Fresh Raw Almond Milk
 
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You won't want to use store bought almond milk once you taste this and see how easy it is to make.
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Recipe type: Beverage
Cuisine: Raw Food
Serves: 4-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup raw almonds, soaked in water overnight or for 8 hours
  • 3 cups filtered water or young coconut water or a combination of the two
Optional Add-ins
  • 2-4 pitted Medjool dates (soak in water if they are hard)
  • ½ to 1 whole vanilla bean, chopped (or ½-1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla powder)
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of Himalayan crystal salt
Instructions
  1. Drain and rinse the nuts.
  2. Place them in a high speed blender and blend on high for 60 seconds or so, until there are no chunks of nuts.
  3. Place a nut milk bag or cheese cloth in a large bowl or pitcher.
  4. Pour milk into the bag or cloth.
  5. Squeeze the bag or cloth until all the milk is in the bowl/pitcher and you are left with just the nut pulp in the bag.
  6. Save the pulp for other recipes. (You can dehydrate or freeze it if you won't be using it right away.)
  7. Pour milk into a jar with a tight fitting lid.
  8. Keep in refrigerator.
  9. Shake well before using.
  10. Use within 5 days.
Depending on how you plan to use the milk you may want to go further.
  1. To take it to the next level add one or more of the optional ingredients to the blender along with the nuts.
Recipe by Food For The Soul at https://foodforthesoul.me/fresh-raw-almond-milk/