Nutty Banana Shake

Name: Nutty Banana Shake
Yield: serves 2 to 4
Ingredients: 1 cup almonds, soaked in water for 1/2 hour, or 3 cups commercially prepared almond milk; 1 banana, peeled and broken into pieces; 1/2 cup smooth almond butter; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

December 14, 2011

This rich drink makes a filling breakfast. For a superb eggnog, add orange zest and rum, brandy, or bourbon. Before buying bananas, read about their production in “Must-Buy Organics,” on page 16. If you like nondairy milk, then blending your own nut milk, as described in this recipe, is much more economical than buying it premade. And unlike store-bought nut milk, it comes without added sugar, preservatives, and hard-to-recycle cartons. Homemade nut milk works beautifully for cereal, smoothies, baking, and simply drinking on its own.

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