15 Peanut Butter Recipes to Elevate Your Fitness Game

Munching while working is truly delightful and when you introduce the king of all spreads – Peanut Butter, it becomes not only a delicious treat but also a healthy addition to your routine.

Packed with essential nutrients, it provides you with the sustained energy to stay active throughout the day.

In this exploration, we’ve combined 15 irresistible peanut butter recipes that are simple and satisfying, to give your fitness goals a tasty boost.

Let’s embark on a delicious adventure that makes health and fitness a delight.

1. Protein-rich Peanut Butter Smoothie

Start by taking our go-to fruit, the banana and add two tablespoons of your favourite Peanut Butter, including a scoop of your preferred protein powder, and a cup of milk. If you have a sweet tooth you can also add a tablespoon of honey. Blend all these ingredients until you get a creamy texture, you can also drizzle a teaspoon of peanut butter at the end and kickstart your day with a fresh glass of smoothie.

2. Nut-filled oatmeal

Take half a cup of whole-grain oats with 1 tablespoon of magnesium-rich chia seeds, and add a drizzle of honey, 1/4th of Greek yoghurt and half a cup of almond milk. Mix all the ingredients with the two key components, a sliced banana and 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. And there you go, you will have your fresh oatmeal all set.

3. Protein-packed peanut butter balls

Pick up half a bowl of oats, combine it with half a cup of peanut butter, one-third cup of honey, half a cup of high in phosphorus; flax seeds, protein powder (as per your taste), and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. After preparing this mixture, add a bar of melted chocolate to it. Form tiny balls by dabbing the batter in your hands and refrigerate them after putting them into a tray. Lastly, you can dribble a teaspoon of chocolate peanut butter on top of these yummy balls. You can dig into your healthy chocolaty treat now.

4. Crunchy Brownies

This recipe is one of my guilty pleasures, peanut butter with brownies is such a healthy take on one of calorie-density sweets. But here’s a healthier version of this, we use jaggery instead of sugar, gluten-free flour, cocoa powder, walnuts, and high-protein peanut butter. This brownie has a crunchy and soft texture with a creamy taste that will make you keep coming back.

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5. Strawberry Pancakes

The best part about these recipes is that they are sugar-free; honey has taken the place of sugar here. I will recommend using fibrous oat flour and baking soda, mix both ingredients well. Now take another bowl and put honey, eggs, and Greek yoghurt in it, whisk it well and spread the batter on a low-heated pan. After a few flips, you can place your pancakes on a plate. Layer the freshly griddled pancakes with peanut butter, and add sliced strawberries and a drop of honey for the presentation.

6. Peanut Butter Infused Croissants

Start by taking the pastry flour dough and cutting it into triangular shapes. Spread the peanut butter on the inner side of these triangular-shaped cutouts and roll the cutouts till they look like deflated croissants. Place the croissants in a tray and bake till golden brown. You’ll have before you the most delicious croissants you will ever have.

7. Paneer Salad (Schezwan)

Here, start with breaking down your paneer into small pieces with soft hands, then assemble your vegetables and chop them into fine pieces, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, and onions. Use salt and black pepper, or any other spices of your choice. Mix all the ingredients together and add 2 tablespoons of Schezwan peanut butter into this mouth-watering mixture. 

8. Grilled Barbeque Chicken Sandwich

Start by making this scrumptious chicken sandwich by toasting bread and assembling all the ingredients barbeque sauce, velvety peanut butter, and a spoonful of orange zest. Take chicken strips, cut them into cubes, and coat these cubes with the mixture prepared earlier. Lay down the toasted bread slices, layer them with the creamy mixture of chicken, and grate your favourite cheese on top of the chicken. Bake this sandwich in the oven for 5 minutes, till the cheese is dripping out of the sides.  

9. Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Flavours

Initially, we medium heat a pan with sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa, and whisk this mixture until it starts boiling. Detach the pan from the source of heat, bring out the oats, vanilla extract, and peanut butter, and mix all this up. Lay down all this on a sheet and let it cool down, and now you can savour your new favourite snack oatmeal cookies.

10. Spaghetti with Schezwan Sauce

We all would agree that the Indian taste buds crave spicy and citrusy food. You will love this recipe that can elevate the original taste of spaghetti to another level. Boil 2-3 glasses of water and add a spoonful of salt to it, once it starts boiling, add 250 grams of spaghetti, and drain out the water from the spaghetti. Now, take another pan, and add oil and garlic to it, add roasted peanuts, and chopped spring onions for a crunchy taste. Lastly, add the Schezwan peanut butter for the spiciest taste.

11. Granola Bars

Begin by chopping nuts and dried fruits and combine them with whole-grain oats. Heat up a pan, put honey and chocolate peanut butter, stir until the mixture is thick, and add vanilla extract to it. Ensure all the ingredients are layered with this mixture. Whisk them until they are blended into each other. The last step is to put the mixture in a rectangular shaped tray. After 3 hours of refrigerating your granola bars are ready to be eaten.

12. Chocolate Walnut Fudge

In a bowl, combine cocoa powder, honey or maple syrup, melted coconut oil, and vanilla extract. Pack this mixture with chopped walnuts and refrigerate it for 3 hours. Take out the batter from the fridge and cut it into pieces for a flavourful chocolate peanut butter walnut fudge.

13. Rice Cake

Take out the extra rice cakes in your fridge and layer it with peanut butter, for sweetness add honey, and mix chia seeds for health-related issues. You can always have a side of avocados or Kiwis with this meal, the choice is yours.

14. Peanut Butter Filled Muffins

In a bowl, blend flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Take another bowl to add peanut butter, melted butter, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix the contents of both bowls, add the batter to the muffin cups, and bake it till soft. Add a layer of peanut butter before layering the muffin tins with jelly and there you go with the softest muffins.

15.  Chocolate Dates (Khajur)

First, remove the seeds from the inside of the dates. Fill the cavities with chocolate peanut butter and you can also dip the dates (Khajurs) into the melted chocolate dip. Let it cool and see the magic happen. Lastly, you can sprinkle finely chopped nuts on top of these chocolate-dipped Khajurs for a beautiful presentation.

Conclusion

With these 15 peanut butter recipes, we hope you’ve found inspiration to elevate your fitness game deliciously. Remember your health and wellness goals can be both enjoyable and fulfilling. Keep experimenting with these recipes and continue on your path to a healthier, happier you. Here’s to a tastier, fitter future!

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