I love raw homemade almond milk—hardly a day goes by without using it in some way. I used to buy an organic almond milk brand from the store, but after looking at the ingredients, I realized I could make my own delicious, healthier version in a few easy steps—one with no added additional oils, preservatives, and with my personal choice of sweetener.
Plus, there are so many yummy things that you can do with homemade almond milk, like use it for:
-shakes
-soup
-dessert recipes
My favourite way to use almond milk is to add it to smoothies or make chocolate almond milk. J.P enjoys it over granola. It easily replaces conventional milk—try making your own almond milk using my simple recipe.
Homemade Almond Milk
Homemade Almond Milk
Servings: 7 -8 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cups of almonds
- 4 cups of water
- Sweetener such as dates raisins, agave, prunes, honey or maple syrup (I typically use 4-5 soaked dates)
- Vanilla or almond extract
Instructions
- Put the 1 cups of almonds in a bowl and cover with water. Let sit for 6 hours or overnight. You might be wondering why many raw foodists think soaking the nuts prior to eating them is important. Read here.
- If you decide to use dates as your sweetener, place the dates in a bowl and cover with water for about 1 hour or until soft. After they have been soaked, blend the dates and some of the soaking water in a high powered blender until it is a creamy texture.
- Add the almonds, water and almond or vanilla extract to the date paste in the blender.
- Blend together until creamy.
- Take your cheese/nut bag and place it over a large bowl. Pour the blended almonds into the bag. Squeeze the bag over the bowl to get all the liquid out. This is your creamy almond milk.
- Place in glass jars and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days. I reused my Kombutcha bottles to store my almond milk.
Notes
Notes and tips
If you are using a food processor, you will probably have to do 2-3 batches because the liquid leaks out of it.
I do not have a cheese/nut bag. I got creative and used one of my organic cloth produce bags. It worked perfectly and I didn't need to buy anything. This way I was able to respect Project Green Foot.
This recipe is so versatile, you can use any nut or seed in replace of the almonds. Most seeds do not have to be soaked before making the milk, and you usually do not need to strain them through a nut bag either, as the seeds usually blend well with the water.
Homemade Almond Milk
Ingredients
- 1 cups of almonds
- 4 cups of water
- Sweetener such as dates raisins, agave, prunes, honey or maple syrup (I typically use 4-5 soaked dates)
- Vanilla or almond extract
Instructions
- Put the 1 cups of almonds in a bowl and cover with water. Let sit for 6 hours or overnight. You might be wondering why many raw foodists think soaking the nuts prior to eating them is important. Read here.
- If you decide to use dates as your sweetener, place the dates in a bowl and cover with water for about 1 hour or until soft. After they have been soaked, blend the dates and some of the soaking water in a high powered blender until it is a creamy texture.
- Add the almonds, water and almond or vanilla extract to the date paste in the blender.
- Blend together until creamy.
- Take your cheese/nut bag and place it over a large bowl. Pour the blended almonds into the bag. Squeeze the bag over the bowl to get all the liquid out. This is your creamy almond milk.
- Place in glass jars and store it in the fridge for up to 5 days. I reused my Kombutcha bottles to store my almond milk.
Notes
I do not have a cheese/nut bag. I got creative and used one of my organic cloth produce bags. It worked perfectly and I didn't need to buy anything. This way I was able to respect Project Green Foot.
This recipe is so versatile, you can use any nut or seed in replace of the almonds. Most seeds do not have to be soaked before making the milk, and you usually do not need to strain them through a nut bag either, as the seeds usually blend well with the water.
For other healthy milks and smoothies, checkout:
- Homemade Coconut Milk
- Almond Bliss Smoothie
- Cake Batter Milkshake
- Chocolate Green Smoothie
- The Almond Cup Smoothie
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We love almond milk here too! The only one I can ever really find is silk but the vanilla almond milk is so yummy!
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Chubby Cheeks Thinks
I have to add some sweetener to it or it doesn’t taste as good! Cinnamon tastes good with almond
milk too! Yum!
Thank yo for stopping by and linking up with the Lovin’ The Weekend Blog hops. This post was very interesting. I have never had almond milk but this sounds great.
Try buying it to see if you like it and after try making it! 🙂
B and I drink almond milk too. How much do you find it costs to make? I can get a carton of it for under $5.
Not sure. Next time I buy almonds I will calculate how much almond milk I get out of them! 🙂
Thanks for posting this m’dere, I’ve always wanted to make my own almond milk. How do you find it compares to store bought?
I like it because I know that I am not wasting all the left over almonds! What does the compnay do with the almond pulp? I am thinking they throw it out…:(
If I add sweetener it is perfect! I like it!
I LOVE almond milk in smoothies. Thanks for posting this…I’m definitely going to give it a try!
Almond milk is the best in smoothies! Yum!
Crazy! I just bought some almond milk to make healthy hot chocolate this week. I had no idea you could make your own almond milk. I bet it’s cheaper, too. Thanks for the tips!
Cheaper! And I have another even easier nut milk for you, Kallay….I will share soon!
Staying tuned! 🙂
Great! Saturday I will probably post my brazil nut milk….yum!
It is delicious! Seriously!
You will love it!
I just love that you’re storing this in your Kombucha bottles, :). Time to start making my own, very soon!
T
Thanks! I store everything in my Kombucha bottles. You should see my cupboard! lol