Sunbutter - A Tasty Peanut Butter Alternative

We discovered Sunbutter when our son was diagnosed with a peanut allergy when he was just one and a half years old. At first, though, we tried soy butter, which tasted OK, but the texture was a bit gritty. Make sure the label states that the sunbutter is processed in a peanut-free facility.

Sunbutter is the closest taste-wise to peanut butter and is a perfect substitute on a sandwich, in cookie recipes and even as a dip for carrots and apples.

Here a few ways we use sunbutter:

Sunbutter smoothie
1 banana
2 scoops soy ice cream
2 tbsp. Sunbutter
1/4 cup Honey

Blend in a blender and serve immediately

Pasta Sauce
1 tbsp. sunbutter
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. butter beans (canned, drained and rinsed)
Pinch sea salt

mash beans, add sunbutter, olive oil and salt. stir until smooth. We add a bit of water from freshly boiled pasta to the sauce for a thinner texture, but this isn't necessary.

Add the sauce to the pasta, stir to coat evenly and serve warm.

Warm Sunbutter sundae topping
sunbutter
corn syrup (you could use sugar and water, but corn syrup works better and faster)
vanilla extract

Add equal proportions of sunbutter and corn syrup to a sauce pan and heat on low heat, stirring to combine sunbutter and corn syrup evenly. When the combination is creamy, add a tad of vanilla extract and serve over soy ice cream.

Here are some tasty recipes we found online:
Frozen Sunbutter Fudge
Purple Cabbage and Sunbutter Soup

Dairy-Free Banana Split

If you can eat soy ice cream, tofutti brand soy ice cream, vanilla-flavored, makes a good base for a banana split. We do not use any whipped topping as we haven't found a bona fide dairy-free product yet, but with all of the other toppings we have come up with, we don't miss the whipped topping one bit.

We start by splitting one banana lengthwise and then adding two scoops of tofutti vanilla soy ice cream on top.
Here is a list of our toppings:

• Eat for Life brand allergen free chocolate chips
• Mini marshmallows
• Raisins
• Real blueberry syrup
• Organic sunflower seeds
• sweetened, shredded coconut
• Maraschino cherry