Too good to be true? Cheap Nut Butter maker!

[Analeah]

Hi everyone, after doing a lot of looking things up online I called this one website and they recommended an appliance by girmi which she says will make raw nut butters and hummus among other things. It's only a little over $50 which is the cheapest I have been able to find anywhere and I am thinking of ordering it. I asked her if the food would be heated up and she said no on that as well so I think it looks good but wanted to get some other opinions. The link to the processor can be found here http://www.juicersforless.com/produc...oducts_id/1630 Thanks!

[Curtis]

Wow, that looks like a good one. :)

[Analeah]

Hmm, I am beginning to think it just might be worth it to buy it for fifty dollars and pay about the same to ship it here.... I am hoping someone will have used this or something similar and know if it works well. Has anyone used any hand grinder that will make nut butter? What about a meat grinder? I have heard they will make raw nut butters too but I have no idea if this is true......

[marigold]

i have made nut butters by grinding nuts up to powder adn adding some oil..i really good...

[Analeah]

Hey Marigold, thanks for the suggestion. I just bought a small coffee grinder and ground up some cashews. I tried mixing it with a little water and it turned out alright. Then I tried mixing it with olive oil which gave it a really good consistency but the olive taste was too overpowering for me. What kind of oil would you suggest to add when making nut butters?

[Rawsomeone]

Girmi TR30 $39.95 plus free shipping at amazon.com on 5/18/05.

[organic alaskan]

I just bought a small coffee grinder and ground up some cashews.

So, those little coffee grinders will work? I was wondering about that. I'm not on a huge budget and my husband uses one of those for his coffee...but, I wonder...would my nut butter taste like coffee? Would his coffee taste nutty? Also wondering if I can make almond milk with my juicman jr. but very worried that I will ruin the juicer or the nuts will just get kicked around and spit out the wrong end.

[tracyinfo]

You will most likely want to buy yourself a separate coffee grinder. For almond/sunflower seed/pumpkin seed milk, you only need an inexpesive blender.

Hope this helps.

So, those little coffee grinders will work? I was wondering about that. I'm not on a huge budget and my husband uses one of those for his coffee...but, I wonder...would my nut butter taste like coffee? Would his coffee taste nutty? Also wondering if I can make almond milk with my juicman jr. but very worried that I will ruin the juicer or the nuts will just get kicked around and spit out the wrong end.

[pineapple]

What is the exact nut butter recipe???

Thanks :)

Pineapple.

[Halo Aglow]

This thread got me interested in the Girmi TR30 so I did some looking around and found one "Like New" on eBay for $4.99! Shipping is $12.99 but in all that is still a deal so I snatched it up! There is another "demo" one ending soon for $9.99.

If this doesn't work well with making nut butters at least I'll have a smaller chopper to use when I don't really need all that food processor space. I'm hoping it will though, the hubby and I really love almond butter.