Chief Family Officer's Favorite Things: The Sneaky Chef's No Nut Butter

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I have been meaning to write this post for quite a while now, because The Sneaky Chef Creamy No-Nut Butter has become a staple food in our house.
It's not the healthiest food, nor does it follow the "real food" rules of being minimally processed. The ingredients include powdered sugar with cornstarch, palm fruit oil, and mono and diglycerides from a vegetable source. But at least the main ingredients, golden peas and canola oil, are non-GMO.

And it's a great replacement product for us. Because where most families can use a 100% natural, organic, minimally processed nut butter like peanut butter or almond butter, or the popular alternative, sunflower butter, we eliminated those options when we discovered one of the boys is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, soybeans, and most seeds, including sunflower. Thankfully, his allergy is not so bad that the tiniest whiff of one of these forbidden items produces a reaction. But I certainly wouldn't risk having any of these things in my house.

I stumbled across No-Nut Butter about six months ago while doing research for an article, and since peanuts and soybeans - like golden peas - are legumes, I wasn't entirely sure that it would be safe for my son. But he's been able to tolerate it without issue, and I've been delighted to discover that No-Nut Butter freezes and bakes well.

In fact, I can prep ahead and make No-Nut Butter & Jam sandwiches to freeze for school lunches:


I freeze half-sandwiches, since that's what I pack for each boy. Each half goes into a plastic baggie, and then the baggies go into the bag the loaf of bread came in. When I'm getting lunch ready in the morning, I just pull a sandwich out of the freezer! {Making my own sandwich bread is one of my cooking dreams/goals, but I've yet to find a recipe that the kids like.}

No-Nut Butter also served me well in a modified version of these Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies, and is great in smoothies as well.

Of course, if you know of any other peanut-free, nut-free, seed-free alternatives, especially if they're less processed/more natural, I'd love to try them, so let me know in the comments!

Buy The Sneaky Chef Creamy No-Nut Butter for $7.49 at Amazon or Vitacost.