Creamy rich almond milk made from raw nuts can keep in your fridge for up to 5 days! Your kids will love it sweet or with fruits. I love my morning smoothie time, often use nuts milk to make different kind of yummy smoothie. My son never had a milk, only nuts and seeds milk. Nut milk is one of the very easiest raw food products to make at home. Almonds are rich in vitamin E and calcium and are nearly 20% protein. You can use any kind of raw nuts or seeds, so you can taste different kind milk. I often make my sesame milk or hemp milk. Hemp seeds are very fat, so please add more water 4-5 cups. Almond milk has the most neutral flavor, my son likes only almond milk and cashew nut milk. You can easy to find shelled hemp seeds in animal shops, usually they sale it for birds 😉 

Recipe:

• 3-4 cups pure water*
• 1 cup almonds, soaked 4-8 hours and rinsed thoroughly

*Amount of water depends on desired creaminess. You can add only 2 cup of water and will receive yummy cream for your tea.

• 1 tablespoon agave or other sweetener
• pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• if you like very fat milk, you can add a coconut oil

ASSEMBLY:

Blend ingredients and strain through a chinois, nut milk bag or a cheesecloth lined strainer.

You can add some fruits or cacao powder to make a yummy sweet smoothie.

Please don’t throw a pulp in the trash. There are many recipes that you can create using the pulp. After making your nut milk, simply use the remaining pulp to create a healthy treats: cookies, cakes, pizza, paste, sauces etc.

Raw Almond Nutrition

30gr of raw almonds, which is the equivalent of 23 whole kernels, provides 163 calories, 14.0 g fat, 1.1 g saturated fat, 6.0 g protein, 6.1 g carbohydrate and 3.5 g fiber. A cup of whole raw almonds contains 822 calories, 70.7 g fat, 5.3 g saturated fat, 30.3 g protein, 31.0 g carbohydrates and 17.4 g fiber. If the raw almonds are silvered, a cup contains 621 calories, 53.4 g fat, 4.0 g saturated fat, 22.9 g protein, 23.4 g carbohydrates and 13.2 g fiber.

Bon Appetit!