Healthy Recipe Peanut Butter
Looking for some creative recipes with peanut butter? This collection of healthy peanut butter recipes are created by a registered dietitian and are all SO easy to make. You’ll find everything from peanut butter balls + snacks, savoury dinners with peanut sauce, peanut butter smoothies, and more!
Peanut butter is best known as a source of heart-healthy, monounsaturated fats. These fats provide a number of health benefits – from helping to slow digestion (keeping you full + satisfied), to managing blood sugars, and helping your body absorb fat-soluble nutrients from the rest of your meal.
While the high fat content of peanut butter makes it a calorically-dense food, it is not something I ever shy away from! Minimally-processed or whole foods that are both calorically-dense AND nutrient-dense (like peanut butter) play an important role in our diets. We
Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Calories to provide the energy for every single process in our body, and for getting through our daily activities. These foods actually help to keep us full for longer, which may in turn lead to less over-eating in the long run.
Protein, it still contributes to your protein intake! Just be sure to pair it with other sources of protein in your diet, too 😉
Many people don’t realize that peanut butter is also a source of dietaryfiber. It provides about 2 grams of fiber in that 2 tablespoon serving as well – which is about 7% of your daily fiber needs.
Chewy Peanut Butter Granola Bars
From a micronutrients, peanut butter is a good source of different vitamins + minerals. In a 2 tablespoon serving, peanut butter provides:
When purchasing peanut butter, I always recommend checking out the ingredients list on the back of the jar. Aim for peanut butters that are made only with peanuts (and maybe a little salt, if desired).
While there are SO many great local and/or smaller brands out there, some of my widely-available (and affordable) favourites include the Kirkland brand at Costco, the unsweetened peanut butter from 365 by Whole Foods, and the Valencia peanut butter from Trader Joe’s.
Ingredient Peanut Butter Oatmeal Balls
Peanut butter is the perfect base for these healthy, no-bake snacks. You can make them in advance and store them in the fridge or freezer for when the craving hits.
These no-bake peanut butter balls taste like chocolate chip cookie dough! They're so easy to make (no equipment needed) and filled with nutritious ingredients. Perfect for a make-ahead snack!
These chocolate covered peanut butter rice crispy balls are such a delicious, healthy treat! This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and no-bake. Enjoy!
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies For Babies
***BONUS: While the recipe title calls for almond butter, you could easily swap that for peanut butter in these almond butter oatmeal balls!
Beyond energy balls, peanut butter is a key ingredient in these snack ideas below. As a source of protein and healthy fats, peanut butter helps to make these snacks more filling and satisfying. This helps to
These chocolate-covered peanut butter pretzel bites are a delicious, sweet and salty snack idea! Only 5 ingredients, these bites are made with almond flour instead of powdered sugar for a more nutritious option. Recipe can easily be made gluten-free!
No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
This peanut butter greek yogurt bowl is one the EASIEST healthy breakfast, snack, or dip ideas! It's packed with quality protein and heart-healthy fats to keep you feeling full and satisfied. Feel free to add toppings as desired!
These no-bake trail mix granola bars are delicious and packed with nutrition! Made with plenty of oats, nuts, and seeds, this recipe is perfect for a meal prep snack. Recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and high in fiber.
These baked apple nachos are such an easy, fun, and tasty snack idea that the whole family will love. Recipe is quick, healthy, and delicious!
Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bowl
Moving on to savory peanut butter recipes, below are all the recipes from my site that use peanut butter as part of a sauce. It’s the perfect addition to a stir-fry or a rice/noodle bowl!
This easy homemade miso peanut sauce recipe uses only 6 simple ingredients and tastes SO delicious! It's an all-purpose sauce that can be served with a variety of meals. Recipe is both vegan and gluten-free.
This tempeh and vegetable stir-fry is topped with a creamy miso peanut sauce for a delicious and nutritionally-balanced meal. Serve with rice or noodles!
Peanut Butter Granola {4 Ingredient & Healthy}
This vegan noodle bowl is made with the BEST spicy peanut sauce. It's packed with vegetables, fibre, and healthy fats – perfect for a weeknight dinner!
This Asian-Inspired rice bowl combines canned mackerel with ginger garlic bok choy, and is drizzled with peanut sauce for a delicious and nutritionally-balanced meal.
Peanut butter will forever be one of my go-to smoothie ingredients. It helps to make them thick, creamy, and filling! Some of the recipes below may list almond butter as an ingredient, but peanut butter is a super easy swap.
Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
This apple banana smoothie recipe is paired with warming flavours, like peanut butter and cinnamon! Made without yogurt, this is a vegan breakfast smoothie option. Easy, healthy, and delicious!
This healthy breakfast smoothie is made with spinach, peanut butter, chia, hemp seeds, and almond milk. Dietitian-designed, it’s full of nutritious ingredients for a filling breakfast. Vegan, gluten-free, and can be made-ahead!
This strawberry oatmeal smoothie is a healthy, filling breakfast that tastes like a strawberry milkshake! The addition of oats packs in a ton of nutrition benefits. Recipe is gluten-free and can easily be customized to use different fruits.
Healthy Homemade Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe
This Simple Creamy Green Smoothie recipe is made with spinach, avocado, banana, chia, and hemp seeds. It's high in protein and healthy fats for a super satisfying breakfast. Gluten-free with vegan option available!
***BONUS RECIPES: While these smoothie recipes call for different nut or seed butters, they can SO easily be swapped for peanut butter and taste equally as delicious:
Beyond smoothies, below are some breakfast recipes made with peanut butter. I’ve also included a handful of breakfast recipes that use peanut butter as a TOPPING, because that’s truly one of my favourite ways to use it in the morning 🙂
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
This easy peanut butter banana baked oatmeal is made with chocolate chips and walnuts. It basically tastes like you're eating a healthier banana bread for breakfast – so delicious! Recipe is both vegan and gluten-free.
Readers love these too-rated healthy breakfast cookies! They're soft, chewy, and so easy. Made with nutritious ingredients like oats, pumpkin, almond butter, nuts, and seeds – they're such a delicious, healthy treat you can enjoy for breakfast or at any time of the day. Recipe is gluten-free, flour-free, vegan, and freezer-friendly.
**PEANUT BUTTER AS A BREAKFAST TOPPING: While these recipes below don’t explicitly call for peanut butter, I will personally top them with peanut butter 100% of the time ;). Peanut butter adds a nice source of healthy fat to things like overnight oats, porridges, or pancakes!
Quick And Healthy Snack Bites
And there you have it – 15+ Easy, Healthy Peanut Butter Recipesto cook and enjoy. I so hope you found some inspiration from this list!
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*TYPE OF CHOCOLATE CHIPS: You can use unsweetened chocolate chips if you want to lower the sugar content and don’t mind the taste of very dark chocolate. Otherwise, use semi-sweet ones. The amount of honey per ball isn’t too much so they shouldn’t be too sweet!
Healthy & Easy Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
As a dietitian, I create recipes with whole food ingredients that provide the nutrients needed for optimal health. My nutrition philosophy does not focus on numbers; however, I understand that this information can be helpful.
Do note that the nutrition info provided is an estimate and I cannot guarantee correctness of the displayed values. These numbers will differ depending on brands used, recipe modifications, and amount eaten. If you require specific nutrition information due to medical reasons, please consult with your dietitian or physician.Meet the great cookie equalizer: Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies. Whatever the members of your household might agree (or not agree) on, everyone can rally around a soft, chewy cookie that’s made of wholesome ingredients, especially when said cookie includes peanut butter and chocolate.
Like those cookies, this recipe is flourless, naturally sweetened with honey (there’s no refined sugar), and they’re a breeze to whip up anytime a craving strikes.
Healthy Peanut Butter Banana Bread!
What makes these healthy cookies special is peanut butter. They harness peanut butter’s rich, thick texture and healthy fats to bind the cookies and make them moist.
Thanks to PB, there’s no need to make these peanut butter oatmeal cookies with oil or butter. Peanut butter holds them together!
While I’ve never been one to turn a cookie down (you know it, Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies, and the classic Oatmeal Cookies), like many of you, I have my cookie hierarchy (oatmeal raisin cookies trend towards the bottom; anything with chocolate pops to the top).
Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies {soft & Chewy}
A few weeks ago, my mom, sister, and I were in a bakery with the most magnificent-looking, GIANT cookies, so we decided to split one.
For the cookie flavor, we each had a different first choice, but you know which one ALL of us felt good about sharing? The monster cookie. Why? Because it contained
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