How to Make Your Own Almond Milk

Dairy-free, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, breakfast, snack, no refined sugar

Store bought nut milks tend to be very watery and also contain a bunch of undesirable ingredients like thickeners, flavours, vegetable oils and sweeteners of unwanted varieties and quantities. Making your own creamy nut milk is super easy!

You'll need to purchase a nut milk bag (available online or at some health stores). If you prefer a more neutral milk, leave out the dates and spices. You can refrigerate the leftover pulp and add it to smoothies or baked goodies.

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw almonds, soaked over night in enough water to cover
• 1 L filtered water
• 1 Medjool date, pitted
• 2 pinches of ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence  

Instructions

1. Strain the almonds and place in a regular or high-speed blender along with the water, date, cinnamon and vanilla. Blend until you get a homogenous mixture.
2. Grab yourself a large bowl. Holding the nut milk bag over the bowl, pour some of the mixture in. Keep some slack in the bag as you gently squeeze here and there, allowing the milk to drip into the bowl. Repeat for the remaining of the mixture.
3. Transfer to a large jar or glass bottle. Store in the fridge and consume within 3-4 days.

Variations

To make cashew nut milk, you could substitute almonds for cashews. In this case, you won't need a nut milk bag. Once you blend the soaked nuts (together with the other ingredients), that's it!