Banana Almond Nog (Soy Nog~ Tom)

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If you're lucky enough to have a Vitamix blender or a Champion

juicer which will allow you to make your own almond butter, that

would certainly work, but I don't have either of those, so I get the

Maranatha raw almond butter (made here in Ashland, where vegans are

relatively spoiled). We used to be able to get it in bulk at the co-

op, and I'm sure that if you have a store or a buying club where you

can make an order with the Mountain Peoples, it's still available in

15 and 25 pound buckets, but I get it in jars at the co-op or

ShopNKart (the latter is usually cheaper).

 

In traditional egg nog, the egg makes it thick and smooth. In the

banana almond nog, both banana and almond butter contribute to the

thickness, and the banana makes it sweet as well as smooth. Another

option to the given recipe would be to add some soy lecithin for

both smoothness and a little of an egg-like flavor.

 

And yes, my recipe is basically making an almond milk with banana

added. If you already had almond milk on hand, just that with banana

blended in would be nearly the same thing. The already made almond

milks available in the stores aren't quite as thick as what you

would have if you just took the banana out of my recipe, though. I

like it thicker, but that's a matter of taste....

 

, " ~ PT ~ "

<patchouli_troll> wrote:

>

> This sounds good. i always thought eggnog had a sort of

> banana-ish flavor. Now is that almond butter the sort

> that comes in a jar by Maranatha? Or is it something

> you make yourself?

> Also, i was thinking just frozen over-ripe bananas blended

> with almond milk and some nutmeg would taste good.

>

> ~ pt ~

>

> The test of our progress is not whether we add more

> to the abundance of those who have much, it is

> whether we provide enough for those who have

> too little.

> ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945)

> ~~~*~~~*~~~>

> , " Tom "

<antipreophogistiii>

> wrote:

> >

> > Yes, that's spendy. Here's one of my inventions that's less

spendy in the long

> run:Banana Almond Nog

> >

> >

> > Buy bananas when they are on sale, and when they are fully

ripe, " banana-

> slug bananas, " peel them, put them in plastic bags and freeze them

for use at

> your leisure. They're great in baking, as replacements for sugar

or honey to

> sweeten foods, and blended in a variety of drinks, such as this

one:

> >

> >

> >

> > 8 to 10 frozen bananas

> >

> > 8 ounces of raw almond butter

> >

> > Cold drinking water

> >

> > Nutmeg – either already ground or freshly grated

> >

> > Optional: Vanilla

> >

> >

> >

> > Place frozen bananas, then raw almond butter in a gallon jar.

Add just enough

> water to cover bananas. Blend thoroughly with a hand blender. Add

enough

> water to make a gallon, and blend to mix throughout. Add nutmeg to

flavor the

> gallon of nog, or add to each individual serving.

>