Almond "milk"

A few weeks ago, my wife bought some Innocent almond milk, to reduce her (and I guess mine) consumption of dairy products. I had almond milk before, but only part of something else, generally (always?) a smoothie. Innocent boasts that its almond milk is made of only three ingredients: almonds (duh!), spring water and a bit of sea salt. I tried it by itself one evening, in lieu of the cup of milk I sometimes take to relax me. I could taste the almonds for sure. I could also taste the sea salt. And there was the water, I mean it was liquid. But I sure as hell could not taste any milk in there. I thought it was borderline vile. It disappointed me: I generally love Innocent products. Not this one. I tried as hard as I could to like their almond milk, it did not work. And after my experience, my wife would not have any. Rant over.

The Defence Super Smoothie from Innoccent

I don't think I plugged a meal, food or drink since my post about Sugar Moon Brownies. A shame, as it is a tradition on this blog to celebrate the weekend. Now today I will plug something far less original, as it is from a well known company, but it is neat little discovery all the same. I am talking about Innocent's Defence Super Smoothie. I found it at random on my train journey to London then Paris in May. I bought and drank one today. Okay so it tastes like an Innocent smoothie. Allegedly, it strengthens your immune system, but I am very skeptical about this claim. Heck, I am skeptical about the claim that it has two portion of fruits in a smoothie. But it has pumpkin in it. Not that much, but still, enough to taste a hint of pumpkin. And somehow, this reminds me of autumn and Halloween (yes, it does not take me much to associate something to a special time or a special day). So I think I might make it my autumn fruit drink of choice. I am silly like that. In any case, it is drinkable and the bottle and presentation is quirky like for all Innocent products, by itself marking the purchase worth it.