cheese Incident this Summer. I’m just sayin.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Aren’t burger salads amazing? I had one the other day with an Amy’s Bistro Burger–phenom.
April 25th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Hi your pecan nut butter looks wonderful and as almond nut butter is very expensive here, i am thinking of trying to make my own, so i was wondering, how many grams of pecans did you use for the baking, as i know the amount and the timing is dependent on one another right? thanks.
April 25th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Clearly Nate’s been drinking beer with Matt
I didn’t take your earlier post to mean that at all. I’m all in favor of anything that will help loosen up food rules. Including drinking beer with Matt…
April 25th, 2009 at 4:49 am
it sounds a fun cookbook! Looking forward to the giveaway!!
April 25th, 2009 at 5:15 am
ooh, that is like the ONE magazine i don’t get. it looks great, too. i think it’s even martha affiliated (bonus for me!).
i think Obscure Nut Butters and the String Cheese Incident would go great with Fiona Apple.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:35 am
let’s make the contest really easy and I win
I have really enjoyed asking questions for my giveaways, I got some amazing answers about going green or new foods to try.
April 25th, 2009 at 7:57 am
that cookbook looks funnnn!
April 25th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I’m thinking while I’m “studying” this weekend, I may have to try my hand at homemade nut butter!
April 25th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Maybe have everyone share their fav vegan recipe?! That’d be a way to get more =)
April 25th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I love nut butter slideshows! And yours is fabulous, particularly at step 2 where you wait for the wonderful aroma! Pecans are one of my favourite nuts and I keep meaning to make it into a nut butter. Your dinner salad looks great too.
April 25th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Lena: This was an 8 oz bag of pecans. If you live near a Target these bags are currently on clearance for $3.20!!!!
April 25th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Hmm, contest ideas…a poem writing contest about why we want the cookbook? Make us list our top ten favorite vegan recipes? Ask who wants it the most and what they’re willing to do to get it? Pick a random birthday, don’t tell us what it is, and whoever was born closest to that date gets it?
Okay, I’m done now
April 25th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
:O yaay for toasted pecan nut butter! my mom loves that now – she doesn’t buy anymore almond/peanut butter because she prefers the pecans!
April 25th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
With the homemade nut butter craze going around recently I’m seriously considering never buying another jar of nut butter again. I’ll further this consideration when I find an easy way to replicate white chocolate wonderful. Although I’m sure Peanut Butter Boy’s got that covered already. Research time! I’m loving the looks of that pecan butter though, a nut butter I have yet to try. I might just have to make it next.
I have that cookbook coming in the mail too! Glad to see you got yours, hopefully that means mine will be showing up soon
April 25th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Shoot. Sent CD to Costco for our weekly groceries today and forgot to tell him to get pecans. I’ve been dying to make some. Oh well, this week it will be roasted walnut butter again, but definitely pecan next week.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend Heath!
Love,
HEAB
April 25th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Great demo! And the cookbook looks awesome.
April 25th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
nice mags!
thanks for the tutorial on the pecan butter. How long did it take you to blend it in the food processor?
April 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
You’re so awesome for posting the steps for the pecan butter. Had I known how easy it was, I would have done it eons ago! I walked right from the computer into the kitchen immediately after reading that and made heavenly pecan butter in less than 30 minutes! You rock, girl!!!
April 26th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Hey Heather,
I really appreciated your training for a half marathon post. It’s always interesting to hear your perspective on things because I feel as though you really put a lot of thought into everything you write. I v. much value your opinion.
Thanks for this nut butter recipe! I decided that a food processor might be better than a Vita-Mix. I don’t have one…but hopefully I’ll have one someday!
I got the Peta cookbook, too. I’m excited to look into it!
April 27th, 2009 at 7:51 am
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March 7th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
thank you for sharing this one!