Nut But

I am all kind of jazzed about the vitamix. Love that machine. I got the replacement lid in at the end of last week and so I had to work out the machine. Smiths is all out of hazelnuts if you can believe that. So disappointing. I bought them out actually but I have only ever purchased two bags so it isn't like I was hoarding the stuff. Well, without hazelnuts on hand I decided to go with another nut butter as the base for my sugar free nutella. My last batch of hazelnut spread turned out not so good. I still ate it but had to endure a slightly burned hazelnut aftertaste. Very sad.

When Smiths was out of hazels I decided to go with almonds. I tried walnuts a few weeks back and it was okay but was a little overpowering. Chocolate covered almonds are a favorite so why not give that another go. It turned out fairly well. There was no burned flavor in the mix which tells me it was the hazelnuts and not the splenda that was the problem. Glad for that. Now if I can just get more hazelnuts. I need to find them cheaper then what I pay for them at Smiths. Wouldn't mind getting some that have the skin already removed. Mmmm. Good stuff.

Amy's birthday today. Can't believe my baby sister is 22. I am getting old. I am pretty sure I could still take her in a foot race so we're all good. That might be a fun thing to throw down, a Fontano Sibling Foot Race. I'll even get really crazy and open it up to spouses as well. 100 yard dash should do it. Clearly I would win any sort of distance event so might as well do the sprints. Serious dig at Amy there. Okay, so whose in? Oh, you need motivation. Very well, to the victor goes a fresh made batch of hazelnut spread - sugar free. Assuming we can find some hazelnuts somewhere...