Comments on: recipes to use your raw almonds

By: pattybear

pattybear — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:12:00 +0000

You are doing a great service. Prayers

By: anne

anne — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:24:59 +0000

I’d like to join the Raw Almond co-op… can I do it from Australia???

By: John Smith

John Smith — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:48:22 +0000

I’ve heard that you have a co-op of readers formed to purchase raw unpasteurized almonds. How do I get information about this?

By: Denise Punger MD IBCLC

Denise Punger MD IBCLC — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:18:57 +0000

I made the pate tonight in the Blendtec. I added a little olive oil to get it to blend smoother. It was very tasty and husband approved! Thank you for another great recipe.

By: Hal

Hal — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:26:01 +0000

Robyn: Love how you manage to feed your family on greens for pennies during the winter months.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:50:11 +0000

Sure, pasteurized almonds have nutritional value, and lots of fiber. You just cannot sprout them, and soaking them is pointless, since enzyme inhibitors don’t need to be neutralized to access enzymes . . . when the enzymes are dead.

The government hasn’t regulated a lot of labeling with regard to nutrition. For instance, they can say something is “natural” when it’s full of HFCS. They can say it’s raw when it’s pasteurized. (However, Costco’s almonds no longer say RAW on them.)

Heather, yes, you can process in the BlendTec or food processor too.

By: heather

heather — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:48:34 +0000

Robyn,
I don’t have a juicer, is there a way to make the pate with another appliance? I have a blendtec and a food processor…

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:17:24 +0000

If we don’t have a champion juicer, can we use the Blendtec for the pate? or a food processor?

Could you clarify for me…..do the “raw” almonds I get from Costco have any nutritional value (since they’ve been pasteurized)? how come they don’t label the package that they’ve been pasteurized? I find it so confusing. if I soak them, does that do anything to the nutritional value? (we like the texture better when they’re soaked).