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Posted 6/29/2010 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
All this talk on this board lately about SCD and avoiding bread and flour recently made me revisit the almond flour I was cooking with at the end of last year when I gave a half hearted attempt at the SCD. I've decided to try to cut back drastically on flour and bread, and was feeling nostalgic for some excellent almound flour encrusted chicken and almond flour pancakes.


I digress, my question is this: is $34.99-$36.99 for a five pound bag of almond flour the best deal around? This is the cheapest I have found unless I want to buy a 25 lb. bag and eat almond flour for breakfast lunch and supper indefinitely. HOLY COW!
Posted 6/29/2010 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure what the best deal is because I buy it locally and it's definitely not cheap (I live in Canada and don't think it would be more affordable paying for shipping, customs fees etc). But, how do you store such a large amount. Doesn't it need to be refrigerated? It is good, isn't it?
Posted 6/29/2010 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
I only bought five pounds at the time last year, which is what I just did on Amazon. Last year I bought it at Whole Foods and it was a little over $12/lb. But yes, I agree, it is delicious.
Posted 6/29/2010 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
When I was on the SCD diet I made my own almond and pecan flour. It's the cheapest method and is also the most fresh.

Sue
Posted 6/29/2010 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
Apparently an independent farmer sells it for $55 for a 10lb bag on Ebay with free shipping. Plus you get a free pound of honey from their bee farm. Interesting, I might give that a try.

Amazon's site is currently being updated and tech support couldn't even cancel the order for me. What luck. :(
Posted 6/29/2010 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I buy it at
store.honeyvillegrain.com/blanchedalmondflour5lb.aspx for $30/5 lb.
They just had a sale that would've saved 10% off I think.
If you sign up on their mailing list you get coupons and sale notices and no spam.

5 lbs. last me a long long time because I don't use mine full strength, too much insoluble fiber for me. I mix half shredded veggie (squash or carrot) and half almond flour for muffins, etc. and then add other stuff like blueberries or raisins.
I'm going to make some biscotti soon because we'll be on vacation and need something that travels better than muffins.

If I could find a low cost source of blanched almonds I'd think about making my own flour like suebear. Haven't looked into that yet.
Posted 6/29/2010 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
both my blender and food processor would pulverize the almonds into butter. i never did figure out how to make the flour. with the effort put into the scd, i was happy to buy what i could.
Posted 6/29/2010 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
I have a Trader Joe's near me and I think their 1 lb bags of almond flour/meal is around $4.65 or so.  Not cheap, but not too horribly expensive either (and yes, it does make some very yummy stuff!)
Posted 6/30/2010 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
Just think how much it takes to make it yourself. I made my own almond milk and saved the leftover almond flour. 1 lb bag almonds is a little over $5, which when the flour is dried out doesn't yield 5 lb of almond flour. You are still left with blanching them, grinding them, and separating off the milk, then drying...... It would have to be much cheaper to make for it to be worth the process. Maybe if you got a great deal on almonds somewhere.
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