Carrots and Peanut Butter

Celery and peanut butter is a pretty common snack, but I HATE celery... so growing up I always ate carrots and peanut butter. It seems like an interesting combination, but trust me, it tastes good! Peanut butter really does make most things taste better. If you like thai food you see spicy peanut sauce mixed in with vegetables (including carrots), so really it's not TOO crazy of an idea. 

Not only is this a tasty treat, but carrot's are a power-food with numerous health benefits! Just to list a few: 
1. Improves Vision
2. Helps Prevent Aging
3. Slows Down Cancer
4. Promotes Healthier Skin
5. Helps Prevent Infection

The peanut butter is where you have to be careful! There is a reason that peanut butter tastes so delicious. 

To the left is a jar of Jif Creamy Peanut Butter. Looking at the label on the back it says it only has 4 grams of sugar, which really doesn't seem too bad. However, that 4 grams of sugar is per serving with each serving only being two tablespoons. Processed peanut butters like Jif also contain many other ingredients to get to that rich and creamy state. There are many additives such as hydrogenated oils. These oils keep the peanut butter at the same consistency no matter what the temperature. The downfall: 16-20 percent MORE SATURATED FAT!

What I suggest is natural ground peanut butter. It's not as creamy, but I was always more of a crunch peanut butter fan anyways, and what can be crunchier than peanut butter with the only ingredient being peanuts?? With the only ingredient being peanuts you don't have to worry about the sugars of processed peanut butter. 




                      
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