Typically, I don't eat much meat, so I'm always looking for other food options that contain a lot of protein. I really like peanut butter, but it gets old eating it nearly every day on apples, bananas and other foods. So I decided to try almond butter. I looked around at a few different stores, but the cheapest one I found was $5 or $6. So... per typical cheapo mentality, I decided to make it myself at home. According to my Vitamix recipe for peanut butter, you just add a couple cups of peanuts and grind... and grind.... then grind some more. After 15 minutes, if it's still not creamy enough, you can add a little bit of olive oil to help it get creamier.
I decided to try making almond butter with the Vitamix peanut butter recipe.....which as I said, is as simple as a couple cups of nuts and mix, mix, mix... then add a bit of olive oil to help it be extra creamy (but you don't have to).
Once done mixing, just spoon it into a container and stick in the fridge to cool off.
Of course nothing goes better than nut butter and apple, especially knowing that the only ingredients in it are nuts and a bit of olive oil. Nothing else. No preservatives.
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| Mmmm yum!!! |
Have you tried making any kind of nut butters? If so, what kind?
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