Macadamia Milk

I'm liking my new Vitamix more and more by the day.  On this occasion, I tried my hand at macadamia milk and it turned out great. How hard is it? Not hard at all.

Macadamia Milk 
Ingredients

• 1 cup raw macadamia nuts soaked for at least 4 hours 
• 3 cups filtered water

Instructions
Put the macadamia nuts and the water in a Vitamix. I have the Vitamix 750, which is very powerful and will pulverize this mixture into milk in just 1-2 minutes. Just turn the Vitamix to 1 and continue to turn it up to 10 slowly over the course of 45 seconds. Blend for a total of 2 minutes. That's it! No cheesecloth needed because this blender pulverizes everything!

Now you can use your macadamia nut milk in soups, smoothies, or enjoy it by itself. Most people prefer to sweeten it in some way with maple syrup, agave nectar, or vanilla extract if they are enjoying it in cereal or drinking it plain. Enjoy!

Blueberry Hemp Smoothie

I did it. I finally broke down and bought a Vitamix. Do I love it? Only time will tell. But, to start off with I thought I'd make a smoothie like all my Vitamix-crazed friends do. This blueberry hemp smoothie turned out great--not too thick and not too thin with a great blueberry, hemp, banana taste to it. And it is simple to make too.

Blueberry Hemp Smoothie
Serves 2

Ingredients

• 1 fresh banana, cut into chunks
• 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
• 6 ounces of plain vegan yogurt
• 3/4 cup unsweetened soy milk or almond milk
• 1 Tbsp hemp seeds
• 1 tsp agave nectar
• 1/2 cup ice cubes

Instructions
Place all ingredients into a blender and puree until smooth. Serve immediately.