Almond Milk

I woke up on Saturday morning and got a craving for some Almond milk. I thought about buying almond milk from the store, but knowing that there are so many unnecessary additives that get added to store bought brands. I decided to take it into my own hands and make mine from scratch.

It's a very simple and quick recipe and you get delicious, nutritional and natural Almond milk.  Almond milk is a great source of fiber, magnesium, potassium, antioxidant, vitamin E, healthy monounsaturated fats and helps to lower cholesterol as well. Sprinkle it over your oat meal, cereal, granola, or use it in baking for cookies, pancakes, etc. By making your own almond milk you also get a bunch of left over almond meal which you can use later on to make cookies, cakes, muffins, etc :).

You will need the following ingredients.

2 cups raw Almonds (soaked overnight) Soaking nuts makes them super soft and much easier to blend.

8 cups of water (you can use less and you milk will be a little thicker)
4 to 5 dates for sweetness or you can use 1 to 2 tablespoons raw unprocessed honey.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

1) Soak the nuts overnight. Then drain them.
2) Put the nuts, dates or honey, vanilla, and a pinch of salt into the blender.
3) Add water and get ready to spin it.

4) Blend it until everything incorporates together and becomes nice and smooth. I blended mine for about 1 minute and 30 seconds.

5) Then use a cheese cloth or a strainer bag to get all the milk out without any almond flour into a bowl.

6) Then you can pour into a large glass container thru a regular strainer with small holes just to make sure your milk is nice and smooth.



This milk will last you for 4 to 5 days in a tightly closed container and kept in the refrigerator.

Enjoy and keep on smiling :). Especially when drinking this milk.