Now, that I have mastered making almond butter I can’t stop creating different flavors and recipes. It has almost become an addiction.
One thing I enjoy daily is a nice refreshing smoothie. They are chocked full of vitamins and minerals my body needs and craves. Since I am on an almond butter kick, you can guess where these recipes are going.
No bag or straining required “Almond Milk”
- 2 Tbsp of homemade almond butter
- 3 dates
- 2 cups of water
- 1tsp or more of cinnamon
- Optional: 1 tsp of almond or vanilla extract
Makes 2 cups.
Throw the pitted and washed dates with the almond butter in your food processor. Slowly add the water until it becomes nice and creamy. Before serving give it a good stir. Enjoy!
I must say I loved the taste. I enjoyed it more than the regular almond milk I have been making where I strain the almonds through a bag. I find it creamier and has more of an almond taste.
With almond milk, I feel as though the possibilities are endless. I actually wanted to recreate my lazy almond butter cups smoothie style.
The almond butter cup smoothie
- 1/4 cup of almond butter
- 4 Tbsp of raw cacao powder or carob powder
- 4 dates, soaked and pitted
- 1-2 frozen banana
- 1/2 tsp-1 tsp of almond or vanilla extract
- 2 cups of water
- Optional: 1 tsp of cinnamon
Makes 2 cups.
Place the first five ingredients in your food processor and slowly add the water until everything blends together.
The smoothie was quite tasty, but not what I had in mind. I was looking for more of an almond butter and chocolate taste and this was more chocolatey.
Here is where I think I went wrong- I added bananas. I should have just left it simple. I think the best way to recreate the almond butter cup taste is to make the almond milk in the first recipe and add 3 tablespoons of raw cacao powder and more almond butter if needed or simply omit the banana’s in the second one.
Have you ever made something and thought after- less might actually be better?
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This sounds pretty awesome! I’m going to have to start experimenting with almond recipes like this. I love almond milk!
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I love almonds and they taste so good in everything and anything….well almost!
This smoothie looks so delicious and creamy!
Thank you so much!
This looks incredibly tasty! And your almond butter looks great too!
Keep up the yummy recipes!
The almond butter is so tasty! I like it better than store bought!
Creamy goodness.
Exactly!
Mmm … my mouth is seriously watering! I adore dates and the combination of almond & date flavors is making my head spin (in a good way). Thanks for sharing … I so want to try this recipe!
I love dates, too! I put them in everything! Let me know if you try it!
Looks and sounds delicious! I haven’t tried almond milk but every time I pass it in the supermarket, I see the carton and wonder. Now I’ll have to pick it up and try it.
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Almond milk is very yummy! Try it!
Oh that sounds amazing! I want one
So simple and easy to make!
Sound yummy. I tasted some Almond milk in Sams this weekend but I didn’t buy any. Now I want to go back. May I ask approx how many calories you think your recipe is for a serving?
No idea how many calories, but if I was going to guess probably 400. Again that is a big guess!
Looks delicious thanks for sharing with us at Creative Mondays
Thanks Claire!!
Wow. This surely sounds DELICIOUS!!! I’ll have to try making my own almond butter – I’m afraid I’d mess it up. :X
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You can’t really mess it up. I thought the same thing, but I just let my food processor do the work! Enjoy!
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I will!
I’ve been making almond milk the hard way, blending & straining, this looks like I fantastic alternative, thanks for sharing!
I hate the straining part – so messy! And you pretty much loose all the protein and that’s why I eat almonds in the first place. Enjoy!
I love dates and never thought of adding them to smoothies. Awesome.
One date goes along way…yumm.
I love almond milk and have it daily in my smoothie- thanks for sharing this post with us at the Seasonal Celebration link up! Have a great weekend! Rebecca @ Natural Mothers Network x
Almond milk is so tasty in smoothies!
Finally got all the ingredients for this:-). Now to one day make home-made Almond butter and milk!
T
Let me know how you like it!
We loved it. I think I used a tad too much cocoa powder, and we had coconut water on hand so we used that. But I loved how the dates provided sweetness with no extra sugars. Mine was really dark brown, so I know I need to scale back on the cocoa next time. Really good though and filling:-). T
Awesome. Glad you liked it! I find that the actual almond cups I made are so much better!
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