So we’ve been busy. Really busy. Busy as in I can’t remember the last three months of my life busy. Busy as in I can’t really remember when I last cooked or what I might have made.
Actually, I’m not sure that I remember how to cook, to be honest. We didn’t eat too poorly during the last few months. Carlo cooked some good stuff, but we relied heavily on our stuffed-to-capacity freezer. I also used the blender a lot. If it wasn’t in the freezer or I couldn’t whiz it together in the blender, we didn’t have it. Wooden spoons, spatulas, pots and pans languished in their drawers while I whirred fruits and nut butters together with milk. I’ve had a LOT of smoothies.
No, this isn’t high-style eating. My mouth is bored, I admit it. But a nice smoothie makes up for a lot of ills. The following is very, very nice.
Blueberry-Vanilla Almond Butter Smoothie
I like this smoothie because I don’t have to add any sugar to sweeten it. The blueberries taste bright and light, and the almond butter is discernable but not overpowering. I suppose you could use milk instead of vanilla soymilk, but then you’d probably need to add some extra sugar.
1 cup frozen blueberries
1-2 tablespoons almond butter
1 cup vanilla soymilk
Blend. Drink. Go to work. Repeat.
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June 18, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Victoria
It’ss nice to hear from you! I, too, have been SOOOOOO busy, it’s hard to get any fun stuff done.
I have been cooking but haven’t had time to post too often. I hope to be changing that soon.
Someone asked me if I was going away on vacation this summer. I said, no, I’m staying home on vacation!
The smoothie looks good. Walter drinks soy milk so I will make it for him. Do you make your own almond butter? Do you use blanched almonds?
June 18, 2009 at 1:57 pm
hannehanne
Victoria,
It’s always good to hear from you! You’ve got a step up on me if you’ve been cooking. I feel like I’m starting from scratch to relearn how to even be in a kitchen.
I’ve never tried making my own almond butter. I wonder if it would be cheaper than buying it. I’m sure it would be delicious. Do you do it? I think I’d want to use unblanched almonds, but I wonder what that would do to the texture.
June 26, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Leif
This looks really tasty. I need to go get some almond butter and soy milk.
June 27, 2009 at 9:48 am
hannehanne
Leif,
It is really tasty. You could probably just use regular milk too if you don’t want to buy soy milk.
Hanne
June 28, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Maki
I can only imagine how long it took to get all the blueberry skinbits out of your teeth. :)
June 29, 2009 at 5:04 am
hannehanne
Maki, It’s true that that’s an unfortunate side effect, but a price I’m willing to pay. What can I say? I love blueberries!
August 31, 2009 at 4:07 am
Scott at Realepicurean
Blender food works for me. Blueberries are so damned expensive here though :(
August 31, 2009 at 6:31 am
hannehanne
Scott, blueberries are usually way to expensive around here, too (well, fresh ones anyway), but this time of year when they’re in season, they cost next to nothing. I really should be buying up a lot of them and freezing them now. Thanks for the reminder!