You CAN make your own almond butter (peanut, cashew, sunflower, or ANY nut butter.) It's fast and easy - and you can do it in a blender! If you love almond butter, then I'd highly recommend learning how to make it yourself. I buy raw almonds for about $3 a pound, so the savings aren't huge , but knowing what goes into my almond butter is priceless. What goes in? Nothing but almonds . You can certainly add salt, cocoa powder, sugar, honey, or whatever floats your boat - but the truth is - you don't have to! You can roast the almonds and have a rich nutty flavored almond butter or you can make it raw (which to me - tastes more like cookie dough mixed with peanut butter, yums.) Here's the deal: you don't need to add oils or anything else. A vitamix blender (or other similarly powerful blender) can handle it. Here's a video of me making raw almond butter. I used about 3 cups (measured by a 5 year old - so about 3 cups is fine).
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My mom used to do that when she fixed my lunches. It was cute when you were young, but the older you got, the more embarrassing it got, especially if you were in high school and an "I love you, Mom" note fell out in front of your classmates. What was more embarrassing than that was she liked to pack enough for 3 people. She always said she didn't want me to go hungry, but come on. Three sandwiches in third grade? Thank god I had a high metabolism.
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