Have you ever soaked the almonds first?
I often soak raw almonds overnight just to eat ‘em soaked. They taste almost like fresh coconut. I bet they’d blend easier. Come to think of it, decades ago I used to soak almonds and sunflower seeds and blend the next morning (no straining) add sweetener and a banana and drink it for breakfast. It was good!
That sounds perfect for Pat, the boy we can’t get enough calories down. Get those natural fats and oils in! I’ll bet it would go down with vanilla extract, too.
Yes, we usually soak. If there’s not much time, though, we’ll just go ahead and put our blender blades to the test. Your almond/sunflower mix sounds pretty good. You probably have a better blender than we have; I didn’t care too much for the mixture without it being strained first. We take the pulp, put it in the refrigerator overnight in an open container, so the moisture evaporates out somewhat, and then we put it in the oven (very low temperature) for a few hours, and it makes a nice crunchy addition (like croutons, bacon bits) to salads, sweet potatoes, etc.