It is nearly impossible to find almond milk at a grocery or health food store without added chemicals and unwanted ingredients. Making your own is so simple and takes very little time. Here are the steps:
1. Soak 1 cup of raw almonds in 2 cups of filtered water at room temperature for 12-24 hours
2. Rinse Almonds after soaking
3. Add almonds and 3 cups of filtered or spring water to a good blender and blend away. This is also the time you would want to add any additional flavoring (vanilla, cinnamon, cocoa, etc. See below for more details)
4. After blending, you want to strain the almond milk using a nut bag such as this. Be sure to take your time and get out as much milk as you can. The leftover almond meal can be saved for other recipes
4. Add finished almond milk to a storage container and keep in the fridge for up to 5 days
**You can leave the milk plain or you can add in various flavoring options during the blending in step 3. A few ideas include
- 1 tsp high quality vanilla extract (not whole 30 compliant)
- 1 vanilla bean, sliced and inside scraped into milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1-2 dates
- 1-2 tsp honey (not whole 30 compliant)
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1T raw cacao powder, 2 dates
- 1 vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 dates, 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup of fresh strawberries
- 1-2 T of raw cocoa powder, 1 T maple syrup, dash of cinnamon (not whole 30 compliant)
- also can use coconut water in place of filtered water in step 3 for coconut almond milk (can also add in 1/2 tsp of cinnamon)
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