Lon’s a lactard (lactose intolerant) and he doesn’t love soy bean milk so we gave almond milk a try. It turned out to be quite good. In cereal, it’s similar to a lightly flavored skim milk, and even better, it’s healthier. We buy the Blue Diamond brand and it’s only 60 calories per serving (8 oz) for the original and 90 calories per serving for the vanilla.
So, I wanted to try almond milk in more applications, and the first experiment turned out well. This Blueberry Banana Smoothie doesn’t taste like the dairy version but it’s thick like any good smoothie, yet feels lighter.
Blueberry Banana Smoothie
- 1 ripe banana
- 2/3 cup frozen blueberries
- 2/3 cup chilled vanilla almond milk
Just put everything in a blender and blend until smooth, about 5 good pulses. Enjoy!
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great job Jessica! smoothie’s are the best, i have one almost everyon morning. i did hav a great find on dairy free/soy free item that is very similar to ice cream. it’s made from coconut milk and you might want to try for Lon’s smoothie or just making sundaes/desserts. Just posted about it.
Anyways hope you guys are well and wishing you fantastic 2009.
I’ve been slightly outta pocket and look forward to getting back to my blog reads…take care 😉
lactard? i laughed, then i realized how unfortunate a condition it is. great smoothie though. 🙂
Ingar, great to hear from you! Lon doesn’t like coconut so much but I’d love to try it!
Grace, can I contact anyone at Webster’s to make that word official? I love it….lactard, hahaha, poor Lon.
Sadly, I’m in the same boat. This smoothie will be perfect for me, too!
I absolutely adore almond milk, especially the chocolate version. You inspired me to make a chocolate banana smoothie tonight! Oh yeah, and lactard almost made me spit tea all over my laptop.
Ooh, sorry Asianmommy, oh and EMC, I hope your laptop is ok.