Nuttier Nut Butter
Good morning! It’s a bright, sunny, cold day here in Boston and although I have a to-do list a mile long I felt like blogging this morning. This urge may have had something to do with the fact that I when I arrived home in Boston on Saturday I found a package from Blue Diamond (I won a giveaway on Travel Eat Love a month ago) and was totally inspired to try their crunchy almond butter. I was super impressed with their ingredient list which was simply: almonds and sea salt. I think I may even like this brand better than Barney Butter because it doesn’t contain any sweetener. The taste was nutty and rich, the way almond butter should taste in my opinion. While it’s nice to have something sweet every now and then I don’t really want to start my day off with a sweetened nut butter.
Speaking of sweet, I cut up an orange and ate half of it as part of my “balanced breakfast”. I kind of forgot how good a ripe orange can be; wow, this guy was juicy and flavorful!
I also was tempted by the new hazelnut coffee I got for Darin and brewed myself a mug in our Keurig single cup coffee maker. As it was brewing, I realized I didn’t have any almond milk which brought on a little bit of a panic. I told myself that I would “try” it black and if it was horrible I would make some tea. I never put sugar in my coffee (which I drink very sporadically), just milk and at that usually almond milk. Darin always drinks his coffee black and I am usually freaked out by this but for some reason I was feeling gutsy today. I think the hazelnut flavor helped but I am happy to report that I may be a convert! The black coffee wasn’t all that strong and went down pretty smooth. I really needed the extra caffeine this morning since I have a complete overhaul of the apartment scheduled!
And if I am being completely honest here, the lovely new dishes that I received from Darin’s parents and the placemats I received from my Aunt for Christmas totally made me want to take pictures of my breakfast! I love having pretty new things to eat out of or on!
welcome home to boston! back to work and dirty city snow… haha
drinking coffee black is something that grows on you- i used to think it was gross but i actually love it that way now!
Your new dishes look nice! Hope the “joe” and the new almond butter (looks interesting!) energize your reorganization efforts. Happy New Year! I miss you!
I’m the same way–my oatmeal shots are 10 X prettier (well, in my opinion) now that I have some nice anthro bowls to shoot them in
Love the new mug and bowl! They’re so clean-cut and crisp!
And i’ve been looking for that almond butter and really wanna try it–everyone seems to love it! And oh yea, crunchy allll the way!
Yay for black coffee – I love it that way. I got a Keurig for Christmas and I LOVE it – now I just need some of that almond butter.
That nut butter sounds yummy. I actually don’t like that Barney Butter has a few extra ingredients but I am slightly obsessed with it, so it could be necessary. I’m going to try making my own AB soon
Your new plates are so pretty!! I need to try that nut butter, although I am more of a creamy girl. Yum!
Ooo never tried that kind of almond butter! I’ve seen it in stores though. Still haven’t developed a taste for coffee, and I’m kind of hoping I won’t! Haha. Save a lot of money that way.
I am the same way with new dishes–I can’t wait to take food pics of them!
YES – thanks for your review because I totally just bought 2 jars of it the other day and haven’t tried it. It costs about 30% less than the other brand I was buying.
I think that simple nut butters are always the best. Sweetener is completely unnecessary..
Love the dishes by the way – especially the mug, it’s so pretty!