The first thing I tried in it was carrots. I love carrot juice and wondered if I could drink a whole, blended carrot (without the fiber removed). The answer is no. I couldn't even blend the carrot beyond tiny chunks without adding some water. Then I added a whole, cored apple, to get more liquid into the mix. Finally is started really blending, but the end result was still rather thick and fibrous. Oh well, maybe I'll try blending this with some ice to see if it gets better.
Next I tried making almond milk. One cup of raw almonds plus 3 cups of water, blend for 2 minutes. This tasted just like almonds and water. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I tried sweetening some with agave and vanilla extract; now that's a tasty beverage. I've never actually had almond milk before, so I don't know what it's supposed to taste like. But this I can imagine pouring over cereal. Next, I go back to my pure almond water and sweeten it with 6 dried, pitted dates. Not bad; I would also drink this or pour it over milk. Next, I want to make something that R and J might drink, so I try three different chocolate versions: cocoa agave, cocoa agave vanilla, and cocoa agave strawberry. Here's the final result.
R likes the cocoa agave vanilla (the strawberry has a weird aftertaste - maybe from the seeds?). The strawberry version was so thick after chilling that I gave some to J as a dessert, and he said 'I like it!' Mission accomplished.
Next time I might try blanching the almonds and removing the skins first, as the skins make the whole thing a bit bitter.
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