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Healthy Fat Filled Almond Butter with a Cause

June 23, 2014 By Robyn 21 Comments

Ya’ll know how much I love nut butter.

Obsession? Nahhh.

More like a necessity.

When I say I could eat bananas and nut butter for every meal, I mean it.
I could eat bananas and nut butter for every meal.
Not apples and nut butter, not a fan. But bananas…oh em geeeeee.

Nut butter is full of healthy fats, protein, fiber, and other heavenly things.
Like chocolate and hazelnuts.
And vanilla and cane sugar.
And maple syrup.

A single jar of JIF is not sufficient. You need a stash.

Justin’s nut butters are by far my favorite. It’s a toss up between the vanilla AB and the chocolate hazelnut butter for the best nut butter to ever touch my lips. Both are life changing.

Life changing.
Ever had a graham cracker smeared with chocolate HB?

You get it.

But the horror is, honey bee’s are dying at a rate of 30% per year. And without bee’s there ain’t almonds ya’ll [yes almonds!] So no bees = no Justin’s. And that’s a crying shame!

Did you guys know that 1 in 3 bites of food depends on bees? Yes!
This is mainly caused by loss of habitat, pesticides [ewww] and monocrop farming.

So Justin’s [and me!] want to spread the word about saving the bee’s.
And for doing so, they want to send one of you an entire case of Justin’s squeeze packs. That’s 6 boxes of 10 squeeze packs…60 squeeze packs.

Heaven I tell ya.

So help save the bee’s please! Justin’s is teaming up with Whole Foods to help spread the word!

You can plant flowers. Grow a mix of native flowers with different colors, shapes, and bloom times. Blooming herbs, fruits and veggies are a good choice too!

You can make space. Preserve some brush piles and bare patches of soil to help native bees dig nests.

And go organic. This helps promote healthy ecosystems. Choose organic foods for your table and organic seeds and seedlings for your garden. The best way I’ve found is to shop the farmer’s market or join a CSA!

You can enter to win up to 6 times, the more times you enter the better chance to win. Hayyyyyyy.
To enter the giveaway:

Like the Real Life RD on Facebook
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Like Justin’s on Facebook
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Tweet to Justin’s nut butter about how you’re helping to save the bee’s!

I’ll pick a winner on Friday!

Now, back to my nut butter…


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