How To Make Almond Milk
Learn How To Make Almond Milk and you’ll never need to buy store-bought ones again. Easy step-by-step recipe with photos and flavorful taste loved by the entire family.
Almonds are my favorite nuts and they are actually the most nutritious of all tree nuts; they are also beneficial in maintaining one’s health. Almonds have a delicate taste and can be used in both sweet and savory dishes.
Benefits Of Almonds
Most importantly, they are heart-healthy; they contain monounsaturated fats and no cholesterol. Mono-saturated fats are healthy fats known to reduce LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and prevent heart disease. Almonds also contain Vitamin E, an antioxidant beneficial in neutralizing free radicals.
Studies showed that almonds will control the blood sugar level and prevent blood sugar surges, even when consumed with meals that normally cause blood sugar surges. Therefore eating almonds are beneficial in preventing diabetes.
Research has shown that a diet that involves intake of almonds is beneficial in a weight loss program, as the mono-saturated fats which are in the almonds prevent overeating and give a feeling of satiety.
Other nutrients are calcium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, potassium and zinc.
Making your own almond milk is quite simple and tastes delicious too. I use it as a non-dairy alternative in my smoothies, granola, muffins, etc. or basically anywhere milk would normally be used.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup almond
- 4 cups water
- 6 dates pitted
- 1 tsp vanilla flavoring
- pinch of sea salt (optional)
Directions:
Blending
Straining
Sort and soak almonds in water for 8 hours or overnight (I find that when I soak the almonds they are easier to blend and digest better). Rinse almonds, place in blender with water. Blend until smooth, strain milk through a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth.
Put the milk back into the blender along with dates (If dates are not soft, they may be soaked for 10 minutes in warm water), vanilla and sea salt blend again until smooth. Almond milk should be stored in a container with a tight-fitting lid and kept for up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
If drinking almond milk not your thing? Then try this awesome homemade almond butter.
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id love to give this a go – i buy it from the supermarket but might have to try to make some!
Thanks Alyssa for stopping by my fellow Etsyian.
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Oooh, I am going to have to try this! I love almond milk! And I’m digging your blog – I just found it through Etsy :)
Thank you for your comment, I also love almond milk smoothie with banana and strawberry delicious, will have to add the extra almond butter, thanks again
This sounds really good i stopped drinking cows milk and even soy milk for that matter and have switched to only almond and flax milk. I really like the taste of almond milk especially when mixed with strawberries AND BLUE BERRIES for even more protein i will add a couple teaspoons of almond butter blend in half of a banana and get wild and through in 1 piece of dark chocolate and blend.
Hello Becky, I don’t believe you can use your kitchenaid. I have a Bosc which I believe is similar and I use it for making breads and whipping vegan whip cream and frosting but not for blending. You definitely need a blender, a blender can be purchased from around $20 upwards.
You are welcome Nedelka, I also prefer almond milk over soy.
Any tips on accomplishing this without a blender? I have a KitchenAid with all the gizmos, which gets me 99% of the way on everything, but from time to time I run across recipes like this that really just need a processor/blender and am at a loss for how to accommodate.
I realized four years ago that “real milk” was meant for a calf to become a “real cow”, and I was becoming one by drinking it! When I decided to make the change to a plant-based lifestyle, I so disdained the consistency of soy milk that I did not drink any milk at all. I then learned of how to make my own almond milk, and the consistency and taste was awesome. I highly recommend it, even the basic recipe with two ingredients: raw almonds + distilled water. This recipe has the added taste and nutrition from the dates + vanilla, I will be trying it :) Thanks for sharing Michelle, God bless!