Homemade cashew butter with poppy seeds

Healthy recipe and pretty creative packaging ideas, homemade with love

Want to learn how to make your own cashew butter? In this article, I will not only show you how to make delicious cashew butter without sugar, but also how to make it a vegan, protein-rich and gluten-free treat. You'll also learn how to combine it with fruit and how to package it lovingly as a gift. Maybe it's the perfect DIY Christmas gift for your friends or neighbors. Making a Christmas present yourself is also a joy for everyone with children.

Ingredients:

• 200 g cashew nuts (unsalted)

• 2 tbsp poppy seeds

• 2 tsp milk (vegan: oat or almond milk)

• 2 tbsp coconut oil

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• A pinch of salt

• 1 tsp brown sugar or alternatively 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup

Preparation:

• Depending on your taste, you can first roast the cashews and poppy seeds in a dry pan over a medium heat. Or, like me, you can process them directly without roasting them first.

• Grind the cashew nuts in a mortar until the mixture is nice and creamy. It helps to gradually add the milk and coconut oil.

• Add the poppy seeds and also process them with the mortar to form a cream.

• Add the remaining ingredients (vanilla, salt and sugar) to the cream and mix well, preferably directly in the mortar. If the cream is too thick, you can add a little more milk or coconut oil if necessary.

Pour the homemade cashew butter into jars. You can use old jam jars, for example.

Creative gift packaging:

• You can decorate the jars with the cashew butter with a square piece of fabric (great use for small fabric remnants...), which you place in the middle of the lid and secure with a small elastic band.

• Tie a ribbon or cord over the elastic band and decorate it with a small bow.

• Attach a handwritten (or printed) label to the cord. You can find ideas for hand lettering here on my blog. On the label in the photo, I have combined hand lettering with printed labels (vintage label printer Dymo).

• Alternatively, you can of course stick an adhesive label directly onto the glass.

If you like, you can put together a gift basket: Add various types of bread, fresh fruit and a small card with a personalized greeting to your homemade cashew butter to round off the gift.

This homemade cashew poppy seed cream is not only healthy and delicious, but also a heartfelt gesture to express your appreciation for friends and family. Enjoy it on your breakfast bread or give it as a unique gift from your kitchen, as a Christmas present, birthday present or as a small thank you. Enjoy your meal and have fun enjoying and giving them away!

A hug and see you soon!