I love my Vitamix!! It was a generous gift from my parents 3 years ago, and I bet not 10 days have gone by that we haven’t used it. It is the BEST gift they’ve ever given us!
I love almond butter, but it’s so expensive. Not with the Vitamix! I buy almonds in bulk at Sam’s and got 3 pounds for under $9.00.
Then, I pour about 3 cups at a time into the Vitamix, crank that baby on high and in a matter of minutes, I have fresh, creamy almond butter at a fraction of the price I would pay for the pre-jarred stuff. If you are trying this, it doesn’t just grind them all up by itself – you have to use the tamper for this and keep pushing the nuts down into the blades. That’s another thing I love about the Vitamix – the tamper will NOT reach the blades, so no getting plastic pieces in your food. Not that I ever had that happen with a regular blender…nope, not me 
Lovebug loves to help me make it, and I have so much fun with my favorite sous chef in the kitchen!
The blender looks dirty because I had just made a batch of macadamia nut butter and didn’t rinse it out. I didn’t really care if they mixed a tiny bit.
Taste testing!
Final products: Almond Butter and Macadamia Nut Butter! The macadamia nut butter is much more runny, but is better after sitting in the fridge for a couple days. It is super runny coming out of the blender because it gets so warm. It’s oh so tasty though!
