Homemade almond milk tutorial

I love almond milk, especially the chocolate version. Almond milk is great for those with milk allergies or who are lactose intolerant. I'm neither, I just like it! Making your own homemade almond milk is a lot easier than you would think. It has less ingredients than the

bought stuff and is cheaper too.

 

 Here is a list of ingredients from the Silk website for their vanilla almond milk. INGREDIENTS: Almond milk (Filtered Water, Almonds), Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Locust Bean Gum, Sunflower Lecithin, Gellan Gum.

 

Here is a list from the homemade version.

INGREDIENTS: Raw almonds, water, vanilla, honey and optional organic cocoa powder.

Before you try this recipe go ahead and soak your almonds overnight. It takes 1.5 cups of almonds to make four or five cups of almond milk.

 

To make homemade almond milk you will need....

1.5 cups of raw almonds soaked overnight. I bought mine at Walmart.

2 TBS of honey for sweetness (add more or less for your taste)

1/2 tsp of vanilla extract. I'll have a tutorial for homemade vanilla extract soon.

 

If you want chocolate almond milk add 3 to 4 TBS of cocoa powder. I love my organic cocoa powder from Frontier.

 

Now lets get started.

1.5 cups of almonds

Soak them overnight or 6 to 8 hours. The water is bitter and brown, just throw it out!

They look a little puffier after being soaked.

Add the 1.5 cups of soaked almonds and 4 cups of water into your blender. If you find you can stretch it you may add up to 5 cups of water. For your first try start with the four cups of water and experiment with a little more the next time to see how it taste.

Blend for two to five minutes. This will depend on your blender. Your wanting to chop up the almonds and blend them into the water.

I know there are betters ways to strain the ground almond out of the milk, but all I have is this tiny tea bag. I hear you can use a new, cleaned sock. The way I do it takes a little longer. Anyways, you need to start pouring the milk into whatever it is your using. Squeeze as hard as you can and get all the milk out of the bag, cheesecloth or sock. Save the leftover almond to add in other healthy recipes. You can see the leftover almond meal and my little tea bag below.

After straining it out, pour the strained almond milk back into the blender. Now you will add the 1/2 tsp of vanilla and the 2 TBS of honey. If you prefer chocolate now is the time to add the cocoa powder. If you do not have honey you can also use agave, sugar or maple syrup. Let it blend for about 30 seconds and your done! Pour it into a large mason jar and let it chill in the refrigerator.

 

 

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