"Nuteena"

Quite a few years ago Loma Linda stopped making Nuteena. Our family just happens to love Nuteena, so this last week I tried a recipe that others claimed to be very similar. I had never made it before and I wanted to give it a try and a review. It tasted very good, but I think that it could be improved upon in order to truly replace Nuteena. I will save that for a future project to try someday, but for now this is quite good in its own right.  

Brown lightly until golden brown:

1 cup flour

Do NOT over brown. Making it too dark can alter the flavor of the recipe. Do NOT use if it is burned. 

Blend together:

2 cups peanut butter, natural only

1 cup water

This step just about made my Vita-Mix Blender go crazy. I don't know if I would want to try it again the way that I did it. I certainly would not try this in a normal blended unless I wanted to burn it up so I could throw it away and get a new Vita-Mix. I think that the water and peanut butter should be mixed together some before they are added to the blender, but I haven't tried that yet. 

Blend everything all together with:

3 cups tomato juice

1 tsp. salt

3 Tbsp. onion powder

Pour into 3-4 well buttered pans. I used 4 -15oz. cans. I sprayed mine with cooking spray.

Cover cans with aluminum foil and steam on low heat in a large covered kettle on a rack for 3+ hours with 2-3 inches of water at the bottom of the kettle at all times. 

After they were cooked I cooled the cans and released the edges with a knife. Then the "Nuteena" can slip out of the cans. 

Prepare it any way that you prefer, hot or cold. It is good sliced and used in sandwiches. Some people chop in up and add other fixings to it. 

My family likes it sliced, baked in the over on a greased baking sheet, and served hot with cold applesauce on it. 

Wrap any remaining "Nuteena" in plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator. 

 I found this nice retro photo online of an original can of Nuteena. The cans were bigger than the one I used. If the big cans are used in this recipe, I would use three of them instead of four.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jugglerpm/4552303224/