Almond Butter

Fat Uncle Farms - the best Raw Almond Butter

Life is good in the area for many reasons. If you desire to eat food grown local here there are two nuts that you can find plenty of; Almonds and Pistachios. Even better both the nuts can be found raw. In Santa Barbara our Farmers Market has the good fortune of Fat Uncle's Almonds from Wasco, CA. Grown over the mountains in southern San Joaquin Valley (this is family owned). Occasionally they have green almonds at the market, it is fresh vital and easy to bite into. Transported into the Carpinteria area they run their kitchen and produce a range of Almond products including the butter which in the case of raw they refrigerate and chill and then keep the grinder cooled to maintain it's raw goodness. These are great folks. I have to be quiet disciplined to make a little pint tub last all week. Great for spreading onto Banana or Apple. Sometimes I make a sprouted buckwheat granola-like bar, sometimes I make a sweet flatbread and both are great for spreading the almond butter. Sometimes I am decadent and I will stir in cocoa, maca, mesquite, and when I am being a beegan some bee pollen as well. It is very good! I don't know if they ship out of the area. Although the law is changing again in regards to pasteurization of nuts. Raw can still be sold at Farmers Market and under 100 pound shipments.

If you are still doing peanut butter now is the time to explore other nut butters. At your health food stores not only will you find Almond Butter, but around here I can find Almond, Pecan, Cashew, Macadamia along with other nut butters both raw and roasted.

Delicious Raw Almond Butter

Almonds are super healthy and nutritious.Edger Cayce recommended to eat three almonds a day. 

Raw Almond Milk 

I do get Raw almonds as well for Almond Milk. Almonds and other brown nuts are soaked to release enzymatic inhibitors. For Almonds I soak for 4-8 hours and then rinse. I will then make milk or dehydrate to firm back up. Additionally after soaking Almonds you could apply seasoning and then dehydrate to make a wonderful snack food. When you make Almond Milk do not discard the Almond pulp simply dry and store in the freezer (for short time periods) in an airtight container. Then you can use as Almond flour to use in Cookies, Flatbreads and other nutty recipes. Almond Milk will last about 3-4 days and will start to sour which is ok still, but it will be disgusting in a week. Almond milk will separate simply stir or use a lecithin while making (I have a good raw sunflower lecithin).

Breaking the rules

This morning. I have things in the refridge I need to use. I want to experiment. I know it may not food combine well. (If reincarnation does not exist) I may only live once. Ponder, ponder. I give up, when in doubt make a smoothie.

This is mostly local and in season: Cantaloupe, blackberries, figs, and almonds. I shall add a banana into the unholy vat of deliciousness. I verify my recklessness with some internet searches. I verify that you can eat Cantaloupe seeds, I find some recipes including Cantaloupe with nut milks, I verify that is not food combining at it's best.

Local Cantaloupe, Blackberries, Figs & Almonds

Here goes:

1 whole small Cantaloupe everything except the shell or skin.

1 whole Banana

4 Figs

1/2 cup of blackberries

2 cups Almond Milk (made with Soak almonds, small amounts of vanailla bean, coconut sugar, salt

Taste great and smooth texture

Looks purple - good sign I like the color.

Taste Delicious!

If it digests poorly and my guts wack out I promise I will come back and append.

There you have it, life is all about (calculated) risk!