This week we are excited to kick off the first in our recipe series with new Scoop Supporter, KRAFT Natural Peanut Butter range made from100% peanuts. We’ve come up with a twist on traditional hummus with a spicy boost and swirl of peanut butter, that you are absolutely going to love.
Snack smarter
Are you a smart snacker? Healthy mid meal snacks can boost energy and concentration, control blood sugar and insulin levels and help you meet daily nutrient requirements. When it comes to achieving a healthy weight, nutritious snacks can help keep appetites on an even keel and prevent overeating at meals caused by ravenous hunger. Plan ahead by packing healthy, portion controlled choices like our Spicy Peanut Butter Hummus with vegetable crudités, so you don’t get caught out by the vending machine.
While adults can opt to use snacks wisely as part of a healthy eating plan, snacking is vital for kids as they have smaller stomach capacities and relatively large nutrient needs, for growth and development. Healthy snacks should be offered mid-meals and always before a treat food, so kids fill up on essential nutrients first. Active kids can afford to have higher kilojoule snacks to help fuel fitness, but don’t fall into the trap of sports drinks, snake lollies or protein bars after Little Athletics or Auskick. Go for naturally, nutrient rich foods like good ol orange segments, a smoothie or our Spicy Peanut Butter Hummus enjoyed back at home. And hydrate with water. More tips here on fueling and cooling the junior athlete by Sports Dietitians Australia.
Spicy Peanut Butter Hummus
Makes approx. 2 cups
Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
4-5 cloves garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons ground coriander
440g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
½ cup KRAFT Natural Peanut Butter Smooth or Crunchy
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
¼ – 1/3 cup water
Turkish bread or pita bread, toasted for serving
Fresh vegetables, cut into strips for serving
Method
- HEAT the oil in a small saucepan and gently sauté the garlic and spices over a low heat for 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Add the chickpeas and cook a further minute then transfer to a food processor with the peanut butter, chilli sauce and water then process until smooth.
- SPOON the hummus into a serving bowl and chill until required. Place onto a serving platter and serve with bread and vegetables for dipping.
About the range
KRAFT Natural Peanut Butter Smooth and KRAFT Natural Peanut Butter Crunchy are fabulous newcomers made from 100 % peanuts, and absolutely nothing else. This helps make each tablespoon serving (22g) a source of protein (6.0g/serve), magnesium (14% RDI/serve) and niacin (29% RDI/serve). Look out for the new spreads in all major supermarkets and independent retailers, RRP $4.60 per jar. Read more in our introduction post here.
We suspect that our lovely readers have their own peanut butter lover snack ideas too? How about it? Celery and peanut butter? Banana and PB on toast? Love to hear your ideas. #peanutbutterlover #scoopnutrition #kraftnaturals
KRAFT Natural’s new 100% peanut butter is a Scoop Supporter and has collaborated on this recipe with Scoop Nutrition. Any opinion regarding general health and wellbeing are those of the author, not the Scoop Supporter. Scoop Supporters are carefully selected to eat, drink or think like us. We like to work with our Supporters on something you will love and use all proceeds exclusively for site upgrades and to help us bring you more.
