RE: Going (Wal)Nuts

Your garden looks lovely! I'm not sure if I've even seen it, though I know you keep making gardening posts. (Shame on me!)

As for the nuts, you're already on the right path: "milk" is a great start, and from there on moving towards "butter" and "cheese". (Ridiculous to use this lactic terminology, but for lack of a better word...) But once you put the nuts in the blender, you can enrich the taste and texture by whatever you want.

At one time I've made a lot of experimental pesto, trying out different herbs and combinations to get the best taste. Well, one direction it took me to, was increasing the nut content (pecans instead of walnuts, but that's just besides the point), until I had a lovely spread. It was kinda like pesto, but a lot thicker, where the herbs were merely for the color and a bit of flavor. The salt, garlic, and olive oil gave the nuts exactly what (I thought) they needed.

Of course, this is all highly subjective, and your girlfriend might be more receptive to the tastes than you, since you don't like walnuts. But maybe they just need the right combination of ingredients! In any case, you seem to have enough to experiment to your heart's content. Have fun!