Almond Banana Berry Smoothie with @Almond_Fresh #Recipe
I’ll let you in on a little secret. You gotta keep it on the down low though okay? Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always enjoyed a nice warm cup of milk before bed. I went through my uber cool phase when I’d drink a latte or cappuccino with friends and then kick myself while I stayed awake all night from the caffeine. Before kids it was cool to stay up all night. Sleep was for the weak. Now a lack of sleep makes me weak.
Somehow I find as I get older (figuratively of course) I look forward to a nice warm mug of milk to help me unwind before I sleep. A little while back a family member suggested I try grinding almonds into my milk for the added health benefits, so I did. Unfortunately it left me gagging as the small bits of almond became lodged in my throat. That didn’t last too long.
I was at a conference a couple of years back, parched from walking around all day, a little hungry and supper wasn’t going to be for another few hours. I reached into my swag bag and found a small tetra pack of Almond Fresh. It looked foreign at first, as it had been years since I drank milk out of a box but I gave it a try. Mmmm. It was love at first sip. I loved the silky smooth texture, consistency and taste. I was in bevvy love. It wasn’t long before I introduced it to my family and our weekly routine of buying three different types of milk for the four of us morphed into one large carton of Earth’s Own Almond Fresh in our fridge.
We have a partially lactose intolerant household and it was getting tedious (not to mention costly) to buy one lactose free, one regular and one low fat milk each week. My kids enjoy the slightly nutty taste of Almond Fresh and when it comes to making smoothies (which are all the rage right now), nothing tastes better with fresh fruit than cold almond milk! I have tried a few different brands but nothing compares to the smooth flavour and consistency of Earth’s Own Almond Fresh milk. I love it in my coffee, I love it poured over my cereal and I especially love it heated up with a sprinkle of cinnamon before bed (and now you know).
According to Statistics Canada, sugar consumption in Canada is at an all-time high. The average Canadian consumes 26 teaspoons of sugar per day – that’s 20 bags of sugar per year, and far too many per the World Health Organization (WHO), who is once again urging people to lower the amount of sugar they consume.Just to break it down for you:Interesting comparisons:
9.5 cubes of sugar in1 can of coke
6.5 cubes of sugar in1 can of Red Bull
3.5 cubes of sugar in4 Oreo cookies
7.5 cubes of sugar in1 Snickers bar
7 cubes of sugar in1⁄2 cup Häagen-Dazs raspberry sorbet
1 serving of Almond Fresh Unsweetened almond milk0 grams of sugar, 35 calories, and fortified with nine essential vitamins and minerals.
I’m such a huge fan of Earth’s Own Almond Fresh that I want YOU to try it for yourself. What better way than with an awesome gift basket valued at $150.
The gift basket includes:
· Two Almond Fresh tumblers
· 3 coupons for free Almond Fresh almond milk
· Bamboo kitchen scale
· Single Service blender
· Set of six bamboo placemats
· Stainless steel measuring spoons
· Stainless steel measuring cups
· Stainless steel colander
· Set of four silicone spatulas
How do you enter? Simply click here and fill out the entry form, leave a comment below (telling me why you’d LOVE to win this delicious gift basket) and share this blog post with your social network. Then come back and do it all again tomorrow. Easy peasy, almond milk squeezy.
**GIVEAWAY closed*****
I LOVE almond fresh and this would be just wonderful to have! 🙂 Thanks!
My youngest kidlet is now officially lactose intolerant.This would be a bonus for me with all the other expenses coming up
we love Almond Fresh – this is a wonderful prize pack with everything we would need to make delicious smoothies! Thanks for the chance!!
My kids love almond fresh milk and is delicious!
Love love love Almond Milk and so does my 2.5 year old! We go through so much of the stuff just drinking it, never mind using it in recipes! This would be amazing to win!
I would love this because it would be a great way to start trying almond fresh product.
A very lovely prize pack and all useful items. I would be happy to use them all!
I would love this because I have a milk allergy and I love almond milk. At least with this, I can enjoy some cereal finally. Thank you for this opportunity!
I have never tried Almond milk but definitely would like to! sounds delicious
Awesome giveaway,,I woudl ove to try all those things,,the blender,,the milk,the scale.,great!
would be great to win – love Almond Fresh!
Sounds delicious,would love to give it a try 🙂
Love sugar free almond fresh and I’d love to give my niece some of these items for her first apartment!
I’m always in search of a good milk alternative for my family.
love almond fresh!
I’d love to win this prize pack as it contains a lot of useful kitchen items and I’d love to try Almond Fresh milk as I’ve never tried it before.
I would love to win because I think this pack would inspire me to try some new things in the kitchen!
Jonnie
I like the taste of almond milk. I could use it to bake or in my coffee or cereal. I would love to win this prize.
Id love to win this!
Almond fresh is a big hit in our household!
I love almond fresh; and who doesn’t always need more spatulas?!
love Almond Fresh products, would love to win
I love Almond Fresh and I’m just new into Juicing. What better way to start my healthy habit than to have it in a Almond Fresh tumbler! Also, the cooking utensils (measuring spoons and cups, colander, kitchen scale. They’d all be excellent for a home cook like me. It’s just wonderful. Thanks for the opportunity.
My son and I are both lactose intolerant. Would love the free coupons for Almond Fresh and the other prizes are really awesome too.
Would love to get free products
My daughter is lactose intolerant so this would be great for her and I would enjoy the rest of the items
I’d love to win because I’ve recently stopped using dairy and almond milk is my new go to drink! This would be awesome!
We love Almond Fresh at our house! My daughter would go crazy over this pack as she makes Almond Fresh smoothies every day!
I already SUPER love Almond Fresh!!!! Would love to win this amaaaaaaaaaaaazing prize pack! Thanks so much!!!
Our family enjoys Almond Fresh already and I could use some new baking items!.
I have never tried Almond fresh but it sounds real good and would love to win this so I can try it, and its an amazong prize pack
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT!!!!! I love Almond Milk – it doesn’t bother my stomach like regular milk – I would love to win this gift because all my favorite things I like or need is in there.
I would use everything in the prize pack!
I have been having a smoothie every day with almond milk and trying to cut back on the sugar.
I would love to win this because I have not tried almond fresh products and would like to. My son has type 1 diabetes and almonds are way lower in carbs! I think this could be a nice alternative to milk for him at times
Since I am unable to drink “real milk”, Almond Milk has been my choice. Love that you have it with other items , that I like to use 🙂 Thank You for the Giveaway.
I am entering your giveaway.
In response to your question of
Why would you LOVE to win this fabulous $150 prize pack from Almond Fresh?
I would love to win this prize pack because Almond Fresh is a great product
and there are some great items in this prize pack.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t like the taste of “regular” milk, and would love to try Almond Fresh – I’ve heard great things about it
my son loves the almond fresh instead of milk
I have been having trouble with lactose since I had surgery so I would love to win this as Almond Milk is one thing I can drink and I would love to try this brand. Thanks for hosting the giveaway.
I’d love to win it, because I’m trying to eat healthier.
I love the taste of Almond Fresh and the prize pack would be great to make a fun treat with my family.
I like Almond Fresh, I only drink almond milk
I would love to win all these handy items, especially the FPCs.
I like all the stainless steel items
My husband has recently cut dairy out of his diet and has been drinking Almond milk instead and it turns out the kids love it too. I would love to win this prize pack for the free coupons and for the single size blender which would be great for hubbies smoothies (he tends to include some ingredients that the kids aren’t always fans of). All of the other kitchen tools would be great too. I could replace some of the tired looking old things I have now!
I thought I should let you know that the picture for the link for the Smoothie Pin in the form above does not seem to be working so I Pinned it directly from your Pinterest page.
Thank you for letting me know!
It would inspire me to be more creative with my smoothie making and I just love Almond Milk!
I would love to win because I would have so much fun using all of the products and making smoothies! 🙂
I would love to win because I love Almond Fresh!!! We are a big fan of Alomond Fresh!
three words – almond fresh smoothies. thanks
I would be making smoothies galore!!!!
It’s an amazing prize pack! I have never tried Almond Fresh products so this would be a great opportunity! Your smoothie looks delicious:)
Thanks Lyne!
I am lactose intolerant and only drink and use Almond milk in my cereal and recipes. I love Almond Fresh the best!
I recently tried Almond Fresh and found I really enjoyed the taste more than I expected to. I love getting new kitchen gadgets as well, so they would be put to goo duse.
I have never tried Almost Fresh before and I really want to!
I love Almond Fresh and a couple of my Grandkids are lactose intolerant so this would be great to win!
I would love to win because I love smoothies!
We have smoothies almost every day – this would be fabulous!
I’d love to win because I am absolutely in love with Almound Fresh.
being diabetic, it is sometimes hard to count carbs with meals that require milk (or even cereal and milk) when sooo much of the carb allowance goes to the milk …. it’s nice to see a VERY LOW carb/low sugar alternative!
You make an excellent point!
I love to use almond milk in smoothies so this would be a great prize pack to win. Thanks for the chance!
Love the products and we have recently changed our way of eating so this would come in handy.
We love Almond Fresh in our smoothies so we’d love to win, win = more smoothies 🙂
Our family loves Almond milk and we use it for cooking/baking! It is a great prize pack!
Lovely giveaway! I love almond milk since i don’t drink milk. I use almond milk for smoothies and in my cereal. I love it! I would love to win this! Thank you for the opportunity!
It’s my pleasure!
Our family can’t eat dairy. We have Almond Fresh everyday. We would love to win. 🙂
I regularly drink Almond Fresh and incorporate it into my smoothies! I would love this gift basket to share with my friends and family!
I like smoothies
I’d like to win as Ive never tried Almond milk before
Adding almond to smoothies would be fantastic
I’ve never tried it and would love to!
I would love to win because we drink almond fresh every day and this prize is awesome, thanks!
What a great prize pack! We’ve been drinking Almond Fresh for years. My daughter especially loves it warmed up at night when she’s having trouble relaxing or getting to sleep.
I can personally attest to that!
Because I’d love to give almond fresh a try!
Yum! Love Almond Milk
I would love to win for my friend who lives on this stuff
I love drinking Almond Fresh, it’s delicious and healthy.
The unsweetened vanilla is my favorite. I would love to win this great prize pack 🙂
That sounds delicious Randa! Good luck.
I would love to try the Almond Fresh…I have heard a lot of good things about it.
My grand daughter and I love to make Almond smoothies… we are both lactose intolerant and she like to create amazing fruit drinks and then we also turn them into frozen pops!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!!!
I would love to try something different
the Bamboo kitchen scale looks really nice!
Id love to win because almond milk is delicious as could be!
My family loves Almond Fresh
We just recently changed to Almond Fresh and this is a wonderful prize pack ! We could make some delicious smoothies!
Almond drinks are the best substitute to milk.
just perfect for my smoothies!
I’d love to win this because I love almond milk! So yummy!
I would love to win this prize pack as I use Almond Fresh all the time in my tea.
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I would love to win because I love almond fresh and the products would be a great addition to get me cookin in the kitchen a little more!
because I love cooking and having good tools help
I would love to win because I enjoy almond milk.
I would make good use of all these products. I already drink Almond Fresh and I love it.
Me and my kids all love Almond Fresh!
would be great to win – love Almond Fresh!
You can make so many things with Almond Milk or just drink it. It can be cool and refreshing drink for anytime of the day. It is an awesome gift package and it is always nice to topen your email and find out you have won something. It puts a skip in your step for the rest of the day.
We enjoy Almond Fresh
I would like to win this as I love Almond Fresh and also use it when baking.
I would love to incorporate a non dairy beverage into our families diet that does not contain gmo’s.
I’m vegan and want to start baking more! That’s why I want to win this prize!
I love to bake and it would be nice to have some new utensils (and I’ve been hinting how I’d like a kitchen scale).
It tastes the best !
Its simple, I would love to win this prize pack so that I can try it all out.
Its simple, I would love to win this prize pack so that I can try it all out.
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This brand is far better than any we’ve tried – it is delicious!
There are two lactate intolerant people in my family. Almond products are wonderful replacements.
My family is reluctantly making the switch from cow’s milk. Yes, i’m the one with lactaid tablets on top of her ice cream cone! I’m always on the lookout for tasty alternatives so this would be a timely and hopefully yummy win.
Would love to Win as Almond Fresh is my favourite beverage!
DELICIOUS PRODUCT
Almond Fresh is a Household Favorite here 🙂
A great way to start off the mornings with school coming soon !
I love the utensils!
I could use that stuff in my kitchen
I love Almond Milk and it’s a great alternative to cow’s milk.
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It looks awesome!
I would love to win this because I have never tried Almond Milk and I want to see if it is something my family would like as well.
I have never tried Almond Fresh before and I would love the opportunity to try it. I am lactose intolerant and this would be a great substitute for me.
Awesome gift basket. I could use EVERYTHING in it!
i would totally be grateful for winning this perfect gift basket because it would set me up ‘to win’ with my new heath goals concerning eating better!
I could really use everything in the basket 🙂
I would like to win this because I’ve heard a lot of good things about almond fresh, I like trying new things and I can always use new kitchen things.
This would be a great package to win! I am gluten free and make 99% of all cooking & baking from scratch, I bake everyday and love using Almond Fresh in my cooking as well as the baking. It gives any recipe a much better taste as well as consistency!
I would love to win just because I LOVE Almond Fresh!
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My family made the conversion to Almond milk awhile ago and are glad we did. What a great pack they have put together! We would use all of it!
Great prize giveaway for back to school.
Love to win such a great prize and the family loves Almond Fresh.
Would love this prize pack, all very useful items and Almond Fresh to boot!
Just what I need to help me on my #100LBWeightLossJourney !
I have never tried almond milk so it would be great to try
I haven’t tried almond milk yet. I would love to try almond smoothies!
I’d love to make some delicious milkshakes for my son, who has an allergy to milk.
My kids love this milk.
I love Almond Milk
we love Almond Fresh
This is Awesome!
What a great giveaway! My family loves Almond Milk!
I want to win because I really need new spatulas and I want to make smoothies with the almond milk
I’d love to win because I love Almond Fresh!
I’d love to win. I both drink and cook with Almond Fresh. Yum!
I’d like to win because I’m lactose intolerant.
I’d like to win because I would lik eto try some other flavours of Almond Fresh. So far I’ve only tried Vanilla.
I would love this!!
I do not know when exactly I totally changed to Almond Milk but here I am – totally almond. I use it for my smoothies, baking and cooking. I love it plain in a nice cold glass too.
I love almond milk and would love to win this.
I am trying to drink less dairy so this would be a great way to help me find ways to use alternatives, like almond milk!
I would love to try this! My son loves almond milk since he tried it at kindergarten.
Love Almond Fresh, Good for recipes, for breakfast and a nice snack.
My daughter can only drink almond milk due to allergies so this would be great to win she is 14 and loves to help in the kitchen.
With the morning rush of getting to work and school on time, we gave become a smoothie-for-breakfast family! My husband is vegan and my child is picky… Almond milk would be a wonderful solution.