Nut butter has grown in popularity over the past few years. They’re healthy, delicious, and… EASY TO MAKE!? Yeah, that’s right. We said it. Making your own nut butter at home is really simple! Store-bought butter can be convenient, sure, but we’re reaching for our homemade versions for a few reasons: You get to stay home! Cost-effective No added sugar, salt, or chemicals Use what you already have Create your own fun blends Choose how much/how little you want to make So fire up your food processor (or blender) and try out some of our favorite nut butter recipes! The...

A Cashew Story History The cashew tree, native to the tropics of Brazil, is classified as a tropical evergreen tree. As a member of the Anacardiaceae family, the cashew’s closest relatives include the mango, poison ivy and sumac. The word cashew is derived from the Tupi word “acajou” which means “nut that produces itself”. This is most likely in reference to the fact that the cashew shaped fruit dangles below the fleshy, squash-shaped stem of the fruit (called the cashew apple). We think it looks like something Dr. Seuss would have illustrated! In the late 1500s, Portuguese colonists brought the cashew tree from...