Tahini

In my on-going efforts to eat healthy and keep

the forces of decadence at bay, I recently bought

a jar of Tahini, which is sesame seed butter. It looks just

like natural peanut butter, only a touch lighter-colored.

150 calories per 2 tablespoons.

It is quite a healthy food - no carbs - and offers what

is considered  'good' fat and a protein boost. It tastes

bitter as anything. Indeed, one is advised is to  pair 

it with lemon juice and maple syrup for use as a spread: 

hence the recipe for humus which adds olive oil and chickpeas 

ie astringent and sweet.

My tasting adventures so far:

- Nice when added to mayo or mayo and sour cream dressing.

One can eat a salad meal and feel not hungry, with a satisfied

feeling. Tastes nutty.

- Hilarious when mixed with almond butter and used as a spread.

Tastes like... Wait for it...peanut butter. Expensive peanut butter!!

- Mixed with actual peanut butter and used as a spread -see if you can guess -

tastes like the brown envelope on peanuts in the shell. You can make

an 'envelope' sandwich.

- The above spread, and add banana, tasts like a spread version of the whole

wheat bread of the sandwich. Thus, a liquid bread sandwich.

Weird, I know. Hey, I'm still standing.

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