Yummy Nut Milk
Quick easy Almond milk, or use any nut you like! All you need is a high speed blender, a strainer, cheese cloth and a container to store the milk.
Remember to soak your nuts in water. Just cover 1 cup in filtered water befor you go to bed, it will be ready to make into nut milk when you get up!
Servings: 8 1/2 cup servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw almonds or any kind of nut or unsweetened coconut flakes
- 4 cups filtered water
Instructions
- Put almonds in a bowl and add water until they are covered. Cover bowl and allow to sit for 8 hours or overnight.
- Strain the liquid off the almonds but don't toss it! Add enough to make 4-6 cups of water...this will make your milk.
- Put soaked almonds and 4 - 6 cups of filtered water in a high speed blender.
- add a dash of Celtic Sea salt if you like.
- add 3 medjool dates if you want it sweet.
- blend on high speed until purreed.
- Line a fine mesh strainer with cheese cloth and place over a large container.
- Pour the pureed nut water into the strainer and allow it to sit for 30 minutes until only pulp is left in the strainer.
- Store the nut milk in a glass jar in the fridge for 3 days.
- Put the almond pulp in a zip loc baggie, pat out flat, freeze and use in muffins, pancakes, etc.
Notes
You can use this with any nut...macadamia nuts are great if you need milk for a dessert, such as cheesecake or pudding. Cashews are great for gravies.
For Coconut milk use unsweetened coconut flakes. You can also add Coconut flakes to your nut milks.