- Go be good.
Go be good somewhere.
I'm going to give you a treat so that you're quiet.
Today on the Edgy Veg, you and I are going on a trip.
I've teamed up with Almond Breeze, who is sponsoring this
video, and they are sending us to Sacramento, California,
so that we can see where almond beverage comes from.
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I am so excited to show you guys all the cool stuff I
learned about almond farming and also what I ate while I
was there.
And stay tuned until the end of the video because I'm going
to show you how to make one of my favorite bunch...
Bunch deserts?
Brunch deserts using Almond Breeze.
Good morning.
I am in Sacramento and today is the first day of going to
check out the Blue Diamond facilities and headquarters to
see where your Almond Breeze almond milk comes from.
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Blue Diamond Growers was founded in 1910, and one of the
coolest things I learned while I was there is that they
are the largest producers of almond in the world.
Blue Diamond Growers is a cooperative that's been around for
over 100 years.
That's a really long time, so you can trust that they know
the almond business.
There are over 3,000 almond growers, range from first to
fourth generation almond growers.
Is that amazing?
I love a company that is based on family, family values, and
passing down everything that you know through your
family traditions.
I think that's so, so cool.
Then we had our lunch.
Lunch was so delicious.
I had a stuffed pepper.
It was stuffed with corn, and beans, it had a beautiful
vegan, cheesy mayo on top, and they had a wonderful salad.
It was so tasty.
For desert we had a deconstructed lemon meringue pie and it
was so good.
All the food we had throughout the entire trip that was
provided by Blue Diamond was Almond Breeze inspired.
I cook with it all the time, but I forget to tell people
because I feel like people don't realize a lot of the time
that you can cook with this, or forget that you can cook
with it.
So I got a lot of really awesome recipe ideas.
Alright, we're off to an NBA game.
I'm so excited.
Blue Diamond sponsors them.
There little logo's on their jersey.
We're going to have some drinks, watch a game, and do
a dinner.
So, come along.
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Okay, so I just got back from the Kings game.
I don't know anything about sports, so I pretty much just
spent the entire time drinking, eating, and chatting.
But I just got back from the hotel room and there's a
surprise in my bed.
Are you ready for this?
This is so nice.
The people at Blue Diamond are so kind.
A little background, we're going to an almond orchard
tomorrow and this is what they dropped off to the room.
Okay, so these are a pair of Hunter boots,
that I don't have to get my shoes that I brought muddy.
And then I have this branded cooler bag.
What's this?
It snowed today.
So they included this vest that we're nice and warm.
I'm definitely going to bring this on the airplane.
They did not have any almond milk for me on the flight here,
so this will be amazing.
I'm so excited.
Tuesday morning was another early one.
Liv and I decided to get breakfast at 7:30 in the morning,
so we went down to the hotel restaurant and had some vegan
oats that they put together for us.
So it was just regular oats with some almond milk and some
fresh fruit and nut.
So we had a really nice breakfast, and then hopped on
the bus with everybody else and went to an almond orchard.
Just driving through California and seeing all the rows, and
rows, and rows of orchards was such a beautiful sight.
Seeing where food comes from was really, really inspiring.
When the California orchard almonds bloom, it takes over
1 million colonies of bees to pollinate the flowers.
And that is how you get almonds.
My favorite part of this trip was absolutely the
orchard tour.
I actually had no idea that almonds grew on trees.
It was such a cool experience to see them.
It was in blossom season, so just, there were these
beautiful white and pink blossoms on all of the trees.
There were bees everywhere just pollinating.
You really got to see nature at work.
It was so beautiful.
The farmers were so generous.
They really answered all of our questions and any concerns
we had, you know about California drought, for example, and
they would talk to us about all of the really cool and
innovative ways that they were trying to conserve water and
be super efficient.
So I'm currently in the Blue Diamond Growers almond orchard.
We met one of the many growers today.
And look at how gorgeous this place is.
Is this not the most beautiful place you've ever seen?
- [Candice] That You-tubing life happening right now.
Liv, you look like a pixie.
On arrival, we had breakfast waiting for us.
So first breakfast and second breakfast.
So the vegan lunch was absolutely delicious.
Again, it was Almond Breeze inspired.
There was a really tasty pasta salad that I had three
helpings of.
A sun dried tomato and balsamic tofu, as well as a really
delicious Almond Breeze and champaign dress salad.
The salad was mind blowing as well.
So tasty.
And for desert was the best vegan chocolate cupcake I've
ever had in my life.
I definitely took one for the road after.
I want to say a big thank you to Blue Diamond and Almond
Breeze for sending me out there.
I really got to learn how dedicated and passionate these
almond growers are.
And they genuinely care about the land that provides
for them.
And it was just so cool to learn that the Blue Diamond
Growers cooperative means that Blue Diamond actually works
for the farmer.
So I think that that's a really cool side of Almond Breeze
that I didn't know.
Alright guys, without further ado, I know I promised you a
recipe and I am about to deliver.
I'm a big kid.
I drink the Almond Breeze chocolate by the carton.
When I was growing up Germany, one of my favorite deserts
to get as a kid was this thing called eis schokolade.
We would go to a cafe and, the literal translation is ice
cream chocolate, and what it is is like a root beer ice
cream float, except instead of root beer, it uses
chocolate milk.
Now I'm going to show you how to make this desert using
Almond Breeze.
First thing we are going to do is fill up a glass with
Almond Breeze chocolate.
Fill it up about 3/4 of the way.
You definitely want some room for ice cream in there.
And then we are just going to add two scoops of your
favorite vegan ice cream and then topping that with your
favorite vegan whipped topping.
So you can use any type of whipped topping that you love.
And there you have it.
A yummy vegan desert that can be whipped up in minutes.
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me know what the coolest almond fact was that you learned
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guys next time.
Bye.