Homemade Almond Milk

Why make your own Almond milk?

I like to know what I am putting in to my body. Making my own nut milk puts me in control of that. I love the natural nutty flavour of almonds but I also love experimenting with different flavourings. My favourite is still vanilla but love to spice it up in the Autumn and Winter months with cinnamon, cloves or mixed spice.

Is it good for you?

Nut milks are rich in good fats, which promote a healthy heart and keep you feeling full. Almond milk contains 50% of the RDA for Vitamin E making it great for your skin as well.

Biggest benefit (in my opinion)

Dairy can cause inflammation in the gut for many of us. Even if you don’t show the physical signs, milk has a way of inflaming the intestines making us feel bloated. Providing you don’t have a nut allergy, nut milk is a great alternative that does not cause that same inflammation. In fact it can be quite soothing to the lining of intestines and in most cases does not cause any negative digestive side effects. Yippee.

Perhaps one day I’ll bathe like Cleopatra in a homemade nut milk bath.

Almond Milk

Homemade Almond Milk

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Prep Time 8 hours hrs

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Equipment

• Blender
• Nut milk bag/muslin cloth

Ingredients

  

• 130 g Almonds Raw (not salted or roasted)
• 1 Litre Water preferably filtered

Optional ingredients

• 1 tbsp vanilla extract / maple syrup / Honey If you prefer a sweeter taste

Instructions

 

• Soak the Almonds in water in a container for 8 hours (or overnight)
• Rinse the Almonds which have now swollen from soaking up the water
• Place Almonds and water in to your blender and blender on high for about 30 secs

  Optional: Add sweetener of choice into the blender at this stage if desired (vanilla extract, maple syrup, honey)
• Pour into a nut milk bag or muslin cloth and squeeze the liquid in to a pourable container

  (save the pulp for another recipe)
• Optional: Add sweetener of choice if desired (vanilla extract, maple syrup, honey)
• Pour into a bottle or airtight container

This will last 3 days in the fridge. If it separates in the bottle, just shake it up and use as normal.

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Notes

What can I do with the leftover Almond Pulp??

The left over pulp can be placed on a baking tray and baked at 100C for 2-3 hours until its dry. This is now call almond meal or almond flour. This can then be used in any recipe that asks for almond flour. I love to add it to my homemade granola, or I use it as a topping to my chia porridge or homemade yogurt.

1. If you have chickens then they will love this occasional addition to their diet.

Do you have to soak the Almonds overnight?

1. I do recommend soaking them overnight in cold water however you can soak them for 2 hours in boiling water as a quick alternative.

Keyword Almond Milk, Dairy free milk, lactose free milk, non dairy milk, Nut Milk