New Mum’s Food Adventures

Straight off the bat I want to say it was a cheap machine that’s overpriced. Get an Amazon one for less. Same options. It overheats to easily. Not worth the expense. However when it worked right I came up with a few recipes.

So as an autoimmune disease has appeared, dairy flares it up and gluten. I was already gluten free for family. But when I made exceptions while out shopping and wouldn’t contaminate family members, I would eat gluten/wheat food, then flare ups happened the same as dairy.

So I got a Nutr after a lot of research. Loved it until the problems began. It says you can use dry beans and dry nuts. It made the blades blunt the ingredients sometimes spin in the vortex of water and don’t blend at all. So poor quality.

But when it worked these were my best recipes that weren’t in any recipe book. This is for the first small Nutr not the newest one that makes a litre.

Toast Oat Milk (Granola Milk)

• Toasted oats
• Dates or maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon of refined coconut oil or avocado oil this helps stop it separating and makes it creamier
• Pinch of salt
• Optional blanched or slivered almonds

Two scoops (the scoop that comes with the appliance. It equals 4 tablespoons) of rolled oats and one scoop of blanched almonds into a dry pan. Toast until golden and fragrant. Into the Nutr with cold water. Add 1-2 dates or a tablespoon of maple syrup. Add more if you like it’s your drink. Make sure to remove the pit. A small pinch of salt and fat of choice. Set to oat milk mode, strain and enjoy.

Iced Coffee Creamer

• 1 scoop sunflower seeds
• 1 scoop almonds
• 1 scoop oats
• 1 scoop cooked rice
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1-2 dates or any sweetener
• Pinch of salt as a preservative. Can skip if used within 48hrs

Does not work hot. Ends up thick as porridge but is great for extra creamy iced lattes and coffee. The sunflower seeds add an extra creaminess. Add all ingredients into Nutr. set to oat/nut milk mode. Strain 2-3 times. Because of the sunflowers there’s minimal separation.

It makes about a mug worth. So not a lot. This is because a lot of it is the volume of dry ingredients leaving less water.

Cereal Milk

• 1 scoop Soaked walnuts
• 1 scoop Oats
• 1-2 pitted dates
• 1 scoop Coconut shreds
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Optional, pinch of cinnamon

Add all ingredients to Nutr and set to oat/nut milk mode. Strain well. This being the small Nutr it makes enough for one serve of cereal. The walnuts add a nice nutty creaminess to it. The coconut so flavour.

Questions

Can I make this in a blender? Yes and no. The Nutr is good for soy milk as it cooks it but you can do all the room temp nut milks with a blender and the pulse button and probably get a better milk. You could even do this with a stick blender.

Is the nut pulp finely ground? No. the first few uses yes but it goes dull fast. A blender is stronger. It blends enough to get decent results.

Does it make good soy milk? Yes. Dry or soaked beans it cooks it perfectly and just tastes like unsweetened soy unless you add sweetener. But even though the strainer is extremely fine, sediment still gets through and you still need a nut milk bag or cheese cloth for better straining. If you rely on the strainer you are wasting some liquid.

Is it easy to clean? Yes. But the soy can stick. Others said it burned on the bottom. Mine didn’t burn but it is starting to smell like burning plastic when it runs on soy milk mode. So it’s at risk of burning out the motor or setting itself on fire. Very disappointed to have paid full price.

Overall the Nutr was a waste of money. The machine is a great idea but it is overpriced. A generic one from Amazon is definitely handy because it’s quick and easy to use and easy to clean.