How To Make Homemade Almond Milk -Recipe

Today I’m going to share with you a super simple DIY Homemade Almond Milk Recipe.

All you really need for this is Almonds and Water.  If you want to sweeten it up a bit and add a
little more flavor you can add a Pitted Date, a pinch of salt, and a small splash of vanilla.

 

 

 Strain off the water the almonds have been soaking in.

In a blender or food processor add your plump almonds (you can pull the skin off first if you’d like), and 4 C. of water.  If you chose to add the date, vanilla, and salt, now is the time. I did add those for this batch, that’s why the water is the color it is.

 

Turn it on and wait about a minute.  It doesn’t take too long at all to see the magic happening.

 

Strain the almond meal from the almond milk.  I had a small cry over some spilt milk, but we kept going anyway.  At this point you can use the back of a spoon to push some extra liquid through the strainer.  Thanks to my hubby for that creative thinking!  We got probably another half cup of almond milk from his trick!  Which is about how much we poured out on the counter!

Easy right? Now quit spending so much on store bought almond milk that can be full of fillers/processed junk.  Remember just because a label says “natural” doesn’t mean it’s actually natural.  You can totally make this!

The leftover almonds, called the almond meal are still very much edible.  I put ours in a covered container the fridge overnight because I didn’t feel like doing anything with them right away.

Today I toasted the almond meal on a pan in the oven at 425 for about 5-10 minutes. You can sprinkle it over just about anything; flavored or plain yogurts, oatmeal, hmm, maybe even some homemade ice cream…

FYI–  I’ve read you can keep homemade almond milk in the fridge about 3 days.  I don’t imagine it’ll last that long around here, especially because I love to blend up frozen coffee cubes and almond milk for a tasty midafternoon treat quite often.