Wow! Ain’t nothing better than fresh homemade almond mylk! It was the first time that I’ve tried making plant based mylk at home, and I absolutely love it! Ever since this one has become a weekly must-do and I only rarely use store bought milk anymore. It’s just so delicious and I love how you can play with the flavours. Also it takes only about 10 minutes to make and stores up to a week in the fridge (although it usually never lasts longer than 2 days in my fridge)! This homemade version is not only super tasty but also very healthy, since it’s refined sugar free and without any added chemicals. The dates and vanilla give it such a gentle sweetness, that you’ll immediately fall in love. Like this you can easily adjust the sweetness by adding more/ less dates and experiment with other flavours like cinnamon, nutmeg, cacao powder, etc.! 🙂
- 1 cup of raw almonds (soaked overnight)
- 3 cups of cold water
- 3-5 pitted dates (according to desired sweetness)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- pinch of Himalayan salt
- Drain and rinse your soaked nuts and add all the ingredient to a blender.
- Blend for 2-3 minutes or until combined (you will still see almond pieces inside).
- Put a strainer over a medium sized bowl and place a cloth diaper into it (alternatively you can use a nut milk bag, thin t-shirt or nylon for the straining process).
- Pour the almond mixture into your strainer of choice, gather the edges of the cloth, lift it up and begin 'milking'. Press out all the liquid with your hands until every last drop is inside the bowl.
- Save the leftover almond meal for baking.
- Store the mylk in the fridge for up to a week and enjoy cold!
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Thank you for the video. I will give this a try. Wondering, in what kind of recipes I can use the left over of the almonds? Any suggestions?
Try out my Cherry Chia Crumble Bars, make it into bliss balls or use them for my Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites instead of the oat flour 🙂