Brainy Peanut Butter Dip

Here’s a fun little dip, which is lovely served with fresh strawberries, apple/pear slices or celery sticks for a nutritious snack. Spread this dip on toast with sliced banana, or stuff it into raspberries to give them a creamy filling. This dip takes moments to prepare and only contains 3 ingredients. So, dip and chomp away!

Cream cheese and peanut butter are packed with special fats called phospholipids which is brain food that helps make acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is the brain neurotransmitter that helps with working memory, learning, and processing and helps to support emotional and self-regulation.

The live natural yoghurt also helps to populate the gut with lactobacillus probiotic strain, which also plays a role in making acetylcholine, as well as the lovely calming GABA neurotransmitter which helps with sleep and soothes anxious feelings.

Because of the healthy fats and proteins, this dip can help to balance blood glucose when paired with fresh fruit. This is because fruit eaten on its own can disrupt blood sugars quite significantly. This is a perfect dip for anyone following a very low carbohydrate or ketogenic diet.

Peanut Butter Dip

• 100 g Cream Cheese ((full fat))
• 3 tbsp Peanut Butter
• 2 tbsp Natural Yoghurt ((full fat))

1. Mix the cream cheese, peanut butter, and yoghurt together with a fork or a stick-blender.
2. Chill, and serve as a dip with summer berries, apple slices and/or celery sticks.

• For Peanut-free, switch to almond or cashew butter. For completely Nut-free, switch the peanut butter to sunflower butter or tahini (sesame paste). Both ways, add a teaspoon of maple syrup and a pinch of sea salt.
• For Dairy-free, use almond or cashew cream cheese, and vanilla coconut yoghurt.
• Aim to choose an organic sugar-free peanut butter such as Whole Earth or Meridien and also cream cheese without carrageenan emulsifier which is usually left out in the organic or own brand supermarket versions.
• Store in the fridge for 4 days.

Sauces, Dressings & Dips

Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Grain-free, Low-sugar, Nut-free, Vegetarian