MYO Nut/Almond Milk
Nut milk is a staple in the LLN kitchen and we find by making your own not only is it an affordable staple ingredient but is a great way to make a nutrient dense versatile low allergy milk.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup Raw Almonds(or other favourite nut)*
- 3 cups ** Cold Water, plus additional water for soaking
- natural sweetener (1 teaspoon Raw Honey, Pure Maple Syrup, 1-2 pitted Medjool Dates or Liquid Stevia to taste) Optional
- pinch of vanilla powder Optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl cover the nuts with soaking water and soak the almonds, uncovered overnight or for a minimum of 6 hours.
- Drain almonds and discard soaking water. Rinse almonds thoroughly with fresh water.
- Combine the almonds and 3 cups of fresh cold water in a blender or food processor and blend at high speed for 3 - 4 minutes or until well combined.
- Using a fine strainer, nut milk bag, clean chux or cheese cloth strain the almond milk into a bowl or jug. Make sure you squeeze as much of the almond milk from the pulp out as possible.
- If using sweetener return milk to blender and add sweetener of choice. Blend to combine well. (The powerful Vitamix Total Nutrition Centre 5200 Vitamix makes this almond milk smooth and creamy).
- Store in an air-tight container in refrigerator.
Notes
Make It Personal:
- **Use more or less water depending on how creamy or thin you like your nut milk.
- If you prefer a crunchier texture simply skip straining and transfer straight to container.
- Add a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg.
- For a vanilla flavour add 1/4 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Powder.
- *You can use any nut instead of almonds such as Brazil Nuts, Walnuts or Cashews.
- The longer you allow the nuts to soak, the creamier the texture.
- Using raw almonds with the skin actually makes your almond milk creamier and smoother.
- Use the leftover almond pulp for adding to baking for extra fibre.
- You don’t have to strain the almond milk if you prefer a textured milk.
- For natural sweetness and added electrolytes blend with Coconut Water instead of fresh water.
- Using a good quality blender will ensure smooth and creamy nut milk that you can make in minutes. We recommend the Total Nutrition Vitamix.
- Substitute nuts for your choice of seeds such as Sunflower Seeds Kernels or alternatively try our recipe for MYO Coconut Drinking Milk.
- If using sweetener, opt for Liquid Stevia, Pure Maple Syrup or pittedMedjool Dates instead of honey.
- Almonds are tolerated up to 10 per serve so use small amounts.