Make your own! It's incredibly easy. And most importantly, you know it's raw and without any harmful additives.
Soaking Almonds
Many smoothie recipes require a nut milk of some sort. I know that some people cut edges and add nut milk they bought in a supermarket. If they are lucky, there are no additives in the product they bought, but the store-bought nut milk is seldom raw.
People use a ready-made nut milk because they do not know how to make one at home. This can change overnight! All one needs to make a basic nut milk is raw, preferably organic, nuts, purified water, blender or a food processor, and a nut milk bag or a cheesecloth.
~ Basic Almond Milk Recipe ~
Ingredients:
- 1 cup organic, raw almonds soaked overnight in purified or spring water
- 4 cups purified or spring water
- 1 tsp sunflower lecithin powder
- tiny pinch Celtic salt (optional)
Method:
- Drain and rinse the almonds. Remove any impurities you may find.
- Put almonds into a food processor or a blender, add water and process. Add salt if you want to and process on a high speed until almonds are fully crushed.
- Strain the almond mass through a nut milk bag allowing the clear milk to collect in a clean bowl or a jar. Squeeze the bag. Add the sunflower lecithin powder and mix well. Ready!
Raw Almond Milk
If you do not have a nut milk bag, you can use a cheesecloth and a strainer. Place a strainer or a colander over a bowl or a wide-mouth jar, line it out with a clean cheesecloth and pour the blended almond nut mass into it. Give it a squeeze.
Because almond milk is pleasantly sweet on its own, I do not add any sweetener. Depending on what I want to use it for, I place a whole vanilla bean in a nut milk jar and let is sit there for two or three days until it is pleasantly flavored.
Raw almond milk stays fresh for up to five days when you store it in refrigerator. Your almond milk will separate a bit if you do not add any lecithin powder. To "restore" it, simply shake the jar. But consider adding sunflower lecithin powder. Just 1 tea spoon of it will prevent any separation and would make the milk slightly creamier.
Following the same steps you can make cashew, walnut, hazelnut, or Brazil nut milk. Remember to buy raw, preferably organic, nuts, and to soak them in clean water overnight.
Leftover Almond Pulp
I sincerely believe that once you've made and tasted your first genuinely raw nut milk, you will never want to buy another commercially produced one. Moreover, the leftover nut pulp can be used to make delicious raw desserts, crackers, cookies and more. You can also dehydrate it to make almond flour.
Tip: Use half the amount of water to make delicious almond cream.The cream can be used to make creamy rich desserts, or as a base for creamy raw soups and dips. Experiment. It's such a fun!
In radiant health, passionately raw - Dominique
Dominique Allmon©2014
Dominique Allmon©2014