Have you ever tried almond milk? I think it is delicious! It is dairy free and very healthy, but it's not cheap! Almost $4 per carton here in Australia when it's not on sale is too much to spend on milk twice a week. For this reason I decided to attempt to make my own. I looked at a few recipes on Pinterest, and created my own version. The good thing about it is almond milk super easy to make.
Almond Milk
What you need:
- a bowl
- a blender
- a nut-milk bag or cheese cloth (bought mine at a health food shop)
- 1 cup unsalted almonds (not roasted)
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 4 cups water
- 1-2 dates or raw sugar to sweeten (optional - I didn't)
- a container/pitcher to put your milk in
First you need to soak your almonds in water for about 6-8 hours. Drain & rinse.
Place almonds, 4 cups of water, 1 tbsp of vanilla, and sweetener (if you chose to use it) in your blender.
Blend for 1-3 minutes.
Pour almond mixture into nut-milk bag over your pitcher.
Squeeze bag with almond mixture and get as much liquid out as possible. If you want to make more milk like I did, you can place the ground almonds (that you just used) back into the blender and repeat the entire process.
After you finish you can use the ground almonds to make almond meal if you like.
Almond Meal
To make almond meal you spread the ground almonds (leftover after making the milk) evenly on a baking sheet and place in the oven for 1-2 hours on 300 degrees with oven door open if possible so the humidity can escape. If you leave the door closed, it may take a little longer.
Bake until it begins to get dry and brown.
Remove from oven, and place the almond meal into a food processor to grind into a fine powder. Use almond meal to bake with or however you prefer.
This is a delicious recipe for paleo almond meal cookies!
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